Know before the gates go down.

Trainwatch is a sensor system designed to detect trains before they reach town, route traffic and EMS around blocked crossings, and turn every blocked minute into evidence for federal funding. It is at the design stage, built from proven parts; a city pilot is the first install. Development status

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At a glance

38%: of 2022 FRA blocked-crossing reports lasted over an hour FRA
21,108: reports to FRA's portal Jan 1–Oct 8, 2024; Texas filed 7,146 FRA
38: cities in our directory, from the OKC metro to DFW, Austin and Kansas City Directory
$2.87B: in federal crossing-elimination funding offered since 2022 FRA

Where it's worst, and where it's growing

All 38 cities

City	Status	Busiest crossing (vehicles/day)	Trains/day
OKC metro corridor26 trains a day across 52 streets, and rising to 56.	DocumentedFundedGrowth	20,164	17
Houston, TXResponders delayed or rerouted nearly 100 times a month.	DocumentedFunded	32,000	35–50
Fort Worth, TX1 in 16 ambulance runs delayed by a train in one month.	DocumentedFundedGrowth	32,608	17
Olathe, KS61 trains a day cross Santa Fe St in downtown Olathe.	Funded	20,585	61
Arlington, TX28 trains a day cross five arterials that each carry 27,000+ vehicles.	Data only	32,000	28
Plano, TXA proposed $1B arena district is heading to a city with 34 at-grade crossings.	Growth	42,399	2
Celina, TXThe fastest-growing city in America has a BNSF line through it.	Growth	9,995	6
Edmond, OKOne stopped train blocks five to seven of 11 crossings.	DocumentedFunded	20,164	17

How it works

01 · DETECTKnow when a train is coming, and when it stops

Ground vibration feels the train coming, a magnetometer knows when its steel is sitting on the crossing, and a pole camera confirms it. All on public property. Inside the node

02 · REDIRECTDetour while the gates are still up

Dispatch, message signs and EMS get the alert in time to reroute. Technology

03 · RECORDTurn minutes into funding evidence

Every blockage is logged with its USDOT crossing ID and duration, ready for a grant application. Grants

See it in Norman

Still from the 3D film: a long freight train stopped across downtown Norman with traffic waiting at the gates — A 40-second 3D illustration on a stylized map of downtown Norman, not to scale. Vibration sensors north of the Robinson St underpass feel a southbound freight train before it reaches downtown, and message signs and dispatch get a detour before any gate comes down. The train then closes Acres, Gray, Main, Eufaula and Duffy streets at the same time. An ambulance answering a call on the east side is routed north through the Robinson St underpass, which a train cannot block, and on toward the hospital at I-35 and Tecumseh Road. When the train clears, the crossings reopen and the blocked minutes are logged.

Download (MP4, 9 MB)Illustrative scenario on a stylized map of Norman: not to scale, time compressed.

Solved elsewhere

All projects

Project	Crossings removed	Delay removed
25th Ave grade separation (CREATE)Bellwood / Melrose Park, IL	1	28,400 hours a year eliminated
San Gabriel Trench (ACE)San Gabriel, CA	4	1,744 vehicle-hours of delay eliminated
Durfee Ave grade separation (ACE)Pico Rivera, CA	1	n/a
ReTRAC rail trenchReno, NV	11	n/a

Fixes take years. A verified record is what gets them funded.

Start with one crossing.

A 90-day pilot builds the record your city needs for the next funding round.

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