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I think the authorities should probably do a combination of things mentioned above. New York City had great success when it painted an anti-gridlock white box around crowded traffic intersections and subjected anyone who entered it to a fine unless they passed right out of it. No question of how deliberate it was; the cars don't drive themselves. (Although in Chicago we have this funny notion that the guy behind you honking should be allowed to impel traffic.) Wouldn't this anti-gridlock box work for train/car "intersections" as well? One thing that was mentioned on TV was that (apparently) some of the nearby crossings are semi-synchonized to the extent that a train two (rail) blocks away will trigger the stop light on the other side of the crossing to freeze on green and therefore make it more likely that the bunched-up traffic can clear the tracks. None of this obviates the fact that people must DELIBERATELY and AGAINST THE RULES enter into a crossing. Even if (a) the gates aren't lowering nobody has to get stuck on the tracks who will (b) not cross the tracks until s/he is sure there is room for their vehicle on the other side of the tracks. Let Whoozits behind you honk away; his days are numbered anyhow.
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