MIAMI NEW TIMES
So you've heard about All Aboard Florida, the private railroad line that will connect Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach to Orlando set to be completed in 2017. Perhaps you've imagined one day ditching your car in... more
NEWS ABOUT ALL ABOARD FLORIDA
Published: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 2:30pm
Published: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 1:30pm
Executive Summary
Introduction
Florida East Coast Industries, Inc. (FECI) commissioned The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (LBG) to develop an investment grade ridership and revenue forecast for the re-introduction of passenger... more
Published: Saturday, May 30, 2015 - 10:15am
TCPALM
Weeds and plants obscure the small brown “Trans-Florida Central Railroad” sign on 102nd Terrace from view, so nature-lovers and hiking enthusiasts might not see it. Nor might they realize the historical significance of the quiet,... more
Published: Saturday, May 30, 2015 - 8:00am
The fight against All Aboard Florida played out in an austere Washington D.C. courthouse today, in a hearing to decide whether the passenger rail project will get $1.75 billion in tax exempt bonds.
The more than three-hour hearing... more
Published: Friday, May 29, 2015 - 8:00am
Lisa Broadt - TCPalm
All Aboard Florida’s last-minute attempt to enter a much-anticipated ridership survey into court documents should be rejected, according to papers filed by Martin County late Thursday.
“AAF has offered no... more
Published: Friday, May 29, 2015 - 3:00am
Lisa Broadt - TCPalm
All Aboard Florida will seek an extension from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the sale of $1.75 billion in tax-exempt bonds to finance its project, the company said in federal court here Friday morning.... more
Published: Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 8:45pm
1. Despite the fact that All Aboard Florida would significantly improve the railway by enhancing the safety of existing tracks, grade crossings and by installing state-of-the-art technology, Martin County does not want AAF’s project to go forward... more
Published: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 8:15pm
1. Martin County’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction should be denied because DOT’s allocation of $1.7 billion in private activity bonds was legally proper. 26 U.S.C. Section 142(m)(1)(A) provides that private activity bonds may be allocated for... more
Published: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 12:45pm
From planes to trains: Robert Crandall joins opposition to All Aboard.
Crandall, a winter resident of... more
Published: Sunday, May 24, 2015 - 7:00am
MIAMI HERALD All Aboard Florida, also known as the Boondoggle Express, is having public-relations problems.
Skepticism, anger and legal challenges stand in the path of the 16 passenger trains that are fancifully scheduled to run daily... more
Published: Friday, May 22, 2015 - 2:45pm
Published: Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 5:30pm
By Phyllis Frey
Brevard County BOCC May 12, 2015
As a retired FAA Safety Check Airman, I would like to discuss safety issues with regard to AAF and Florida East Coast Railways as an appeal not to your sense of fear, but to your... more
Published: Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 4:45pm
Is there a more absurd technology than positive train control, which Congress imposed as an unfunded mandate on railroads in... more
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: Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 4:30pm
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
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: 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
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
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: 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: 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