A total of 39 people were killed trespassing on railroad tracks in Illinois last year alone.
It has become such an issue that now, the federal government is sending money to try to prevent it from happening along a stretch of railroad in west suburban Cook County.
It has been enough of an issue to get on the radar of the federal government, which announced $2.8 million in funding to help the problem. The office of Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said walking channels will also be added to guide pedestrians safely at some locations: "The BNSF rail line consists of three tracks which are used by both Metra commuter rail and BNSF freight rail. Metra's BNSF line is the busiest in the Metra system with over 15.5 million riders in 2019. As of fall 2022, Metra runs 91 trains throughout the corridor each day of the week."
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