{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-234.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 234.1","heading":"Scope.","body":"(a) This part prescribes minimum—\n(1) Maintenance, inspection, and testing standards for highway-rail grade crossing warning systems;\n(2) Standards for the reporting of failures of highway-rail grade crossing warning systems and for the actions that railroads must take when such systems malfunction;\n(3) Requirements for certain identified States to update their existing State highway-rail grade crossing action plans and submit reports about the implementation of their existing plans and for the remaining States and the District of Columbia to develop State highway-rail grade crossing action plans;\n(4) Requirements that certain railroads establish systems for receiving toll-free telephone calls reporting various unsafe conditions at highway-rail grade crossings and pathway grade crossings, and for taking certain actions in response to those calls; and\n(5) Requirements for reporting to, and periodically updating information contained in, the U.S. DOT National Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory for highway-rail and pathway crossings.\n(b) This part does not restrict a railroad from adopting and enforcing additional or more stringent requirements not inconsistent with this part.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER II—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","PART 234—GRADE CROSSING SAFETY","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"af73d0d4d3ee69937402e8d23e23d7f917510fde80adf55d7e002aba8968b175","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-233.13","next":"us/49-cfr-234.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}