[Talk-us] Railway crossing challenge for MapRoulette

[Martijn van Exel]

I wouldn’t be surprised. It may make sense to add a ‘there is no crossing here’ button to MapRoulette for this challenge so that we can share that with the FRA and they can weed out the stale data.

Martijn

> On Jul 8, 2015, at 11:28 PM, Natfoot <natfoot at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Great Topic,
> Interesting that I have been doing my own research into this data set.   I can tell you without a doubt that some of the information is way out of date or wrong.   (http://fragis.frasafety.net/GISFRASafety/) 
> It is my understanding that railroads are supposed to report data like this to the UTC (utilities and transportation commission) and in some way make it back to the FRA.  You can find the more up to date Washington UTC data set here: http://www.utc.wa.gov/regulatedIndustries/transportation/rail/Pages/CrossingInventory.aspx
> 
> There is a new FRA regulation going into effect in October to place clear emergency contact information at each level_crossing or Highway crossing.     Lori Halstead of the Washington UTC hopes that following that deadline that the FRA database will be updated.   
> 
> One example, check any railroad crossing in the city limits of Kirkland, WA; if it is active with a current listing for railroad it is out of date by 5 years as the city owns the right of way and much of it has been turned into a trail with no rail or crossing protections. 
> 
> Best Regards,
> Nathan P
> email: natfoot at gmail.com
> 
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 7:46 AM, Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have done some work to turn the FRA crossing data into a MapRoulette challenge to fix missing railway crossings.
> 
> Here is the description I have come up with for now:
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/4xh49ufnwyxp35r/Screenshot%202015-07-06%2008.43.21.png?dl=0
> 
> Please share your corrections / feedback so I can improve this if necessary before I push it live. (In particular I am never sure whether to use crossing or level_crossing.)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Martijn
> 
> 
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