WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Federal Railroad Administration has issued a notice called: Review of Quiet Zone in Miami, Florida.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on Nov. 24 by John Karl Alexy, Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
Summary: FRA is providing notice of its intent to review a quiet zone (THR-000000111223) located in Miami, Florida. Based on a high rate of reported accidents/incidents between January 2020 and January 2025, FRA has made a preliminary determination that safety systems and measures implemented within the quiet zone do not fully compensate for the absence of routine sounding of the locomotive horn due to a substantial increase in risk with respect to loss of life or serious p...