Papers Podcasts Webinars Newsletters Menu gov20-blue-rev-rgb.svg THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY DESIGN NJ Transit: Why Do Pedestrians Keep Getting Hit by Trains? Seven pedestrians were hit by trains at rail crossings and eight were hit while walking along rail tracks in New Jersey in 2020; five died. Transit officials are working to understand what’s causing the incidents. March 19, 2021 • Payton Guion, nj.com Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Email linkText (TNS) — Steven Mangold was walking on a chilly, overcast morning last month near the 11th Avenue rail crossing in Neptune Township. Then a NJ Transit train came rolling along. Mangold — a 54-year-old father of two from Rockland County, New York, who also kept an address in Ocean Grove according to his obituary — was hit and killed. He is among at least three pedestrians killed already this year by NJ Transit trains, continuing a troubling trend in New Jersey and across the country. All three deaths occurred under murky circumstances. Seven ped