The railroad crossing at Monroe Street and Hinsdale Avenue in Hinsdale has four-quad gates to make it a safer crossing. The gates come all the way across, so a driver can't go around.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

Lanny Wilson stands by a four-quad gate at Monroe Street in Hinsdale, where his daughter was killed in 1994 after a train hit her car. Wilson, a physician and chairman of the DuPage Railroad Safety Council, pushed for the safety improvement that prevents drivers from slaloming around the gates.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

Lauren Wilson was killed at the age of 14 at a railroad crossing in Hinsdale.

Commuters use the pedestrian tunnel at the Winfield Metra station. It took years of persistence but the village eventually obtained enough grants to build the $4 million structure.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

Commuters use the pedestrian tunnel at the Winfield Metra station. It took years of persistence but the village eventually obtained enough grants to build the $4 million structure.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer