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Today, the Miami Herald and WLRN publish a memorial list of the 196 people struck and killed by Brightline trains in Florida since 2017 — to honor their lives, raise awareness about the deadly Brightline corridor and spark conversations about how public safety can be improved.
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A recently released report concluded that the Sunshine State remains the most dangerous state in the nation for bicyclists.
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A lawsuit that threatens the multi-county coastal link transit project is on ice for now, and elected leaders are pushing ahead with Brightline negotiations.
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The private company that promised to be “financially viable on its own” is losing money — and using government subsidies to grow its business. Read the latest installment in the WLRN / Miami Herald series Killer Train.
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Christian ministry organization Ignite the Fire identified the two victims of the Monday morning crash as the group's founder, Alexander Wurm, 53, and his daughter Serena Wurm, 22.
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A small turboprop plane bound for Jamaica on a hurricane relief mission crashed into a pond in a residential area of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs, minutes after take off from Fort Lauderdale Executive airport.
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The Federal Aviation Administration's order to scale back flights nationwide because of the government shutdown is now in effect. At Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, security lines stretched well past the barricades in Terminal 1, with 18 cancellations and 81 delayed departures by lunchtime Friday according to tracking website FlightAware.
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Brightline train crews confront violent deaths on a regular basis. Their experiences, their suffering, are part of the long debris trail of the nation’s deadliest major passenger rail system. “What’s your body count?” someone asked the conductor on Instagram. “16,” he responded, like he was providing his shirt size.
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Glydways, an Automated Transit Network (ATN), is in talks with the City of Miami about bringing an AI-powered, on-demand transit system to the city. The company says its technology could modernize or even replace the Metromover.
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Episode 4 of the WLRN News and Miami Herald podcast 'Killer Train' explores the long history of safety issues on train tracks in South Florida.
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Florida's private passenger train service had concentrated on growing its long distance service between South Florida and Orlando. In recent weeks, it has changed pricing and schedules in hopes of attracting regional commuters, too.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue hope to land the next generation of air transport companies at a testing facility in Polk County.