Strategies for Deterring Trespassing on Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Rights-of-Way, Volume 2: Research Overview (2022) / Chapter Skim
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7 This chapter discusses the trespassing characteristics of the rail transit and commuter rail systems in the United States, including the definitions of trespassers, the extent of the trespassing problem, locations of trespassing, and demographics of trespassers. Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Systems in the United States The focus of this study is rail transit, including light and heavy rail, and commuter rail lines in the United States.
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8 Strategies for Deterring Trespassing on Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Rights-of-Way Table 1.
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Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Trespassing Characteristics 9 study (2)
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10 Strategies for Deterring Trespassing on Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Rights-of-Way • At Grade, In-Street/Embedded (no restrictions; non-rail traffic moves in the same direction, or cross directions may pass) • Elevated – Retained fill – Concrete – Steel viaduct or bridge • Below Grade – Retained cut – Cut-and-cover tunnel – Bored or blasted tunnel – Submerged tube The two at-grade right-of-way categories account for 83% of the right-of-way configurations, with light rail at 80%, heavy rail at 35%, and commuter rail at 91%.
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Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Trespassing Characteristics 11 A report by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) indicates that the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
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12 Strategies for Deterring Trespassing on Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Rights-of-Way Walking along Tracks" capture the most suitable trespasser data. Table 3 also contains suicide levels over this same 5-year period.
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Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Trespassing Characteristics 13 person at the time of injury, to maintain consistency with the light rail and heavy rail pedestrian fatalities and injuries, as shown in Table 3 and Table 4. Table 5 contains commuter rail trespassing fatality- and injury-related data analyses of FRA data for 2015–2019 by location of the person at the time of injury.
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14 Strategies for Deterring Trespassing on Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Rights-of-Way Source: Federal Railroad Administration, 4.11 -- Suicide Casualties by State/Railroad (13)
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Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Trespassing Characteristics 15 Source: Illinois Department of Transportation, Special Study of Trespassing on the Chicago Transit Authority (11)
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16 Strategies for Deterring Trespassing on Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Rights-of-Way Rail transit and commuter rail services are impacted financially by trespassing incidents as a result of delays and resource depletion, both directly through sustained damage and indirectly through opportunity costs of foregoing other investments to combat trespassing events (11)
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Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Trespassing Characteristics 17 – Stations. Stations draw pedestrians near the right-of-way, with several violations occurring as a result of trespassers not using designated crossings.
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18 Strategies for Deterring Trespassing on Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Rights-of-Way 3. Touristic Paths and Recreation Localities (e.g., hiking paths)
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