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

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
 1   Designating the week of September 15 through 21, 2025, as "Rail
 2      Safety Week" in Pennsylvania.
 3      WHEREAS, Rail travel is an essential part of our
 4   transportation infrastructure, reducing congestion on the roads
 5   and in the skies, connecting cities and rural communities and
 6   providing a more environmentally friendly mode of transportation
 7   that contributes to our energy security; and
 8      WHEREAS, Projections of the United States Department of
 9   Transportation show substantial increases in rail transport over
10   the next three decades; and
11      WHEREAS, As advanced technology helps build quieter and
12   faster trains, the necessity to teach people how to be safe
13   around them increases; and
14      WHEREAS, In the United States, a person or vehicle is hit by
15   a train approximately every three hours; and
16      WHEREAS, While crossing collisions have been reduced over the
17   past four decades, there were still 263 crossing fatalities in
 1   2024; and
 2      WHEREAS, Trespassing is an even larger danger, resulting in
 3   1,464 deaths and injuries in 2024; and
 4      WHEREAS, Operation Lifesaver is a nonprofit public safety
 5   education and awareness organization dedicated to reducing
 6   collisions, fatalities and injuries at highway-rail crossings
 7   and trespassing on or near railroad tracks; and
 8      WHEREAS, Operation Lifesaver is working with the United
 9   States Department of Transportation and other organizations to
10   observe "See Tracks? Think Train Week" from September 15 through
11   21, 2025; therefore be it
12      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
13   week of September 15 through 21, 2025, as "Rail Safety Week" in
14   Pennsylvania; and be it further
15      RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
16   the Governor and the United States Department of Transportation
17   and Operation Lifesaver at P.O. Box 760, West Warwick, RI 02893-
18   9998.




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