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Caltrain outlines near-term safety upgrades at Churchill and Broadway crossings
Summary
Caltrain staff described immediate safety measures at Churchill Avenue and Broadway crossings — high-security fencing, surface markings, wider crosswalk gates, solar markers and an AI LiDAR pilot — and said the measures have reduced incidents at pilot locations.
Caltrain highlighted a package of near-term safety measures for crossings in Palo Alto, saying the work already piloted at Churchill Avenue and Broadway has reduced incidents and will be expanded as a program.
"We've incorporated a high security fencing," Caltrain government and community affairs director Navi Nalewal said at a public workshop, describing measures intended "to close a lot of the major gaps" along the corridor. Nalewal said the agency has also installed surface markings, wider crosswalks with gates and nighttime solar-powered markers.
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