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Idling trains are a huge problem in communities across the country - with emissions impacting the environment and the health of people who live nearby as trains sit for hours pumping out pollutants.
Members of Congress have blasted the industry for putting profits over safety
Stunning new video shows a train moving while a child was climbing over it to get home from school.
Potential infrastructure changes, federal grants and proposed safety legislation are gathering steam as officials and lawmakers are confronted with realities of blocked crossings.
The mayor of Hammond, Indiana says that a potential solution is in the works for blocked railroad crossings, which have forced children to risk their lives in order to get to class.
The federal funding is the first aimed specifically at mitigating blocked crossings, and the danger they present to communities across the country.
Lawmakers are looking fund solutions for blocked crossings. Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) wants priority given to railroad crossings near schools and give citizens a way to alert rail companies.
When crossings are blocked for hours, kids risk their lives to get to school by crawling through trains that could start at any moment. Ambulances and fire trucks can't get through. The problem has existed for decades. But it's getting worse.