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Pedestrian deaths and environmental concerns threaten Florida's high-speed
train project

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   Even before passengers left the station at Fort Lauderdale on opening
   day, a pedestrian was struck and killed at a road crossing by a
   Brightline train meant to showcase a high-speed link to journalists and
   dignitaries. Two further crossing strikes in the next seven days, one
   of them fatal, reignited a contentious safety debate, even though the
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   for decades, most recently in 2011, when governor Rick Scott killed a
   proposed rail link from Tampa to Orlando, ended hope of a statewide
   high-speed rail network.

   Florida East Coast Industries, the real estate and transportation giant