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To support the United States railroad industry in their efforts to prevent railroad suicide, FRA and the U.S. DOT Volpe Center formed a working group with commuter rail representatives known as Suicide Prevention for US Rail (SPUR). The goal of this working group is to facilitate communication...
On August 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe Center (USA) hosted the ninth meeting of the Global Railway Alliance for Suicide Prevention (GRASP). The GRASP working group has met since January 2014 in an effort to share information about efforts to...
Notes from the Decenber 2017 meeting of the Global Railway Alliance for Suicide Prevention.
Notes from the August 6, 2018 meeting of the Global Railway Alliance for Suicide Prevention.
Responsible media reporting on rail suicide and trespass incidents can inform the public and help those in need. However, media reporting of such events can also lead to copycat incidents. A new report illuminates common reporting practices that could increase suicide contagion on the rail...
Volpe staff were among the 5,000 presentations and nearly 800 sessions and workshops covering all transportation modes at the Transportation Research Board’s 95th Annual Meeting recently held in Washington, D.C.
Volpe, in partnership with the FRA, is leading a community-based study to reduce the number of trespass-related deaths on rail lines.
Nearly every 180 minutes someone in America is hit by a train. In the early 1970s, it was every 40 minutes. Check out our new infographic on Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention. This easy-to-read data visualization shows how Volpe, in support of the Federal Railroad...