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Fort Worth, TX

1 in 16 ambulance runs delayed by a train in one month.

Documented blockagesFunding wonGrowth market
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Summary

MetroDallas–Fort Worth
RailroadsBNSF · Union Pacific · Fort Worth & Western
Open at-grade crossings234
Vehicles a day crossing tracks at grade996,700
Busiest crossing in the modelN Tarrant Pkwy (795359Y): 32,608 vehicles/day, 17 trains/day
Growth driverAdded 19,512 residents in 2025, second-most of any U.S. city
Funding1 award on record (see below)
Data sourceFRA Crossing Inventory, retrieved Oct 2, 2026

Blockage scenario

Time
$3.35M
156,766 person-hours a year
Trade
3,126
truck-hours a year, worth $112K in driver time
Pollution
250 t
CO₂ from 27,771 gallons idled, like 54 cars for a year

Example scenario. MedStar reported 103 ambulance responses delayed by trains in 30 days.

Blockages modeled per crossing per year728
Vehicles stopped by one blockage859
Trucks stopped by one blockage26
Person-hours lost per year156,766
Value of lost time per year$3.35M
Truck-hours idled per year3,126
Gallons of fuel idled per year27,771
CO₂ per year (metric tons)250

Screening estimate. Each selected crossing is blocked for the set time; drivers wait half of it on average. Method and sources

Crossings in the model

CrossingUSDOT IDVehicles/dayCount yearTrains/dayTrucks
795359Y32,608n/a173%
797677S29,228n/a43%

Uncheck a crossing to remove it from the scenario. "~" truck shares use the city's traffic-weighted average where the inventory reports none.

On the record