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Have You Seen The ‘Dynamic Envelopes’ Painted At Area Railroad Crossings?
May 23, 2021
Have you seen the crosshatched lines at railroad crossings in Escambia County?
It’s called a dynamic envelope design, part of Operation STRIDE — Statewide Traffic and Railroad Initiative using Dynamic Envelopes — from the Florida Department of Transportation.
Simply put, the FDOT says the white pattern is designed to keep motorists out of the danger zone at railroad crossings. White connecting X’s are used to visually highlight the zone at railroad crossings that drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians should not stop to increase safety for motorists. A FDOT pilot program showed that dynamic envelopes reduce the number of vehicles that stop on or near the tracks by at least 15%.
The dynamic envelopes have been placed or are planned for several crossings, including East Highway 4 in Century, Nine Mile Road, 9th Avenue, Airport Boulevard, and most recently Highway 29 near Muscogee Road in Cantonment.
Pictured top and bottom: A completed dynamic envelope at the railroad crossing on East Highway 4 in Century. Pictured below: The installation of a dynamic envelope on Highway 29 near Muscogee Road in Cantonment. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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15 Responses to “Have You Seen The ‘Dynamic Envelopes’ Painted At Area Railroad Crossings?”
Report rough crossings to the RR. They’re cheapskates but required to fix them.
It’s a waste of time and money, I agree. If you don’t understand that a railroad crossing is to be taken seriously with the present markings then there ain’t no hope for you.
Well I’ll be.
Who knew.
Natural selection….
Please for the love of god! Take this seriously! Take crossings seriously. Train crews remember accidents for the rest of their lives! Don’t do it. It’s not worth it.
If the people pulling in front of these trains would quit suing they wouldn’t have to be spending money on this
I think it’s a good idea and an excellent use of tax dollars.
Safety first!
So just replacing the already in place white lines with some more white lines yeah that’s money well spent. You know a better solution would be placing poles like the ones they use at embassies that rise out of the road 5 or 6 of them placed across the road on both side of the crossing would prevent any vehicle from driving through the crossing. Wow that took me all of 3 seconds to think of and yes it would cost more but at least it wouldn’t be white lines replacing white lines.
Take a good look around. Common sense isn’t so common. A lot of ignorance on our roads. This is a good idea and I don’t see it as a waste of money. If it can stop one person from being hit by a train then it’s worth it. People have to just care enough for it to work.
The things we spend money on that should be common sense, unbelievable!!!!
Years ago the Railroad folks did us a big favor by repairing the many ROUGH and Harsh RR Crossings on our roads.
Now, there are some in Great Need of Repair and wish the RR folks would address that and actually Fix them.
Thanks
If a big flashing red light cannot keep people from driving around the arms at the crossing and then drive over the tracks then this will not help.
I agree, a waste of money !!!!!!!!!!!
If people are so stupid that they need to be told don’t stop on the railroad track, they deserve a Darwin Award.
what a WASTE of money………….