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Houston lawmaker seeks FRA authority to limit blocked railroad crossings; members push grade separations and signal modernization

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · January 15, 2026

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Representative Garcia told the committee Houston recorded 3,134 blocked railroad crossing incidents in 2025 and urged passage of a bill to let the Federal Railroad Administration investigate and penalize carriers that block crossings longer than ten minutes; members across districts backed grade separations and signal modernization.

Representative Garcia described chronic blocked railroad crossings in Houston — 3,134 incidents in 2025 alone — and urged the committee to advance her legislation, the "Block Don't Block Our Communities Act," to empower the Federal Railroad Administration to investigate repeated blockings and assess penalties for carriers…

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