All Aboard Florida: Call for safer railroad crossings could cost Brightline $300 million

By Kenya Woodard, Capital Correspondent, Palm Beach Post; January 23, 2018 TALLAHASSEE —  Two Treasure Coast lawmakers on Tuesday called…

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All Aboard Florida: Brightline vows to ramp up safety efforts, education after four are killed by new trains

By Lisa Broadt, TCPalm.com; January 19, 2018 BOCA RATON — Brightline has built the safest railroad possible, but in the…

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All Aboard Florida: Lawmakers will look at Brightline issues, Florida House Speaker Corcoran says

By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida, South Florida Sun-Sentinel; January 19, 2018 House Speaker Richard Corcoran said a push…

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The reality of people ignoring gates, flashing lights, bells, whistles, and oncoming trains: New safety features would not prevent Brightline fatalities

By Lois K. Solomon and Rafael Olmeda, Reporters, South Florida Sun-Sentinel; January 18, 2018 New safety measures being put in…

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All Aboard Florida: After 2 fatalities, what’s next for Florida’s Brightline high-speed rail service?

By Lisa Broadt, The Stuart, Florida News, USA Today; January 19, 2018 BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — Jeffrey D. King and…

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What happens when a train strikes a pedestrian?

By Jennifer Sorentrue, Staff Writer, Palm Beach Post; January 17, 2018 The invitation-only ride on Brightline’s express train should have taken 35…

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New York: Four years after Spuyten Duyvil, Metro-North struggles to find its way

By Thomas C. Zambito, lohud.com; December 27, 2017 In this two-part special report, The Journal News/lohud looks at how things went wrong…

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6 reportedly dead after Amtrak train derails onto I-5 near DuPont, Washington

By Rolf Boone And Lisa Pemberton, The Olympian; December 18, 2017 At least six people are reported dead after an…

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Multiple injuries and fatalities in ‘massive’ Amtrak derailment onto I-5 south of Seattle

By Michael Sheetz; CNBC; December 18, 2017 An Amtrak passenger train derailed Monday southwest of Seattle and landed on Interstate…

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