Dennis Bevington at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks to the witnesses here for the reports you've given and the time you've taken to inform us individually on some of your issues.

I want to go after the rail crossing issue first because it's one that I feel is very much not represented in this bill, much as you think. First of all, I want to talk to you about the statistics you presented here. There was a fairly significant downturn in the number of crossing collisions, say, between 1992 and through that decade of the 1990s. We saw a pretty steep downturn. Could you tell me how that was accomplished? How did that come about?