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Community Relations

Communication and cooperation are enhanced by advanced knowledge of each other’s resources, concerns, objectives and goals. A CTA “map plotting” project is frequently the first time that a railroad and community emergency services have talked to each other about mutual planning.  

When a local railroad emergency event happens, responders who have established professional relationships are prepared to meet the challenge. They know who and what they responding to and have a plan.

When the finger pointing begins after a rail incident, there is a positive story that can be told about pro-active planning. 

Good corporate – community relations may result in some kind words at a critical time. It puts a face on the railroad company.

When the railroad needs political support for government grants or other assistance, local communities have strong ties to legislators.

Having acquired a product that encourages pro-active planning for enhanced life safety and incident mitigation looks a lot better before the fact. Civil juries are attuned to this. One civil judgement award reduction may offset the cost of CTA services.

A railroad helps position itself as a good community corporate citizen by engaging those who plan and respond to emergencies.

CTA projects lend themselves to project cost sharing with the railroad committing:

• property access
• service interruption
• rail vehicle for mapping
• rail vehicle operator
• knowledgeable person(s) to validate GPS map plot points