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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Vogon_Glory

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1. These deaths were preventable--if the drivers had

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jan 16, 2024, 05:50 PM

Jan 2024

stopped when the crossing arms came down and not tried to play “Fast and Furious” with heavier fixed-guideway trains packing a lot more mass and inertia.

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Brightline: NTSB investigating after 3 killed in 2 train collisions at same crossing this week [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 OP

These deaths were preventable--if the drivers had Vogon_Glory Jan 2024 #1

If they have so many trains going through it may be time to break those crossings. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2024 #2