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https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/essex/montclair/2022/04/11/eric-boehlert-bike-accident-train-killed-montclair-nj-transit/7275044001/

NJ Transit says gates were down when Boehlert killed, but residents call crossing sketchy

Mark Montimurro, whose apartment overlooks the crossing, said that when a New York-bound train stops at the nearby Watchung Avenue station, the gates across North Fullerton go down and then rise again after about a minute, what he calls a "fakeout." As the train leaves that station and approaches North Fullerton, the gates lower again.

Evan Cutler, who lives near the crossing and often bikes through it, said "a lot of the time the arms go down and nothing happens and then they come back up. It seems very unreliable, like the boy who cried wolf," he said.

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As of 2017, 84% of NJ Transit trains had forward-facing cameras, according to a release by the agency.