Google Working With FRA To Include Railroad Crossing Information in Mapping Apps

Google agreed to partner with the Federal Railroad Administration to use federal mapping data to help people pinpoint the location of railroad crossings using a smartphone app, the FRA confirmed Monday. “Adding railroad crossing data to smartphone mapping applications just makes sense -- it means supplying drivers and passengers with additional cues that they are approaching a crossing,” the FRA said in a news release. “For drivers and passengers who are driving an unfamiliar route, traveling at night, or who lose situational awareness at any given moment, receiving an additional alert about an upcoming crossing could save lives.”