This interactive heat map plots every blocked-crossing complaint filed with the Federal Railroad Administration by crossing from 2022 through 2025, totaling 38,492 reports across 4,430 crossings nationwide. Toggle the year, hover any hotspot, or switch the heat layer between the number of reports and total hours blocked to see how long communities actually spend cut off by stopped trains.
43% of all UP blocked-crossing reports in the country come from a single city — Houston, Texas. The five most-reported UP crossings in America are all within a few miles of each other in Houston’s East End.
Source: FRA Public Reported Blocked Crossings (2022–2025), joined to the FRA National Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory.