Pennsylvania HR 293: A Resolution designating the week of September 15 through 21, 2025, as "Rail Safety Week" in Pennsylvania.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 2205
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 293
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, VENKAT, CONKLIN, KHAN, VITALI, RIVERA,
GUZMAN, HARKINS, BELLMON, FREEMAN, McNEILL, DONAHUE,
GALLAGHER, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, NEILSON, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
SCHMITT, MENTZER AND CIRESI, AUGUST 6, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, AUGUST 10, 2025
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of September 15 through 21, 2025, as "Rail
Safety Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Rail travel is an essential part of our
transportation infrastructure, reducing congestion on the roads
and in the skies, connecting cities and rural communities and
providing a more environmentally friendly mode of transportation
that contributes to our energy security; and
WHEREAS, Projections of the United States Department of
Transportation show substantial increases in rail transport over
the next three decades; and
WHEREAS, As advanced technology helps build quieter and
faster trains, the necessity to teach people how to be safe
around them increases; and
WHEREAS, In the United States, a person or vehicle is hit by
a train approximately every three hours; and
WHEREAS, While crossing collisions have been reduced over the
past four decades, there were still 263 crossing fatalities in
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2024; and
WHEREAS, Trespassing is an even larger danger, resulting in
1,464 deaths and injuries in 2024; and
WHEREAS, Operation Lifesaver is a nonprofit public safety
education and awareness organization dedicated to reducing
collisions, fatalities and injuries at highway-rail crossings
and trespassing on or near railroad tracks; and
WHEREAS, Operation Lifesaver is working with the United
States Department of Transportation and other organizations to
observe "See Tracks? Think Train Week" from September 15 through
21, 2025; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
week of September 15 through 21, 2025, as "Rail Safety Week" in
Pennsylvania; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
the Governor and the United States Department of Transportation
and Operation Lifesaver at P.O. Box 760, West Warwick, RI 02893-
9998.
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