Rail Runner could use ideas on train crossing signage (Video) SANTA FE (KSFR) -


-- Just 15 percent of motorists stopped in the correct, "legal" place at a busy Rail Runner train crossing, in a brief, informal study conducted by KSFR radio news. During 20 changes of the traffic light during a random 30-minute period on a Saturday afternoon, only three times did drivers stop at the spot with the signage "No Parking," located in advance of the rail track. The others proceeded beyond the signage, crossing the track and stopping at a white stripe where they waited for the signal to change.





Santa Fe police conducted two "education" blitzes at intersections with the signage to show drivers where they should stop -- before the "No Parking" sign. Officers issued warning citations. They may eventually start issuing citations for $187.

But the configuration of the intersection seems confusing to the majority of drivers who see a position forward of the signage and the Rail Runner track, which would enable them to get a start when the traffic light turned in their favor.

In most cases during KSFR's study, the drivers approaching the intersection saw the traffic light turn from green to yellow while they were crossing the "No Parking" signage and, then, the train track. They stopped at the white stripe, avoiding running a red light.

Rail Runner officials acknowledge the signage is confusing and the design of the intersection illogical. They say they would like to change the signage, but they are looking for money and for a message that makes logical sense.

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