Now about that coffee ? It’s been a few years since we first tried to meet up.
Brightline has summer deadline for agreement of route from Orlando to Tampa
Brightline has summer deadline for agreement of route from Orlando to Tampanews.yahoo.com
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Rumor Higher Speed Rail from MCO to Disney World
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jt04
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Yes, in the last decade I was in Tallahassee. And I'm going to Disney World once Annual Passes are for sale again.☺
jt04
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Sure. The new Future World restaurant. It's a deal. Bring wdw74 and the tab is on me.
I didn’t know WDW was in Tallahassee.
jt04
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take 27 next time.
We amended the Florida constitution. Until we reversed that, it was going to happen.
And your point is? It's not (1) Legislature approved, (2) taxpayer funded and (3) FDOT operated. BIG difference.
jt04
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I'm still waiting for the northeastern United States upgrade to hsr.
Yes...and add nearly an hour to my trip. Nothing like driving through Mayo or Alachua, especially stuck behind a logging truck. We now have 1-10 - no need to take 27 south.
Neither did I. And here I've been driving 4 hours from my home to WDW. Don't know how I missed it.
Parker in NYC
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You and me both.
Probably wise to not take the advice of someone who hasn’t been to Orlando in decades and only knows what can be found on a map.
lazyboy97o
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No, that project would have killed passenger rail in the state and seriously hurt it across the country. There was absolutely no reason for equipment with such a high cost for performance that was never going to be utilized. Brightline will be just as fast with significantly cheaper equipment.
Probably wise to not take the advice of someone who hasn’t been to Orlando in decades and only knows what can be found on a map.
27 isn't exactly a well known route south anymore. You'd have to be an old timer like me to know about it...especially the turnoff before Gainesville.
I must disagree.
Really. So which is your favorite bar?
lazyboy97o
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You really think FDOT was the first agency to not underestimate cost and overestimate ridership like almost every other high speed rail line in the world? Where would the trains have ever reached speeds greater than 130 mph, much less anything close to 170 mph?
Since it never got that far....
Proposed route was the I-4 corridor. Which desperately needed some form of high speed rail.
lazyboy97o
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It did get that far, which is how the federal government was going to pay the estimated cost. The planned speeds and times were also established, a top speed of about 120 mph along I-4 but the stops made the average speed between terminals drop to something like 75 mph. FDOT somehow got it in their head that travel between Tampa and Orlando compared to Paris-Lyon or Tokyo-Osaka, promising profitability on globally low ticket prices. A Ferrari is cool but it make no sense for commuting.
uncle jimmy
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OMG, 8 pages added since 3 oclock... What did I miss, I don't want to go back thru and read for hours.