re: Trains Blocking Roads During the Work Day

As stated earlier.....an urban area with a lot of rail lines should have the occasional underpass near hospitals. An ER should probably not be located where it could easily be blocked by trains. I imagine the rail line was probably there first.

In Memphis and Chicago, they have some creepy old tunnels under the rail yards for street crossings. They are large enough for ambulances but not most modern fire trucks oddly enough.

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I don't know shite about shite when it comes to trains, but couldn't you do all that somewhere other than near a hospital? Like I said, this is the main road that leads to the largest hospital in New Orleans; it's less than a quarter mile from the train tracks.

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I work for the railroad. We are in touch will people all the time about our crossings and we resolve issues. If the track was there first, it's on them.

Trains need to work, that's just how it is.

As for the timing, it's probably taking so long because centrallsufan is trying to get over time.