Calling Brightline the "murder train" is ironic, considering that more than 28,000 people have died and 2.125 million have been injured on the state’s roads in the exact same timeframe.
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Sep 23
The murder train is going bankrupt! 👀 The deadliest train in America, Brightline, which has killed 200+ people since 2017, is getting ready to restructure $1.1 billion in dead. The Brightline is notorious in South Florida for killing someone on average every 13 days. High-speed trains running at street level through quiet zones, hundreds of grade crossings, long stretches of unfenced track. Despite the bankruptcy, the train will continue operating as normal for now!

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Replying to @the_transit_guy
And its been the cars fault everytime.
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We should nationalize all failed rail projects (and all freight rail too)
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I lost some respect for Randall O'Toole when he started saying this stuff. He was involved in railroad preservation and knows more about rail operations than the average bear, so he knows better
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Replying to @the_transit_guy
That's still a weirdly high number for a train.
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Replying to @the_transit_guy
What’s crazy is double the amount of people died on nyc subway tracks but they want you to believe that’s un avoidable bc it’s a government agency and those people weren’t in cars
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Replying to @the_transit_guy
That's almost one fatality for every mile of the Brightline vs 28k fatalities over 161k road miles. Brightline kills 6x more people relative to its size than the Florida road system. Trains are good. Brightline is not a good train.
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Replying to @the_transit_guy
Most of the deaths are from drivers on the roads not respecting the rails.
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Replying to @the_transit_guy
I'd call it Darwinistic. Not one of those deaths could not have been prevented by the dead themselves.
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Replying to @the_transit_guy
Yeah lets run a train at 125MPH at level grade crossings in the middle of cities. What could go wrong? 227 deaths is what goes wrong.
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Replying to @the_transit_guy
Brightline is a typical commuter rail project Costs way over budget, ridership far below forecast Brightline is bankrupt because it doesn't have access to unlimited taxpayer subsidies
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It's the deadliest rail line in the country.
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And how many people ride Brightline versus how many people drive on roadways????????
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Replying to @the_transit_guy
The deaths are not as important as capital loss, which is far more valuable than human lives. Brightline is a relatively efficient business; imagine if trains were run by a government - it would be an endless money pit sucking billions and billions of dollars just for the enjoyment of people who like choo choo trains
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Replying to @the_transit_guy
In *every* case, the deceased was trespassing or ignored a signal. Even the mostly grade separated TGV has about 15 fatalities a year due to trespassing.
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Replying to @the_transit_guy
Brightline is a crap train though. High speed rail with at grade crossings is just gunning for a disaster.
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Replying to @the_transit_guy
he made an interesting typo at the end there.
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Replying to @the_transit_guy
Train can't murder anyone its on tracks.
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Replying to @the_transit_guy
No matter how pro-transit you are, 227 people dead is unacceptable and the train cannot continue running like nothings going on
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Replying to @the_transit_guy
A fairer comparison would be one road
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Florida roadways ave ~ 1 death per 80 million miles driven. Passenger trains 1 per 2½ billion miles traveled. Brightline in FL, 1 death every 40,000 miles. Where's the irony?
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Replying to @the_transit_guy
all roads vs just brightline?
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Still, it's a liability issue and a pretty big one.
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What about per-passenger mile?
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Life is cheap in Florida.
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Replying to @the_transit_guy
lesson: private trains dont work
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Maybe best to put high-speed infrastructure underground
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I find human lives are just as valuable regardless of their location inside or outside a train. In 2025: Brightline: * 290m passenger-miles * 42 deaths == 1 per 6.9 m mi FL roads: * 226b p-mi * ~3000 deaths == 1 per 75m mi Metra: * 890m p-mi * 4 deaths == 1 per 222m mi
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make a sign, someone needs to fix both
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