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Actually that's probably at least partially the point. Consider that the government - throughout history, but to an unusually greater degree very recently - has created an environment in which it is stupid, risky, and reckless to increase payrolls in any meaningful way. There are specific laws...

Florida does not want this. Thus Scott's rejection of the grant, and this debate.

Probably derived from the grant terms. In any case, the more trains you run, the fewer passengers will be on each, and the more money and energy you waste (and net increase in pollution you generate).

I'm sure they also assume full trains, or at least trains that aren't empty. As has been made clear by opponents of the Orlando/Tampa route, including both me and governor Scott, if anyone was going to ride this thing we'd be in favor of it, because it would generate enough revenue to cover...

Yeah, I saw that today too. Imagine my surprise given that Altman is my state senator. Now he's got some splainin' to do... :mad:

Except that for most people the recession is far from over, and the out of control deficit, of which the federal stimulus spending that was supposed to keep national unemployment below 8% was a major part, is generally recognized to be a major factor. It's also well established that for every...

That's what I was going to suggest. When my employer relocated me from NJ to FL, the moving company they provided simply put one of our cars on the truck with everything else. I'm not sure how much that added to the cost, because I didn't pay for it (plus, it was 12 years ago anyway), or...

On top of which, depending on the respective park hours for the date in question, you may have to find another way back to the BW. If you stay at MK later than Epcot is open, you won't be able to get back via Monorail because you'd have to go through Epcot to get to BW.

Well said. And in answer to the original post about the governor's reelection being at stake here, it's worth pointing out that this is exactly what he got elected for in the first place. The fact of the matter is that the job that needs to be done is going to cause short term pain in exchange...

That would be nice, but I'm not holding my breath. We're not the first state to walk this route. The governors of Ohio, and I think Wisconsin, did the same thing. The feds, in what seemed (to me) like a rather petulant effort to punish these states for their insolence, immediately shifted the...

Scott has made it pretty clear that if this was in fact the case, he would have accepted the grant. Fact is that private companies have agreed to put up a portion of the money that it is predicted the grant wouldn't cover. If the predictions are wrong, which they always are, and particularly...

I'm sure that's quite true. But then you're suggesting that we build a rail system that doesn't fit our existing lifestyle in the hopes that a more urban, less desirable lifestyle will grow up around it, solving the "problem" of insufficient population density to support the system. To me, and...

That's what I figured. Thanks for the info guys.

So here's a followup for you. I'm finally in a position to give this a try Friday, and ran some driving directions. We'll be coming by car from the HPB area, meaning we'll be approaching on W. Buena Vista Drive from the East. Looking at the map view, the easiest route seems to be to run R...

I guess it's easy to be critical - but the reality is that it's a hard problem, and I certainly don't know the answer - or whether there even is one frankly.

As far as I'm concerned, the only way it made sense was directly from somewhere central in Orlando (probably nowhere near WDW unfortunately) to somewhere central in Tampa. And then only after suitable mass transit was in place in both locations. As close together as they are, having any stops...

I stand corrected. The security concerns are quite different. I stand by my expectation, however, that the government's interest in protecting the passengers on the train from harm at the hands of an armed perpetrator in their midst will (probably, if that helps) lead to the adoption of...

This is a very good point. It's actually taking a fair amount of discipline for me to oppose this. I think the degree to which the public is opposed, despite the aforementioned "cool" factor and the unrealistic cost/benefit analysis that many people probably take at face value, should be a...

Interesting choice of imagery. The best description of the national HSR agenda I heard was that we were "chasing the 19th century". Bear in mind that HSR is a reasonable substitute only for air travel (fixed point to fixed point over long distances), to which it does not compare favorably in...

I can't believe I forgot this one, because it contributes the vast majority of our Disney AP renewal every year, but . . . credit cards. We carry only credit cards with no annual fee that provide some kind of reward, and we use them for absolutely everything we can. This is of course not for...