San Antonio, TX
Northeast crossings blocked over an hour, again and again.
Summary
| Metro | San Antonio |
|---|---|
| Railroads | Union Pacific |
| Open at-grade crossings | 245 |
| Vehicles a day crossing tracks at grade | 1,054,728 |
| Busiest crossing in the model | Rittiman Rd (764362W): 28,859 vehicles/day, 25 trains/day |
| Funding | 2 awards on record (see below) |
| Data source | FRA Crossing Inventory, retrieved Oct 2, 2026 |
Blockage scenario
Time
$1.76M
81,810 person-hours a year
Trade
2,354
truck-hours a year, worth $84K in driver time
Pollution
135 t
CO₂ from 14,952 gallons idled, like 29 cars for a year
Example scenario. Walzem Rd logged 150 FRA reports in five years, 50 of them over an hour.
| Blockages modeled per crossing per year | 156 |
|---|---|
| Vehicles stopped by one blockage | 1,401 |
| Trucks stopped by one blockage | 60 |
| Person-hours lost per year | 81,810 |
| Value of lost time per year | $1.76M |
| Truck-hours idled per year | 2,354 |
| Gallons of fuel idled per year | 14,952 |
| CO₂ per year (metric tons) | 135 |
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
| Crossing | USDOT ID | Vehicles/day | Trains/day | Trucks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 764362W | 28,859 | 25 | 3% | |
| 415617E | 22,016 | 13 | 7% | |
| 415612V | 16,359 | 13 | 3% |
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
- Walzem Rd: 150 FRA reports in five years. 50 lasted over an hour, 29 reported pedestrians climbing, and 27 reported first responders unable to cross.
San Antonio Express-News (via Planetizen) · Aug 2026 ↗ - Rittiman Rd is projected to be blocked 40% of the peak period by 2045 without improvements. A resident has seen first responders stuck as long as 20 minutes.
KEYE · Jan 29, 2020 ↗ - Funding FY2022 RCE: $4,886,512 for Rittiman Rd.
Source ↗ - Funding Rittiman and Walzem grade separations included in TxDOT's $756M award (2026).
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