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The Brightline is a railway system that takes its passengers to and from metropolitan areas of Florida such as West Palm Beach, Ft.Lauderdale, and Miami. The Brightline is the nation's deadliest railway, with more than one death per month. This is more than all of the 821 railways in the US. Many of these deaths are a result of suicide or reckless behavior (ie. trying to beat the train or playing drinking games too close to the tracks, etc.).

Railway suicide does not only impact the families of the deceased but the passengers and staff on the train and the communities around the area of the incident.

Brightline as a company has an inadequate way of addressing suicide prevention and preventing reckless behavior. Despite the clear need for effective change, Brightline has not yet found an efficient way to address this issue. Brightline has partnered with Operation Lifesaver non-profit focused on creating railway safety education. Operation Lifesaver has an abundance of resources to address this issue, yet Brightline is not using these provided resources to their advantage. There currently is no research proving the reduction of suicides due to this partnership. What is needed is comprehensive legislation that focuses on public safety and suicide prevention. Patrol on common sites of suicides such as railway crossings and constructing of barriers around boarding areas are some of the solutions that will be proposed in the following paper.


In the problem section of the brief, I will discuss a brief history of the Brightline and assess the scope of this issue.

In the solution section, describe the components of the Suicide Prevention and Public Safety Act (SPPSA). Furthermore, I will address the effectiveness of current programs and compare them to what I propose. I will discuss the implementation of the SPPSA and the potential cost associated with this act.

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  1. UnknownMay 5, 2020 at 4:46 PM

    I think this topic overall is very interesting because of how unique it is. However, I think your thesis should be stronger. At the end of this intro, you provide the position and guiding points for your essay, which is the information a thesis needs to contain, but do so in a sort of paragraph form. I would try to reduce this down to a sentence or two while preserving as much of the content as you can, because that part is good!

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