Google to alert drivers to railroad crossings using U.S. data
Reuters
Published Jun 29, 2015 11:35AM ET
Updated Jun 29, 2015 01:15PM ET
Google to alert drivers to railroad crossings using U.S. data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) will add audio and visual alerts to warn drivers about upcoming railroad crossings on Google's navigation system, the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration announced on Monday.
The agency also asked four other companies - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Garmin, Tom Tom and AOL's MapQuest - to join similar map partnerships using the agency's data to pinpoint the crossings, it said. AOL is owned by Verizon.
The FRA said about 270 people died last year in road-rail collisions. With more drivers using smartphone navigation apps to reach their destinations, the agency said they will be safer if they know about rail crossings they are approaching.
Acting FRA Administrator Sarah Feinberg, a former Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) executive, said the agency's geographical data pinpoints nearly every rail crossing in the country.
Representatives for Google could not be immediately reached for comment.
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