I guess they don't realize how darn hot & sticky it gets until it's too late.
What transit options would you invest in if you were the state of Florida?
I rode the bullet from Osaka to Tokyo during Expo 70. The trees did go by fast, fast and it was very smooth but it was completely non-stop and the track was completely isolated from any other living person or structure along the entire path. That is some pretty costly infrastructure in my mind. Even back then all I could think of was how many earthquakes happen in Japan and wondered what it would be like to leave the rails at that speed or to have the rails leave us.
The Air Force tends to avoid bombing their own base, however I suspect that many were dropped off the coast. And to my knowledge central Florida was never attacked by any enemy. Even if they did, they would have been beaten back by the Dino sized mosquitoes.
It might be a good idea to start hauling in some landfill and raise your property level about the eventual see level. There may be a time when SSE floats on out to the open ocean like a giant beach ball.
All true, but also very relevant when determining if it will work.
I would question the use of most and if you are comparing it to airlines then that's not all that high a bar to achieve. We cannot hope to achieve the higher level of Europe because and until the public starts to feel the advantage and need to upgrade the entire system. My experience in Europe really blew my mind. The Train Stations made even some modern Airport terminals look porta pottys.
I know this wasn't directed to me, just want to put my thoughts in here.
Why would you question it? I’m basing it on my personal experiences riding rail corridors all around the USA.
Although it isn't the only tourist area it is the only one that is central Florida. There rest are ocean and gulf beach areas. That would require rail lines that travel up and down the east and west coasts with a wide variety of possible "favorite" areas for individual tastes. They cannot have stops in all the areas over 300 miles top to bottom and a lot of it running through the Everglades. I'm sure that the weather would entice many to move there. I can think back to the early 60 when you could buy a large plot of land, partially submerged for $200.00 but that would be the basic social security, fixed income old folks that moved someplace warm and snowless. Not much of an income there. I stated once about staying in a hotel just to one side of I-4 and from the eight floor you could look for miles up and down the highway and know that until and because WDW was there that would still be swamp land. WDW enticed large financial companies to move to the Orlando areas with promises of money and recreation.
Quite possible, but some would have been found by now. We didn't bomb our own bases or general vicinity.
Well, based on my experience and a number of train trips in Europe never did anyone of them leave late or arrive more then 5 minutes late. So I guess we probably better agree to disagree before we go to far.
I only included the panhandle because last I heard the state capital is located there and there would need to be a hub on that corner to make it all complete and connect top to bottom side to side for it to be useable. Is the train from NOLA of high speed rating?
And your experiences in the USA to compare?
No, because Brightline (or the HSR that's been peripherally discussed here) would have dedicated track, and new mainline construction will be completely grade-separated. They may share the track with local commuter rail, but their agreement with FDOT on the Cocoa-Orlando segment prohibits the running of freight. It will probably be the same on the Tampa segment.
Just the opposite. From what I've heard, it was always a very slow route. And now much of the route has been sold to a local freight line, which means it's maintained to an even lower standard. But hopefully it could be brought back to it's former state, or even upgraded.
We where?
