April 2019

MC COMMISSIONERS WON'T ACT TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE FROM VIRGIN TRAINS | TC PALM LETTER TO THE EDITOR

How sad for Martin County residents that their commissioners can’t keep them safe since they took the train bribe. Eighteen people have been killed on the Florida East Coast Railway corridor by trains operated by Virgin Trains U.S. since testing began 20 short months ago and their commissioners remain silent.

RAILROAD CROSSING ARMS NOW WORKING IN DOWNTOWN WEST PALM BEACH

THE BRIGHTLINE/ FLORIDA EAST COAT RAILROAD CROSSING ARMS MALFUNCTIONED FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF ON THURSDAY MORNING, reports the WPTV. Fortunately, the crossing arms had malfunctioned in the down position - it could have malfunctioned in the up position just as easily.

Read more here.

TRAIN WRECK TIMES - EXCELLENT NEWS AND LOTS OF POSITIVE EXPOSURES!

Train Wreck Times by Susan Mehiel

Excellent News and lots of Positive Exposure!

We’re pleased to report we had major success in Brevard County recently. After talking to the Board of County Commissioners at their meeting at the end of March, we were contacted by Commissioner Tobia who offered to sponsor a resolution regarding the AAF safety issues. We were pleased to work with his staff to produce a resolution.

ONE WEEK AFTER CHANGING BRIGHTLINE NAME, VIRGIN TRAIN KILLS PEDESTRIAN IN POMPANO

A PEDESTRIAN WAS STUCK BY VIRGIN TRAINS AND DIED NEAR THE TRACKS ON APRIL 12, the Broward Sheriff's Office confirmed. This just a week since the privately-owned railway company Brightline rebranded as Virgin Trains USA. The cause of death is under investigation.

Read more here.

The original article was written by Martin Vassolo of the Miami Herald.

NO MORE RAILROAD BOONDOGGLES!

WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER CALIFORNIA BOONDOGGLE, states Florida Alliance for Safe Trains Coordinator and Communications Director Susan Mehiel in a recent Sunshine State News article. Susan is referring to the now-defunct California high-speed rail project.

Tune in as Mehiel highlights the comparable deception and experimentation of the California and All Aboard Florida Virgin Trains' rail project, and how the Virgin Trains' project is going to fail like its predecessor.

BRIGHTLINE PARENTS RAISES $1.75B IN BONDS TO BUILD ORLANDO LEG

VIRGIN TRAINS USA RAISED $1.75 BILLION IN BOND SALE THIS WEEK. The Bond Buyer reported that the $1.75 billion was a portion of about $4 billion of orders that Virgin Trains received for the sale. These new bonds issues are to be used for the expansion to Orlando and to refund $600 million in bonds in 2017.

Read more here.