VINCENNES, Ind. — The city of Vincennes has reached agreement with a Muncie, Ind., company to install a system informing drivers when railroad grade crossings are blocked.
PBS station WVUT reports the city’s Board of Works approved a Memorandum of Understanding with Interfact to install cameras at six grade crossings in the city. Those cameras take a picture every minute, sending the images to a free app that drivers can check to see which crossings are clear.
Each of the solar-powered cameras costs $1,000 to install and $500 annually to maintain.
Interfact’s system is currently being tried in Muncie, thanks to funding from the City of Muncie and Ball State University. More information is available here.
A similar system, from the company BlockedCrossings, is being tried in the Goshen, Ind., area [see “New company uses cameras …,” Trains News Wire, Dec. 12, 2024].
