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HSR Coming to FLA, AKA "See I told you so"
- Thread starter jt04
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My, what a modest thread. Tell me, did you predict the sun would rise and water is wet as well?
Wilt Dasney
Well-Known Member
Great news, assuming it comes to be. It's about time central Florida started acting like a high-population area.
Disney has already agreed to build a station on property. Part of what made this such an obvious choice for funding.
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
Mature, jt. 
Predictable, too.
I'm glad though, they've needed this for a while.
Predictable, too.I'm glad though, they've needed this for a while.
No there is about 8 billion to go around. You might want to read the complete high speed rail thread I bumped. I explain everything, and I mean everything, as to why Florida is a GREAT choice for High Speed Rail.
Congradulations Central Florida. :sohappy:
Wilt Dasney
Well-Known Member
It's also nice to see something concrete coming from all that stimulus cash. I think a lot of people have gotten the feeling it was for nothing, because projects weren't immediately undertaken. Hopefully there will be more projects like this around the country.
As I have said before, this will be a perfect test bed to prove or disprove the viability of high speed rail in the USA. That is why I support this. Because if it works, you will see private industry step in and be a partner in building high speed rail. In that light, this is a worthwhile use of tax payer funds IMO.
Epic Epcot
Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ALwKeSEYs&hd=1
Can't wait for the extension to Miami!
Can't wait for the extension to Miami!
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
Avenger117
Well-Known Member
This is awesome news. I watched a documentary on high speed rails in Japan and they seemed really neat. I also like this because my mom lives just outside Tampa and when I visit Disney for the day I usually stay at Mom's and drive to Orlando. This would be a fun way to make the trip.
I wholeheartedly agree with this. The stimulus funds should be used for something concrete and long-lasting as HSR. There's no reason it couldn't be as sucsessful as in Europe or Asia. We once had a strong relationship with the railroad before the advent of the V8 and semi. It would be nice to see us return a little to those roots.....
I agree only if it makes financial sense. Europe and Japan are very different from the USA in many ways. Not the least of which are the distances between cities. It may be that we find the automobile is far more efficient than HSR. But, as I said, this will be a great test case. If it is viable, industry will step in and make it happen in cooperation with the government. And that is as it should be.
*steps off soap box*
Studios Fan
Active Member
It will be interesting to see how everything shakes out.
CBOMB
Active Member
Let me be the first to apologize for every mean rotten thing I've ever said to you.
I really don't know what that has to do with this thread or anything else for that matter. I just felt like you needed a break before people started calling you those derogatory names again. I imagine it won't be long from now.