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Norman, OK

Crossings close 3–6 minutes per train, and the ER moved across the tracks.

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Summary

MetroOKC metro
RailroadsBNSF · Amtrak Heartland Flyer
Open at-grade crossings16
Vehicles a day crossing tracks at grade118,700
Busiest crossing in the modelW Tecumseh Rd (012194S): 18,750 vehicles/day, 21 trains/day
Funding1 award on record (see below)
Data sourceFRA Crossing Inventory, retrieved Oct 2, 2026. One Norman record (W Indian Hills Rd) lists 806,800 vehicles/day, a data error, and is excluded.

Blockage scenario

Time
$317K
14,611 person-hours a year
Trade
611
truck-hours a year, worth $22K in driver time
Pollution
25 t
CO₂ from 2,791 gallons idled, like 5.5 cars for a year

Typical crossings clear in 3–6 minutes. This scenario adds three 15-minute problem blockages a week.

Blockages modeled per crossing per year156
Vehicles stopped by one blockage504
Trucks stopped by one blockage31
Person-hours lost per year14,611
Value of lost time per year$317K
Truck-hours idled per year611
Gallons of fuel idled per year2,791
CO₂ per year (metric tons)25

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
012194S18,7502025214%
012208X16,0002025219%
012206J13,6002025216%

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