RSIP-E&A projects

Canadian Safety Train Express Inc.

Working in collaboration with the Western Canada to identify high-risk areas in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. This project will travel to and reach out to targeted audiences using the Safety Train, a moving train constituted of a locomotive and three railcars. After making presentations and distributing material provided by Operation Lifesaver, along with newly created educational and awareness materials, the target audience will go on a train ride to get a better feel for its size and power, encouraging them to take rail safety more seriously.

$225,000.00

$210,000.00

$210,000.00

2019-2022

Canadian Safety Train Express Inc.

The Railway Safety Learning Centre consists of three railcars that will house eight bilingual, interactive, hands-on exhibits, each one uniquely designed to teach members of our target audience about railway safety. Each exhibit will use the latest technology to engage the target audience and get them excited to learn about railway safety. The project delivery will be located in Western Canada to include Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia, specifically those areas that have high incident and trespassing rates.

$530,753.00

$391,701.00

$348,965.00

2020-2023

City of Chilliwack

The Project will be part of the “Safer City” initiative that is to be dispersed to all road users in the community. Due to 27 crossing locations in the municipal boundaries Rail Safety Education and Awareness is vital to community safety, economy, traffic management, emergency services and fire protection management and the overall health and well-being of all residents and visitors. This initiative will include education and awareness outreach through local marketing efforts including social media, radio advertisements, newspaper advertisements, posters and rack card campaigns, public engagement events, community facility electronic display boards, travelling billboards and corridor ownership. This will ensure that all members of the community will receive education on rail safety issues.

$5,650.00

$8,600.00

$0.00

2019-2021

Chemistry Industry Association of Canada - TRANSCAER

This project will reflect TRANSCAER's safety initiative, “demonstrating a proactive safety culture around the transportation of dangerous good.” This will include three key activities including the development of advanced training tools including a virtual reality educational tool; the construction of a replacement Safety Train; and the delivery, across Canada, of a series of training sessions for identified target audiences. The enhanced educational tools and outreach efforts will work with a variety of audiences with a focus on first responders, community leaders, the general public and Indigenous communities.

$49,983.33

$77,933.33

$91,833.33

2019-2022

Safe Rail Communities Inc.

In April 2019, Safe Rail Communities completed the original Safe Rail Canada project (also funded by RSIP-E&A), which began in April 2017. The original project focused on creating a Rail Safety Toolkit for Residents, with versions available on their website in both English and French. They also created a First Nations version in collaboration with First Nations partners. Keen interest from First Nations encouraged SRC to provide these communities with printed copies of our Rail Safety Toolkit. SRC is also committed to: continuing the national promotion of their Rail Safety Toolkit resources, raising awareness on rail safety, and distributing requested hard copy resources to First Nations communities. Their goal is to be able to make rail safety toolkit resources available to all Canadians through community outreach, public service announcements and the continued production and distribution of education materials and resources.

$2,201.00

$1,690.00

$1,690.00

2019-2022

Metrolinx

The project will incorporate the installation of monitoring and tracking infrastructure at each investigation site, the installation of Anti-Trespass Panels (ATP’s) and subsequent monitoring of the test locations port ATP installations.

The study will look at the effectiveness of the installations accounting for variables such as weather, behaviour, gender, approximate age and demographics of the surrounding environment. Lessons learned will be implemented at existing areas of ATP installations and at sites being planned for ATP installations.

$107,391.00

$5,410.00

$6,995.00

2020-2023

Operation Lifesaver (OL)

The objective of this project is to expand awareness of and engagement with OL and its modernized suite of rail-safety communications tools.

OL will focus its outreach and communication efforts on the audiences identified as priorities by Transport Canada including Indigenous communities, young people (particularly males aged 18 to 25-years-old), drivers and the general public.

The project will incorporate a number of activities such as; developing new virtual reality videos, analyzing railway crossing & trespassing incidents, developing new rail safety materials for kids, launching a national suicide prevention campaign, engaging Indigenous communities, etc.

$600,000.00

$600,000.00

$600,000.00

2020-2023

The Corporation of the County of Northumberland

The objective of this project is to educate the general public, professional drivers (bus and transport), and youth about the new safety installments and potential hazards of all road/railway grade crossings, as well as dangers associated with trespassing on railway property (specifically crossing the railway against safety installment/signage warning) so that drivers/cyclists/pedestrians may navigate through railway crossings safely.

$6,224.11

$18,672.32

$0.00

2020-2022