With a projected 43% percent increase in rail traffic coming in the next year, emergency response teams are taking a closer look at how they would respond to a... more
NEWS ABOUT ALL ABOARD FLORIDA
Published: Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 4:30pm
Published: Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 4:30pm
The town council unanimously voted Tuesday to oppose issuing the bonds needed to build the controversial All Aboard Florida railroad between Orlando and Miami. They join Tequesta, Jupiter Island, Fort Pierce and Port St. Lucie in their opposition... more
Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 1:45pm
Whether All Aboard Florida is eligible to receive $1.75 billion in tax exempt bonds could come down to whether it has benefited from federal transportation money already.
In hundreds of pages of court documents filed late Friday, All... more
Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 1:30pm
Martin County should put up its own financial stake — to the tune of a $50 million bond — if it wants to gamble with the future of southeast Florida transportation, according to court documents filed by All Aboard Florida and the U.S. Department... more
Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 1:15pm
Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 1:15pm
National Journal Thirty-nine minutes into his southbound ride from Wilmington, Delaware, to Washington, D.C., Joseph H. Boardman, president and CEO of... more
ALL ABOARD FLORIDA DEBATE IN STUART TODAY - TOWN HALL 6-8 PM - PLEASE ATTEND AND VOICE YOUR OPINION.
Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 12:45pm
Can't attend - send your questions in advance here:http://www.cityofstuart.us/index.php/help/contact-us
A railroad vice president and anti-rail expansion activists... more
Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 11:15am
Wall Street Journal By EDWARD R. HAMBERGER
The tragic derailment of an Amtrak passenger train near Philadelphia shines a light on an... more
Published: Saturday, May 16, 2015 - 4:45pm
This post has been updated to reflect that fact Amtrak officials have announced that Positive Train Control was installed on that section... more
WITH TRAINS, SMALLER MAY BE BETTER. SLASHING THE RAILS SERVICE BUDGET MAY BE JUST WHAT AMTRAK NEEDS.
Published: Saturday, May 16, 2015 - 4:45pm
Published: Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 8:00pm
At 11:18 AM this morning, Beth Frady of the FDFC and Enterprise Florida released the following statement: "The FDFC meeting on the 28th has been canceled and no date has been finalized to reschedule it. This is all of the information the FDFC... more
Published: Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 2:15pm
Published: Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 10:45am
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE TRAINS - MAY 28th IN ORLANDO - More info here: http://bit.ly/1KrfpyI. Letter from Susan Mehiel, Vero Beach
People ask us how they can help stop the... more
Published: Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 10:15am
PRESS RELEASE FROM CARE FLORIDA: The safety and welfare of more than 8,000 students in the Martin County School District who travel to and from school could be at “serious risk” should the All Aboard Florida (AAF) rail project be allowed to... more
Published: Friday, May 8, 2015 - 2:15pm
Palm Beach Post All Aboard Florida’s proposed expansion of rail service will jeopardize lives and property values, and make life... more
Published: Friday, May 8, 2015 - 2:15pm
PROTEST IN PERSON ON MAY 28TH - MORE INFO HERE: http://bit.ly/1KrfpyI
Dear Sir/Madam:
All Aboard Florida (AAF) proposes to develop track and acquire equipment so that it can run 16... more
Published: Friday, May 8, 2015 - 2:00pm
Published: Friday, May 8, 2015 - 2:00pm
PROTEST IN PERSON ON MAY 28TH - MORE INFO HERE: http://bit.ly/1KrfpyI
JUPITER — About 80 people, wearing white and red T-shirts reading “Stop the Trains,” created a standing-room-only crowd at Tuesday’s... more
Published: Friday, May 8, 2015 - 2:00pm
PROTEST IN PERSON ON MAY 28TH - MORE INFO HERE: http://bit.ly/1zP2aId
PALM BEACH GARDENS — Saying “there... more
Published: Friday, May 8, 2015 - 2:00pm
DO WE REALLY WANT THEM TO RECEIVE TAX PAYER SUBSIDIZED FUNDS - RALLY TO ORLANDO ON MAY 28TH TO MAKE YOUR PROTEST IN PERSON OR SEND AN EMAIL. DETAILS HERE:... more
Published: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 6:45am
Lisa Broadt - TCPalm
Martin and Indian River counties will ask a Washington, D.C., federal judge May 29 to block issuance of tax-exempt bonds to All Aboard Florida.
It’s essential that sale of the bonds — key financing for the... more
Published: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 5:15pm
Thomas Hewitt, V. Michael Ferdinandi and Martin County, Florida, Plaintiffs, vs United States Department of Transportation, Anthony Foxx, Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation and Peter M. Rogoff, Undersecretary of... more
Published: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 4:45pm
Palm Beach Post Two Palm Beach County... more
Published: Monday, April 27, 2015 - 5:45pm
MARTIN COUNTY HOMETOWN NEWS
Martin County Commissioners took the financial cuffs off April 14 in the fight against Florida Cast Coast Industries' plans to send 26 high speed trains a day through downtown Stuart.
The commission... more
Published: Monday, April 27, 2015 - 8:00am
STUART, Fla.—Four out of every five registered voters in the Treasure Coast and North Palm Beach County oppose the All Aboard Florida (AAF) rail project, a new poll shows. AAF wants to build new rail lines between Orlando and Miami, which would... more
Published: Sunday, April 26, 2015 - 12:00pm
Published: Sunday, April 26, 2015 - 10:45am
Florida East Coast Railway’s... more
Published: Sunday, April 26, 2015 - 10:30am
Published: Friday, April 24, 2015 - 7:15am
Lisa Broadt - TCPalm
Elected officials will face tough choices, with multimillion consequences, when quiet-zone discussions move from northern Palm Beach County into Martin County and up the Treasure Coast.
For months, local... more
Published: Friday, April 24, 2015 - 7:00am
http://www.futurism.co/links/view/japan-maglev-train-breaks-world-speed-...
A Japanese magnetic levitation train has broken its own world... more
Published: Friday, April 24, 2015 - 7:00am
Published: Monday, April 20, 2015 - 7:30am
TCPalm Treasure Coast leaders and All Aboard Florida opponents are here today for a public hearing on the proposed issuance of $1.75 billion of tax-exempt funding for the $3 billion high-speed passenger rail project.
The Florida... more
Published: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 - 4:30pm
At the beginning of 2014, when a handful of concerned citizens in IR, Martin and SL counties learned about All Aboard Florida’s intent to operate 32, 110 m.p.h. trains per day through 42 towns along the Treasure Coast between Miami and Orlando,... more
Published: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 - 4:15pm
Letter from Phyllis Frey, former airline captain and FAA Safety Check Airman I want to focus on what is to me, the greatest threat of all from All Aboard Florida to our community, and that is safety.
Florida is about to explode, fueled... more
Published: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 - 2:30pm
NEWS BREAK - AMERICAN LNG MARKETING HAS APPLIED FOR AUTHORIZATION TO EXPORT LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS
Questions/Concerns regarding Application of American LIMG... more
Published: Wednesday, April 1, 2015 - 12:00pm
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Indian River County filed a complaint challenging the United States Department of Transportation's approval of the allocation of $1,750,000,000 in private activity bonds to finance the... more
Published: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 9:15am
CAMPENNI IS SPOT ON- HOW MANY DERAILMENTS, ACCIDENTS OR DEATHS DOES IT TAKE BEFORE OUT STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS SEE ALL ABOARD FLORIDA FOR THE FOLLY IT IS?
Trains, Society And Rights
I read about one more train accident this... more
Published: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 9:15am
Published: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 8:15am
MISSOULIAN.COM Exploding oil trains are a hot topic in the United States and Canada,... more
Published: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 8:15am
Published: Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 9:00am
Published: Friday, March 27, 2015 - 2:15pm
Published: Friday, March 27, 2015 - 2:15pm
Published: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 2:30pm
According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, investors have taken back nearly $800 million from the flagship hedge fund of the Fortress Investment Group LLC, which is 25% of the $3.2 billion of the firm’s total assets that are under... more
Published: Friday, March 20, 2015 - 10:45am
A MUST READ - Check out this in-depth interview with FNAA Founder KC Traylor on the impact the trains could have on the communities. Tequesta Magazine Mar-Apr 2015
Published: Monday, March 16, 2015 - 6:30am
Published: Sunday, March 8, 2015 - 1:30pm
A Canadian National Railway Co. train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire in northern Ontario, while a BNSF Railway Co. train carrying Bakken oil for Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. continued to burn in rural Illinois two days after it jumped... more
Published: Sunday, March 8, 2015 - 8:45am
Published: Saturday, March 7, 2015 - 7:00am
This might be the missing piece, the one that makes the puzzle clear to see. I’m talking about the “Florida Gaming Control Act of 2015,” a bill proposed in Tallahassee this week that would authorize two “destination resort” casinos in South... more
Published: Saturday, March 7, 2015 - 6:30am
Business Insider Mike Novogtatz's flagship fund lost 1/4 of it's assets. According to the Wall Street Journal, Fortress... more