§20167 Reports on Highway-rail Grade Crossing Safety

Summary

Within 4 years after the deadline for States to send their highway‑rail grade crossing action plans under section 11401(b) of the FAST Act (49 U.S.C. 22907 note), the head of the Federal Railroad Administration, working with the Federal Highway Administration, must send a report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The report must summarize the State plans and, for each State, evaluate its highway‑rail crossings program under section 130 of title 23 (including whether it meets section 11401 and 130(g)), list the safety strategies each State chose (including for crossings with repeated incidents), show progress on putting plans into action, count projects done under section 130 and break them down by cost range, road system, treatment type, and later accident history, point out which States are behind on their section 130(d) project schedules, and offer recommendations for the program’s future. No later than 5 years after that first report, the FRA must update it using State annual reports under section 130(g) of title 23 and any other available information, and send the update to the same two congressional committees. Highway‑rail grade crossing = a place where a public or private road (or an authorized pedestrian/bike path) crosses railroad tracks. State = a U.S. State or the District of Columbia.