# 2025-20738: FRA Probes Miami Quiet Zone After Accident Surge Prompts Horn Review

2025-20738, Review of Quiet Zone in Miami, Florida, is a Federal Register notice from Transportation Department, Federal Railroad Administration published 2025-11-24, effective Written comments must be received on or before December 24, 2025. (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20738
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20738
- Title: Review of Quiet Zone in Miami, Florida
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Federal Railroad Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 53051
- Published: 2025-11-24
- Effective: Written comments must be received on or before December 24, 2025.
- Comments close: 2025-12-24
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

FRA Probes Miami Quiet Zone After Accident Surge Prompts Horn Review

## Summary

The Federal Railroad Administration is reviewing Miami’s Quiet Zone because accidents have gone up, and safety might not be good enough without train horns sounding. This review could lead to changes like adding safety measures or ending the Quiet Zone, affecting people living or traveling near the tracks. If you want to share your thoughts, you have until December 24, 2025, to comment—so don’t miss out!

## Abstract

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 personal injury within the quiet zone. Further, FRA discovered that the documentation submitted and relied upon by the City of Miami (the Public Authority) to establish the quiet zone may contain substantial errors that have an adverse impact on public safety. Therefore, FRA intends to review existing conditions within the quiet zone to determine whether it should be terminated or whether additional safety measures may be necessary to ensure safety.

## Effects PRIA read

- Quiet Zone Review Could Change Rules: benefit, high. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is reviewing Miami's quiet zone and says it may require additional safety measures or terminate the quiet zone. The FRA will consider public comments through December 24, 2025, before the Associate Administrator decides whether to require changes or end the…
- Rising Accidents and Fatalities Noted: cost, high. FRA found 23 accidents/incidents in the quiet zone between January 2020 and January 2025, including 11 incidents that resulted in injury or fatality (9 persons injured and 2 fatalities). FRA cites these incidents as a substantial increase in risk that prompted the review.
- Missing Data, Sign Problems Found: mixed, medium. FRA found documentation errors (missing pedestrian crossing 273133V, omission of Port Boulevard 272960A in the Quiet Zone Calculator, outdated AADT counts last done in 1988) and multiple Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) exceptions, including missing or improperly used 'No Train Hor…

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## Sources
- [2025-20738 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/24/2025-20738/review-of-quiet-zone-in-miami-florida)
- [2025-20738 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-24/pdf/2025-20738.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20738 (as of 2026-06-08).