Review of Quiet Zone in Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Oakland Park, Wilton Manors, Dania Beach, Hollywood, and Hallandale Beach, Florida, 20937-20939 [2023-07293]
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2018,2 ‘‘there have been no changes to
the training and operations that affect
the terms and conditions of the waiver.’’
MATA states that since the relief was
granted in 2008, ‘‘there has not been a
reportable ‘accident/incident’ . . . on
the line.’’
A copy of the petition, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov.
Interested parties are invited to
participate in these proceedings by
submitting written views, data, or
comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in
connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a
hearing. If any interested party desires
an opportunity for oral comment and a
public hearing, they should notify FRA,
in writing, before the end of the
comment period and specify the basis
for their request.
All communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number and may be
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instructions for submitting comments.
Communications received by June 6,
2023 will be considered by FRA before
final action is taken. Comments received
after that date will be considered if
practicable.
Anyone can search the electronic
form of any written communications
and comments received into any of our
dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the
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association, business, labor union, etc.).
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these comments, without edit, including
any personal information the
commenter provides, to
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the system of records notice (DOT/ALL–
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See also https://www.regulations.gov/
privacy-notice for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov.
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2022–0058, Notice No. 1]
Review of Quiet Zone in Deerfield
Beach, Pompano Beach, Fort
Lauderdale, Oakland Park, Wilton
Manors, Dania Beach, Hollywood, and
Hallandale Beach, Florida
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of quiet zone review.
AGENCY:
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FRA is providing notice of its
intent to review a quiet zone located in
Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, Fort
Lauderdale, Oakland Park, Wilton
Manors, Dania Beach, Hollywood, and
Hallandale Beach, Florida (Cities).
Based on a high rate of reported
accidents/incidents and related injuries
and fatalities that occurred between
January and December 2022, FRA has
made a preliminary determination that
the safety systems and measures
implemented within the quiet zone do
not fully compensate for the absence of
routine sounding of locomotive horns
due to a substantial increase in risk. In
addition, FRA has made a preliminary
determination of significant risk with
respect to loss of life or serious personal
injury within the quiet zone. Therefore,
FRA intends to review existing
conditions within the quiet zone to
determine whether the quiet zone
should be terminated or whether
additional safety measures may be
necessary to ensure motorist and
pedestrian safety.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before May 8, 2023. FRA
will consider comments filed after this
date to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments: Comments
related to this notice may be submitted
by going to https://www.regulations.gov
and following the online instructions for
submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number (FRA–2022–0058). Please note
that comments submitted online via
www.regulations.gov are not
immediately posted to the docket.
Several business days may elapse after
a comment has been submitted online
before it is posted to the docket.
2 See https://www.regulations.gov/document/
FRA-2008-0063-0012.
1 71 FR 47613, codified at 49 CFR parts 222 and
229.
2 The RIWH is the level of risk to the motoring
public when locomotive horns are routinely
sounded at every public highway-rail grade crossing
within the quiet zone.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety,
Chief Safety Officer.
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Privacy Act: DOT solicits comments
from the public to better inform its
regulatory process. DOT posts these
comments, without edit, to
www.regulations.gov, as described in
the system of records notice, DOT/ALL–
14 FDMS, accessible through
www.dot.gov/privacy. To facilitate
comment tracking and response,
commenters are encouraged to provide
their name, or the name of their
organization; however, submission of
names is completely optional. Whether
or not commenters identify themselves,
all timely comments will be fully
considered. If you wish to provide
comments containing proprietary or
confidential information, please contact
the agency for alternate submission
instructions.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read comments received, please visit
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for accessing the
docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Payne, Staff Director, HighwayRail Crossing and Trespasser Programs
Division (telephone: 202–441–2787,
email: james.payne@dot.gov); or
Kathryn Gresham, Attorney-Adviser,
Office of the Chief Counsel (telephone:
202–577–7142, email:
kathryn.gresham@dot.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
FRA’s amended final rule on the Use
of Locomotive Horns at Public HighwayRail Grade Crossings, which was issued
on August 17, 2006,1 permits a
jurisdiction to establish a quiet zone by
designation, if the jurisdiction attests
that they have implemented safety
measures that reduce the risk of
accidents/incidents and fatalities at
public highway-rail grade crossings
within the quiet zone to the Risk Index
With Horns (RIWH).2 Through issuance
of a Notice of Quiet Zone Establishment,
dated April 24, 2019, the Cities
established a multi-jurisdictional quiet
zone in Broward County, Florida (THR–
000001420003) that includes the
following highway-rail grade crossings:
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City
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Deerfield Beach ..............................................
Deerfield Beach ..............................................
Deerfield Beach ..............................................
Deerfield Beach ..............................................
Deerfield Beach ..............................................
Pompano Beach .............................................
Pompano Beach .............................................
Pompano Beach .............................................
Pompano Beach .............................................
Pompano Beach .............................................
Pompano Beach .............................................
Pompano Beach .............................................
Pompano Beach .............................................
Pompano Beach .............................................
Pompano Beach .............................................
Oakland Park ..................................................
Oakland Park ..................................................
Oakland Park ..................................................
Oakland Park ..................................................
Oakland Park ..................................................
Oakland Park ..................................................
Oakland Park ..................................................
Wilton Manors .................................................
Wilton Manors .................................................
Fort Lauderdale ...............................................
Fort Lauderdale ...............................................
Fort Lauderdale ...............................................
Fort Lauderdale ...............................................
Fort Lauderdale ...............................................
Fort Lauderdale ...............................................
Fort Lauderdale ...............................................
Fort Lauderdale ...............................................
Fort Lauderdale ...............................................
Fort Lauderdale ...............................................
Fort Lauderdale ...............................................
Fort Lauderdale ...............................................
Fort Lauderdale ...............................................
Fort Lauderdale ...............................................
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Dania ...............................................................
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Dania ...............................................................
Dania ...............................................................
Dania ...............................................................
Dania ...............................................................
Hollywood ........................................................
Hollywood ........................................................
Hollywood ........................................................
Hollywood ........................................................
Hollywood ........................................................
Hollywood ........................................................
Hollywood ........................................................
Hollywood ........................................................
Hollywood ........................................................
Hallandale .......................................................
Hallandale .......................................................
Hallandale .......................................................
Hallandale .......................................................
Hollywood ........................................................
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According to the Notice of Quiet Zone
Establishment, this crossing corridor
qualified for quiet zone status on the
basis of having a Quiet Zone Risk Index
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that was below the RIWH. Accordingly,
the Notice of Quiet Zone Establishment
indicated that the Cities had taken
appropriate measures to compensate for
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Hillsboro Blvd.
SE 4th Street.
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NE 48th Street.
Sample Road.
NE 33rd Street.
Copans Road.
NE 10th Street.
NE 6th Street.
NE 3rd Street.
West Atlantic Avenue.
SW 2nd Street.
SW 6th Street.
Cypress Creek Road.
Commercial Blvd.
NE 45th Street.
NE 38th Street.
NE 36th Street.
NE 34th Court.
Oakland Park Blvd.
NE 26th Street.
NE 24th Street.
NE 17th Court.
NE 13th Street.
Sunrise Blvd.
NE 3rd Avenue.
North Andrews Avenue.
Sistrunk Blvd.
NE 4th Street.
West Broward Blvd.
SW 2nd Street.
SW 5th Street.
SW 6th Street.
SW 7th Street.
SW 9th Street.
Davie Blvd.
SW 15th Street.
SW 17th Street.
SW 22nd Street.
SW 24th Street.
Griffin Road.
NW 4 Old Griffin Road.
NW 1st Street.
West Dania Beach Blvd.
Stirling Road.
Dixie Highway.
Sheridan Street.
Taft Street.
Garfield Street.
Johnson Street.
Filmore Street.
Hollywood Blvd.
Harrison Street.
Monroe Street.
Washington Street.
Pembroke Road.
NW 3rd Street.
E. Hallandale Beach Blvd.
SW 3rd Street.
Tyler Street.
NE 56th Street.
SW 3rd St.
the excess risk that results from
restricting routine train horn sounding
at the highway-rail grade crossings
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identified in the notice, and the quiet
zone took effect on May 18, 2019.
Substantial Increase in Risk
As reflected in the table below,
between January and December 2022, at
least 34 accidents/incidents have
occurred within this multi-jurisdictional
quiet zone, resulting in 22 fatalities, six
injuries, and six incidents where no
accident/incidents and fatalities around
Hollywood, Florida, including those
involving persons classified as
trespassers. In accordance with 49 CFR
222.51(c), FRA has made a preliminary
determination that there is significant
risk with respect to loss of life or serious
personal injury within this quiet zone
which necessitates a review by FRA.
No.
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Incident
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Hollywood, FL ................................................
Hollywood, FL ................................................
Hallandale Beach, FL .....................................
Hollywood, FL ................................................
Pompano Beach, FL ......................................
Oakland Park, FL ...........................................
Hollywood, FL ................................................
Hallandale Beach, FL .....................................
Wilton Manors, FL ..........................................
Hallandale Beach, FL .....................................
Oakland Park, FL ...........................................
Oakland Park, FL ...........................................
Pompano Beach, FL ......................................
Hollywood, FL ................................................
Pompano Beach, FL ......................................
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Pompano Beach, FL ......................................
Pompano Beach, FL ......................................
Pompano Beach, FL ......................................
Dania Beach, FL ............................................
Hollywood, FL ................................................
Wilton Manor, FL ............................................
Oakland Park, FL ...........................................
Pompano Beach, FL ......................................
Hollywood, FL ................................................
Oakland, FL ....................................................
Hollywood, FL ................................................
Fort Lauderdale, FL .......................................
Fort Lauderdale, FL .......................................
Dania Beach, FL ............................................
Hollywood, FL ................................................
Fort Lauderdale, FL .......................................
Scope of Review
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injuries were reported. This is a
significant number of accidents/
incidents and fatalities as compared to
quiet zone accident/incident data over
the same period in other quiet zones
across the country. While accidents/
incidents and fatalities have occurred
throughout the quiet zone, the table
below reflects a concentration of
Since 1991, when FRA issued
Emergency Order No. 15 regarding the
use of locomotive horns at public
highway-rail grade crossings,3 FRA has
adopted a corridor-wide approach to
evaluating and mitigating risk within
quiet zones. A corridor-wide approach
permits the most efficient deployment
of risk reduction measures and
encourages public authorities to focus
their resources on addressing the most
hazardous public highway-rail grade
crossings.
As described in this notice, FRA
intends to conduct a review of this
multi-jurisdictional quiet zone (THR–
000001420003) located along the
Brightline passenger rail corridor and
3 56
FR 36190 (July 31, 1991).
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Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) freight
rail corridor.
Interested parties are invited to
submit written comments on this quiet
zone review to the docket. FRA is
interested in obtaining information from
the public about the prevalence of
unsafe actions that have been observed
at any of the above-listed grade
crossings, including information about
motorists or pedestrians that have been
observed engaging in unsafe actions at
any of the above-listed grade crossings.
FRA is also interested in obtaining
information from public authorities in
the affected quiet zone about the
effectiveness of existing quiet zone
crossing safety improvements, as well
any additional quiet zone safety
improvements that may be under
consideration and the anticipated
timeline for implementing any such
improvements. Please refer to the
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272587R.
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Trespass.
Trespass.
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272542J.
Trespass.
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272545E.
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Trespass.
272542J.
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272519P.
272531W.
Trespass.
Trespass.
Trespass.
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272576D.
Trespass.
Trespass.
Trespass.
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272868A.
Trespass.
Trespass.
Trespass.
Trespass.
Trespass.
272588X.
Trespass.
ADDRESSES section above for guidance
on the submission of comments to the
electronic docket.
After the comment period closes, the
Associate Administrator may require
that additional safety measures be taken
or that the quiet zone be terminated.
The Associate Administrator will
provide a copy of his decision to the
Cities in which this multi-jurisdictional
quiet zone is located, as well as the
railroads that operate through the quiet
zone and the State agencies responsible
for grade crossing, highway, and road
safety.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety,
Chief Safety Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2022-0058, Notice No. 1]
Review of Quiet Zone in Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, Fort
Lauderdale, Oakland Park, Wilton Manors, Dania Beach, Hollywood, and
Hallandale Beach, Florida
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of quiet zone review.
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SUMMARY: FRA is providing notice of its intent to review a quiet zone
located in Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Oakland
Park, Wilton Manors, Dania Beach, Hollywood, and Hallandale Beach,
Florida (Cities). Based on a high rate of reported accidents/incidents
and related injuries and fatalities that occurred between January and
December 2022, FRA has made a preliminary determination that the safety
systems and measures implemented within the quiet zone do not fully
compensate for the absence of routine sounding of locomotive horns due
to a substantial increase in risk. In addition, FRA has made a
preliminary determination of significant risk with respect to loss of
life or serious personal injury within the quiet zone. Therefore, FRA
intends to review existing conditions within the quiet zone to
determine whether the quiet zone should be terminated or whether
additional safety measures may be necessary to ensure motorist and
pedestrian safety.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 8, 2023. FRA
will consider comments filed after this date to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments: Comments related to this notice may be submitted
by going to https://www.regulations.gov and following the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number (FRA-2022-0058). Please note that comments submitted
online via www.regulations.gov are not immediately posted to the
docket. Several business days may elapse after a comment has been
submitted online before it is posted to the docket.
Privacy Act: DOT solicits comments from the public to better inform
its regulatory process. DOT posts these comments, without edit, to
www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records notice, DOT/
ALL-14 FDMS, accessible through www.dot.gov/privacy. To facilitate
comment tracking and response, commenters are encouraged to provide
their name, or the name of their organization; however, submission of
names is completely optional. Whether or not commenters identify
themselves, all timely comments will be fully considered. If you wish
to provide comments containing proprietary or confidential information,
please contact the agency for alternate submission instructions.
Docket: For access to the docket to read comments received, please
visit https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions
for accessing the docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Payne, Staff Director, Highway-
Rail Crossing and Trespasser Programs Division (telephone: 202-441-
2787, email: [email protected]); or Kathryn Gresham, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Chief Counsel (telephone: 202-577-7142, email:
[email protected]).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
FRA's amended final rule on the Use of Locomotive Horns at Public
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, which was issued on August 17, 2006,\1\
permits a jurisdiction to establish a quiet zone by designation, if the
jurisdiction attests that they have implemented safety measures that
reduce the risk of accidents/incidents and fatalities at public
highway-rail grade crossings within the quiet zone to the Risk Index
With Horns (RIWH).\2\ Through issuance of a Notice of Quiet Zone
Establishment, dated April 24, 2019, the Cities established a multi-
jurisdictional quiet zone in Broward County, Florida (THR-000001420003)
that includes the following highway-rail grade crossings:
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\1\ 71 FR 47613, codified at 49 CFR parts 222 and 229.
\2\ The RIWH is the level of risk to the motoring public when
locomotive horns are routinely sounded at every public highway-rail
grade crossing within the quiet zone.
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State City inventory No. (GX ID) Street name
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FL................................... Deerfield Beach........ 272511K................ NE 2nd Street.
FL................................... Deerfield Beach........ 272512S................ Hillsboro Blvd.
FL................................... Deerfield Beach........ 272513Y................ SE 4th Street.
FL................................... Deerfield Beach........ 272514F................ SW 10th Street.
FL................................... Deerfield Beach........ 272515M................ SW 15th Street.
FL................................... Pompano Beach.......... 272516U................ NE 48th Street.
FL................................... Pompano Beach.......... 272517B................ Sample Road.
FL................................... Pompano Beach.......... 272518H................ NE 33rd Street.
FL................................... Pompano Beach.......... 272519P................ Copans Road.
FL................................... Pompano Beach.......... 272526A................ NE 10th Street.
FL................................... Pompano Beach.......... 272528N................ NE 6th Street.
FL................................... Pompano Beach.......... 272531W................ NE 3rd Street.
FL................................... Pompano Beach.......... 272533K................ West Atlantic Avenue.
FL................................... Pompano Beach.......... 272534S................ SW 2nd Street.
FL................................... Pompano Beach.......... 272535Y................ SW 6th Street.
FL................................... Oakland Park........... 272536F................ Cypress Creek Road.
FL................................... Oakland Park........... 272537M................ Commercial Blvd.
FL................................... Oakland Park........... 272538U................ NE 45th Street.
FL................................... Oakland Park........... 272540V................ NE 38th Street.
FL................................... Oakland Park........... 272541C................ NE 36th Street.
FL................................... Oakland Park........... 272542J................ NE 34th Court.
FL................................... Oakland Park........... 272544X................ Oakland Park Blvd.
FL................................... Wilton Manors.......... 272545E................ NE 26th Street.
FL................................... Wilton Manors.......... 272546L................ NE 24th Street.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272547T................ NE 17th Court.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272548A................ NE 13th Street.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272549G................ Sunrise Blvd.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272550B................ NE 3rd Avenue.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272551H................ North Andrews Avenue.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272552P................ Sistrunk Blvd.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272553W................ NE 4th Street.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272556S................ West Broward Blvd.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272557Y................ SW 2nd Street.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272558F................ SW 5th Street.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272559M................ SW 6th Street.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272560G................ SW 7th Street.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272561N................ SW 9th Street.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272562V................ Davie Blvd.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272563C................ SW 15th Street.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272564J................ SW 17th Street.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272566X................ SW 22nd Street.
FL................................... Fort Lauderdale........ 272567E................ SW 24th Street.
FL................................... Dania.................. 272571U................ Griffin Road.
FL................................... Dania.................. 272572B................ NW 4 Old Griffin Road.
FL................................... Dania.................. 272573H................ NW 1st Street.
FL................................... Dania.................. 272574P................ West Dania Beach Blvd.
FL................................... Dania.................. 272575W................ Stirling Road.
FL................................... Dania.................. 272576D................ Dixie Highway.
FL................................... Hollywood.............. 272577K................ Sheridan Street.
FL................................... Hollywood.............. 272578S................ Taft Street.
FL................................... Hollywood.............. 272582G................ Garfield Street.
FL................................... Hollywood.............. 272584V................ Johnson Street.
FL................................... Hollywood.............. 272585C................ Filmore Street.
FL................................... Hollywood.............. 272586J................ Hollywood Blvd.
FL................................... Hollywood.............. 272587R................ Harrison Street.
FL................................... Hollywood.............. 272588X................ Monroe Street.
FL................................... Hollywood.............. 272589E................ Washington Street.
FL................................... Hallandale............. 272590Y................ Pembroke Road.
FL................................... Hallandale............. 272591F................ NW 3rd Street.
FL................................... Hallandale............. 272592M................ E. Hallandale Beach
Blvd.
FL................................... Hallandale............. 272593U................ SW 3rd Street.
FL................................... Hollywood.............. 272868A................ Tyler Street.
FL................................... Oakland Park........... 272870B................ NE 56th Street.
FL................................... Pompano Beach.......... 273022D................ SW 3rd St.
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According to the Notice of Quiet Zone Establishment, this crossing
corridor qualified for quiet zone status on the basis of having a Quiet
Zone Risk Index that was below the RIWH. Accordingly, the Notice of
Quiet Zone Establishment indicated that the Cities had taken
appropriate measures to compensate for the excess risk that results
from restricting routine train horn sounding at the highway-rail grade
crossings
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identified in the notice, and the quiet zone took effect on May 18,
2019.
Substantial Increase in Risk
As reflected in the table below, between January and December 2022,
at least 34 accidents/incidents have occurred within this multi-
jurisdictional quiet zone, resulting in 22 fatalities, six injuries,
and six incidents where no injuries were reported. This is a
significant number of accidents/incidents and fatalities as compared to
quiet zone accident/incident data over the same period in other quiet
zones across the country. While accidents/incidents and fatalities have
occurred throughout the quiet zone, the table below reflects a
concentration of accident/incidents and fatalities around Hollywood,
Florida, including those involving persons classified as trespassers.
In accordance with 49 CFR 222.51(c), FRA has made a preliminary
determination that there is significant risk with respect to loss of
life or serious personal injury within this quiet zone which
necessitates a review by FRA.
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No. Date Incident City GX ID
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1........................ 19-Jan-22........... Fatality............ Deerfield Beach, FL 272513Y.
2........................ 27-Jan-22........... Fatality............ Hollywood, FL...... 272587R.
3........................ 12-Feb-22........... Injury.............. Hollywood, FL...... 272582G.
4........................ 15-Feb-22........... Fatality............ Hallandale Beach, Trespass.
FL.
5........................ 21-Feb-22........... Fatality............ Hollywood, FL...... Trespass.
6........................ 25-Feb-22........... Non-Injury.......... Pompano Beach, FL.. 272518H.
7........................ 06-Mar-22........... Injury.............. Oakland Park, FL... 272542J.
8........................ 12-Mar-22........... Fatality............ Hollywood, FL...... Trespass.
9........................ 18-Mar-22........... Injury.............. Hallandale Beach, 272593U.
FL.
10....................... 31-Mar-22........... Injury.............. Wilton Manors, FL.. 272545E.
11....................... 04-Apr-22........... Injury.............. Hallandale Beach, 272595H.
FL.
12....................... 12-Apr-22........... Fatality............ Oakland Park, FL... Trespass.
13....................... 20-Apr-22........... Non-Injury.......... Oakland Park, FL... 272542J.
14....................... 02-May-22........... Fatality............ Pompano Beach, FL.. 272528N.
15....................... 03-May-22........... Fatality............ Hollywood, FL...... 272582G.
16....................... 07-May-22........... Fatality............ Pompano Beach, FL.. 272519P.
17....................... 08-May-22........... Non-Injury.......... Pompano Beach, FL.. 272531W.
18....................... 25-May-22........... Fatality............ Pompano Beach, FL.. Trespass.
19....................... 31-May-22........... Fatality............ Pompano Beach, FL.. Trespass.
20....................... 02-Jun-22........... Fatality............ Pompano Beach, FL.. Trespass.
21....................... 07-Jun-22........... Fatality............ Pompano Beach, FL.. 272536F.
22....................... 13-Jun-22........... Non-Injury.......... Dania Beach, FL.... 272576D.
23....................... 24-Aug-22........... Fatality............ Hollywood, FL...... Trespass.
24....................... 30-Aug-22........... Fatality............ Wilton Manor, FL... Trespass.
25....................... 02-Sep-22........... Fatality............ Oakland Park, FL... Trespass.
26....................... 06-Sep-22........... Non-Injury.......... Pompano Beach, FL.. 272533K.
27....................... 19-Sep-22........... Fatality............ Hollywood, FL...... 272868A.
28....................... 01-Oct-22........... Fatality............ Oakland, FL........ Trespass.
29....................... 03-Oct-22........... Injury.............. Hollywood, FL...... Trespass.
30....................... 01-Nov-22........... Non-Injury.......... Fort Lauderdale, FL Trespass.
31....................... 15-Nov-22........... Fatality............ Fort Lauderdale, FL Trespass.
32....................... 21-Nov-22........... Fatality............ Dania Beach, FL.... Trespass.
33....................... 11-Dec-22........... Fatality............ Hollywood, FL...... 272588X.
34....................... 27-Dec-22........... Fatality............ Fort Lauderdale, FL Trespass.
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Scope of Review
Since 1991, when FRA issued Emergency Order No. 15 regarding the
use of locomotive horns at public highway-rail grade crossings,\3\ FRA
has adopted a corridor-wide approach to evaluating and mitigating risk
within quiet zones. A corridor-wide approach permits the most efficient
deployment of risk reduction measures and encourages public authorities
to focus their resources on addressing the most hazardous public
highway-rail grade crossings.
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As described in this notice, FRA intends to conduct a review of
this multi-jurisdictional quiet zone (THR-000001420003) located along
the Brightline passenger rail corridor and Florida East Coast Railway
(FEC) freight rail corridor.
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments on this
quiet zone review to the docket. FRA is interested in obtaining
information from the public about the prevalence of unsafe actions that
have been observed at any of the above-listed grade crossings,
including information about motorists or pedestrians that have been
observed engaging in unsafe actions at any of the above-listed grade
crossings. FRA is also interested in obtaining information from public
authorities in the affected quiet zone about the effectiveness of
existing quiet zone crossing safety improvements, as well any
additional quiet zone safety improvements that may be under
consideration and the anticipated timeline for implementing any such
improvements. Please refer to the ADDRESSES section above for guidance
on the submission of comments to the electronic docket.
After the comment period closes, the Associate Administrator may
require that additional safety measures be taken or that the quiet zone
be terminated. The Associate Administrator will provide a copy of his
decision to the Cities in which this multi-jurisdictional quiet zone is
located, as well as the railroads that operate through the quiet zone
and the State agencies responsible for grade crossing, highway, and
road safety.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-07293 Filed 4-6-23; 8:45 am]
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