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The high speed rail amendment in Florida was killed by overwhemling majority
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Any funds spent on speeding up passenger rail service in America is welcomed. However, upgrading track piecemeal, a little at a time, costs much much more than building a state of the art brand new HSR line in the first place..... something the Europeans have already learned.... Its the same with highways, its cheaper to build a brand new freeway through new right of way than it is to expand an existing freeway through the old right of way....not to mention quicker..... <br /> <br />The voters of Florida were led down the wrong path.... $25 billion to build a new high speed rail line all the way down to Miami is just as cheap as building a brand new freeway or building a number of brand new airports to handle the inceased volume of traffic..... Somehow, in this election, that fact got lost in the midst of the cost of HSR..... <br /> <br />The main reason why costs rose in Florida was the costs of rebuilding the freeways and the turnpike along with the costs of building HSR inside the median of their right of way..... spending more on the freeways than on the HSR line..... While the costs of building HSR is more than building a comparable twin track light rail line, they aren't that much more..... <br /> <br />DART has been able to build 45 miles of twin track electricified light rail line along former railroad right of way from Plano to South Dallas, Garland to South Dallas, and through a six mile tunnel under Central Expressway, and through streets downtown, for less than $2 billion..... Therefore Florida should be able to build a twin track electricifed light rail line between Orlando and Tampa for around twice as much, as the distance is about twice as much.....around $4 billion..... Increasing the speed with a stronger bed shouldn't double that..... <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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