Strategies for Deterring Trespassing on Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Rights-of-Way, Volume 1: Guidebook (2022) / Chapter Skim
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17 Causes, Consequences, and Risks of Trespassing This chapter discusses the identified root causes of trespassing, locations of trespassing, and significant consequences of trespassing. This chapter also addresses measures that rail transit and commuter rail agencies can use to identify risks associated with trespassing, including identifying problem areas and monitoring and evaluating risks.
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18 Strategies for Deterring Trespassing on Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Rights-of-Way Source: Maryland Transit Administration (21)
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Causes, Consequences, and Risks of Trespassing 19 displays all incidents by incident type, and a dashboard displays the level of incident activities over time. The FRA Trespass Prevention Research Study performed a trespass location severity analysis on the case study location, West Palm Beach, Florida (16)
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20 Strategies for Deterring Trespassing on Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Rights-of-Way Source: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (24)
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Causes, Consequences, and Risks of Trespassing 21 Source: Illinois Department of Transportation, Special Study of Trespassing on the Chicago Transit Authority (25 )
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22 Strategies for Deterring Trespassing on Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Rights-of-Way Source: Illinois Department of Transportation, Special Study of Trespassing on the Chicago Transit Authority (25)
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Source: Amtrak (26)
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24 Strategies for Deterring Trespassing on Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Rights-of-Way A 2013 FRA rail trespasser fatalities study also reported that approximately 60% of railroad trespassing fatalities are people between 20 and 49 years old (28)
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Causes, Consequences, and Risks of Trespassing 25 – Yards. Rail yards appear to be particularly attractive to railroad trespassers.
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26 Strategies for Deterring Trespassing on Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Rights-of-Way 2. Shortcuts of everyday use apart from stations – Illegal but justifiable shortcuts, located on the intensely employed route, with legal crossing too far – Shortcuts located at the place of a closed level crossing, footbridge, or former street – Series of paths among two legal crossings – Illegal paths close to a legal crossing (underpass or footbridge)
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Causes, Consequences, and Risks of Trespassing 27 Consequences of Trespassing Several documents discuss the impacts of train-pedestrian collisions on family members and close associates, train drivers and other witnesses, railway companies, emergency services, recovery staff, and passengers (27, 33, 34)
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28 Strategies for Deterring Trespassing on Rail Transit and Commuter Rail Rights-of-Way agency believes that it is vital to thank and recognize employees for doing their job during difficult circumstances. MNCR offers an employee assistance program (EAP)
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