Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. High-speed passenger trains like Florida's Brightline travel through dense neighborhoods, increasing the likelihood of accidents ...

In its first two years, 40 people have been killed on tracks by the passenger line. Florida officials are concerned, but Brightline says suicides... Florida's Brightline Railroad Is Nation's Deadliest ...

9 Investigates allegations of lax inspections, blocked intersections and dangerous chemicals in railcars, putting communities at risk. Experts worry a devastating derailment like what happened in East ...

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a passenger train in Florida Tuesday, becoming the fifth person to be killed on the Brightline railroad in the last month. Tuesday’s victim was hit around 7:50 ...

I’M TERRI PARKER, WPBF 25 NEWS, STARTING IN JULY, UNDER A NEW STATE LAW, THERE WILL BE MORE PENALTIES FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO ILLEGALLY CROSS ACTIVE RAILROAD TRACKS. ANGELA ROZIER IS IN WEST PALM BEACH ...

California, Texas and Florida have had most train deaths since 2017 Nearly all Brightline fatalities recorded as trespassing incidents Suicides accounted for at least 7% of Brightline train deaths ...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — CSX crews started maintenance Monday, which will cause several railroad crossings throughout Escambia County, Florida, to temporarily close. Tropical Depression 18 forms ...

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In 2018, high-speed passenger trains branded as Brightline started running along the formerly freight-only Florida East Coast Railway. Initial service from Miami to West Palm Beach was extended to ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Ian Savage is a professor of economics at Northwestern ...