Yes, that's the trolley I've taken to/from the Brightline station - it's free! The only issue is, it only makes one stop and it's a pretty large port. For me, it's a pretty easy walk to the Virgin Cruise Terminal but some of the terminals would be a considerable way from the trolley stop. The other issue is, the Trolley runs into the same traffic that Ubers / Taxis run into. Would be nice to have a dedicated people mover that links Metro, Brightling and the various cruise terminals - really cool to see that it has at least been proposed. Hopefully I'll get to ride it one day.
Surveillance video shows the car driving around a car stopped at the crossing, and directly into the side of the locomotive.
This article shows the video. Quite remarkable. What was the driver thinking? Or not?
Congratulations to the mayor for this sort of pronouncement. People always trying to blame the railroad, pay attention.
IIRC the article said the city is considering applying for a quiet zone, which I think would require safety enhancements. Although the train horn made no difference in these incidents.
This video clearly puts the blame directly on the driver. If I owned a building that had view of a RR grade crossing think I would put a camera in with hope that could sell it to RR anytime a grade crossing incident happened. If camera was good enough to read license plates give results to police and media if justice system did nothing.
Quad gates stop the bozos who try to get around vehicles stopped by regular gate. I once stopped at a high speed rail crossing in Spain--quad gates with chains came down 2-3 minutes before the train came through. What you see is gates with chains hanging down. The chains could be metal or they could be faux chains. A driver has no way of knowing.
For some people
Probably long enough to slow/stop a train going full speed if the gate jams or hits something.
That's roadway signal timing. Each intersection on a roadway corridor has signals timed to the posted speed. Since rail intersection times and roadway crossing timing are so unpredictiable, rail crossing signals are unlikely to be sychronized with roadway times. Every driver needs to understand that railroads have priority over surface transportation... always. Personally I would not argue with a locomotive..even in my UltraMax SuperDuper SUV 3-wd w/diff lock transmission. I would lose.
Yeah, my theory with most of the crashes since it opened in South Florida is car brained people wanting to not wait for a mile long train of rocks going 25mph and getting struck by a passenger train going 70.
So you're suggesting the an impatient driver can't distinguish between a Brightline train and a freight train and therefore will try to blow a crossing that is active. I recommend that you have a serious discussion with the local school board about life skills education, especially driver training. Everyone is on the hook for recognizing what is.
Thanks.
