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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Florida High Speed Rail
		Florida is no alone in considering high speed rail, a number of states and regions are exploring a variety of rail technologies and corridors.
		Florida's rapid population and tourism growth, flat topography, cluster of large urbanized areas, and growing densities have created a travel market that, in part, may best be served by a transportation system that includes high speed rail.
		High speed rail is, however, recognized as one of the several pivotal transportation investments needed within the integrated infrastructure of the state to resolve these growing concerns.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Florida-High-Speed-Rail (1492 words)

	Richard Nadler on rail & war on National Review Online
		The fact that passenger rail competes so poorly with its less subsidized land rivals is a dead giveaway: This technology is horrendously expensive, requiring high and ongoing operating subsidies.
		Using realistic ridership estimates, he concluded that a "near high speed" rail system would exceed the cost-per-passenger-mile of planes by 710 percent, and of cars by 1020 percent.
		Cox points out that urban rail projects, the precursors of high-speed rail, cost an average 46 percent more to build and 78 percent more to operate than their planning-stage projections.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-nadler101101.shtml (1045 words)

	Florida Overland Express
		The proposed Florida high speed rail project is not envisioned as a single cure-all for the pressing travel congestion problems facing the state.
		The Florida Department of Transportation and FOX are currently in the preocess of finalizing studies of ridership, route alignment, construction costs and financing.
		The counties directly served by this proposed high speed rail system are forecast to continue more than 45% of the state's 15.5 million people by the year 2000 and over 58% of tourist development tax revenues are predicted to be collected in counties with direct FOX service.
	www.cefa.fsu.edu /FOX.html (816 words)

	State Constitution Is Not the Appropriate Destination for Proposed High Speed Rail
		The Florida Constitution is a body of precepts, the purpose of which is to set forth, control and guide key governmental functions and the basic structure of government to provide for the health, safety and welfare of Floridians.
		Florida TaxWatch's opposition to Amendment One mandating a high speed rail in the Constitution is based on this same principle.
		The Florida House of Representatives passed a three- fifths supermajority requirement of those voting on each constitutional amendment by a vote of 77 to 40, and a Senate committee passed a corresponding measure, but no action was taken by the full Senate.
	www.floridataxwatch.org /archive/highspeedrail.html (1732 words)

	Pedro Allende - UF Journal of Undergraduate Research Paper
		The fact is that the High Speed Rail is not an issue of large political importance except to those proponents and business interests advocating its construction and certainly not one that we'll see as a platform issue in the 2002 gubernatorial race between Gov. Bush and former Attorney General Reno.
		The benefits of such the high speed rail are projected increases in regional economies, as well as the improved mobility between the major corporate, industrial, and tourist centers of Florida.
		Costs of the high speed rail system are estimated by the Florida High Speed Rail Authority to be between 1.8 billion for a non electric rail with a top speed of 120 miles per hour, upwards of 6.1 billion dollars for a magnetic levitation (MagLev) rail with a top speed of 300 mile per hour.
	www.clas.ufl.edu /jur/200211/papers/paper_allende.html (1720 words)

	All Aboard For High-Speed Rail
		At least in Florida, a considerable amount of head-scratching was also devoted to a startling decision by the electorate to write a blank check for a new high-speed rail system.
		Florida's vote defied the conventional wisdom among politicians and#0151; i.e., Americans tend to grow misty-eyed and nostalgic about the heyday of passenger rail lines, but mention spending more of their tax dollars on a rail revival and their eyes dry up and their wallets snap shut.
		Florida legislators are hinting that they may try to ignore the results of the vote, but Dockery is pushing for the state to fulfill the mandate by creating a rail authority to sell bonds for the project.
	speakout.com /activism/opinions/5521-1.html (1019 words)

	High Speed Rail Deal Near... :: FLRails.com :: The Official Florida Railfans' website
		An influential state senator said he will be announcing a proposal to bring high speed rail to Florida in the next 90 days.
		Jim Sebesta, chairman of the Florida Senate Transportation Committee, told a joint meeting of TEAMFL and the Florida Transportation Commission that a deal to bring a bullet train to Florida was imminent.
		While it was taken out of the state constitution, the mandate that Florida build a high speed rail system remains in state law.
	www.flrails.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=45&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 (546 words)

	In Support of Florida High Speed Rail: FOX (Florida Overland Express), or the Florida Bullet Train (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Then to dismiss Florida high speed rail (or Amtrak, for that matter) because it would not be financially self-supporting--as several prominent web sites have done--is to dismiss reality.
		High speed trains are ideal for medium distance travel--as are airplanes for long distances, and cars for other travel needs.
		Florida Overland Express (FOX) and the Florida Department of Transportation went ahead with the project, and completion was scheduled for 2006.
	www.trainweb.org /hsr/fla.html (831 words)

	The Florida Bullet Train :: Florida's Transportation Solution
		The nonprofit Florida Coalition of Rail Passengers urges residents of the Tallahassee area to contact Amtrak's new president, Alexander Kummant, and their elected officials in Washington to request immediate resumption of Amtrak service to Tallahassee and Pensacola.
		The old Florida East Coast Railway, which cuts through the urban cores of the region's coastal cities, is under serious study as the location for commuter trains that could whisk passengers from Boca Raton to West Palm Beach or Fort Lauderdale to Miami.
		The nonprofit Florida Coalition of Rail Passengers is urging residents of the Gulf Breeze area to contact Amtrak's new President, Alexander Kummant, and their elected officials in Washington to request immediate resumption of Amtrak service to Northwest Florida.
	www.floridabullettrain.com (720 words)

	METROPLAN ORLANDO - Rail: Information related to rail systems as a mode of transportation
		There are three main types of rail systems: commuter rail, light rail and high speed rail.
		Commuter rail transit uses existing railroad tracks to connect outlying regions to a centralized city over long distances and operate only during peak commuter times (morning and evening rush hours).
		High speed rail travels at high speeds over large distances, usually hundreds of miles.
	www.metroplanorlando.com /site/modes/rail.asp (284 words)

	Federal Railroad Administrator Announces Grant to Florida High-Speed Rail Authority (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Federal Railroad Administrator Allan Rutter today announced a $3,000,000 grant to the Florida High-Speed Rail Authority for the preparation of studies required to develop an environmental impact statement and competitive procurement statements.
		The grant award to the Florida High-Speed Rail Authority (FHSRA) is governed by a cooperative agreement and will cover the costs of contract work on requisite planning, engineering and environmental studies.
		Currently, the FHSRA is preparing a study on a portion of the proposed high-speed rail system from Orlando to Miami.
	www.dot.gov /affairs/fra0402 (253 words)

	UTU: News
		Florida voters will get a chance to weigh in on the debate Nov. 2 when they vote on two of the constitutional amendments that descended from the 2000 high-speed rail ballot vote.
		Florida is not alone in debating the question of high-speed rail.
		Florida's High Speed Rail Authority has spent more than $14 million on ridership, feasibility and environmental studies, along with public workshops, hearings and contract negotiations, for just the first two phases of the state's planned 1,272-mile system.
	www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=17291 (1208 words)

	Florida Rail Transit \| Intercity Rail \| Florida High Speed Rail - UrbanPlanet.org
		High Speed Rail in Florida Jeb gives the reasons it was canceled.
		Florida ought to take a page from NC and Virgina and build up rail service using conventional rail then work to convert it to HSR.
		I Think it's time to add a florida high speed rail train, florida's traffic these days is at the worst level ever and somebody needs to change that by november.
	www.urbanplanet.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=17100&&view=findpost&&p=603873 (569 words)

	The Florida High Speed Rail Project: Financed by Taxpayer Guaranteed "Junk Bonds"
		Promoters claim that high speed rail would be able to carry the equivalent of 10 highway lanes.
		Perhaps most surprising is that despite rail's superlative safety record, the same money invested in better highways would save more lives than building high speed rail.
		It is inappropriate for either Florida or the federal government to bankroll such a frivolous project, especially in light of the public service and fiscal challenges ahead.
	www.publicpurpose.com /pp-flhsr.htm (867 words)

	High Speed Rail: Economic Common Sense (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		There is no true high-speed rail in America and now that the Florida governor has stopped the FOX high-speed project, none is planned for at least the next five years.
		The current top speed on the Corridor is 125 mph and may increase to up to 150 mph on short sections with the arrival of the new "Acela" trains scheduled for October of 1999.
		Rail construction, while a major undertaking, is not costly compared with other modes.
	www.trainweb.org /hsr (1113 words)

	Business: Speed-rail contractor talks with Virgin Trains
		TAMPA - The state's high-speed rail contractor said Friday it is negotiating with British entrepreneur Richard Branson's business empire to operate the Tampa-Orlando leg of the new rail system when - and if - it goes into business in 2009.
		Lecia Stewart, vice president for high-speed rail for Fluor-Bombardier, said in a telephone interview from the company's offices in Quebec that the company is in exploratory talks with Virgin Trains, the rail arm of an empire that includes Virgin Atlantic Airways.
		Officials of Virgin Trains roamed Florida this week to talk with contractors and officials of the Florida High Speed Rail Authority, which plans a $2.6-billion bullet-train system between Orlando and Tampa.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/02/21/Business/Speed_rail_contractor.shtml (499 words)

	Florida High Speed Rail Thread - UrbanPlanet.org
		Dockery was appointed to serve on the new Florida High Speed Rail Authority by thenSenate President John McKay.
		As Florida High Speed Rail Authority Chairman Fred Dudley said, there is nothing in the amendment to prevent setting a limit on what the state will spend on the rail.
		Rail supporters said they were incensed when Bush and Gallagher recently used a "Capitol for a Day" program as bully pulpits to speak against the mandated high-speed rail system.
	www.urbanplanet.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=3264 (2031 words)

	UrbanPlanet.org > Mears joins rail effort
		What I don't understand is why won't the city of Orlando embrace a light rail system that could connect with the high speed rail.
		Running the high speed rail to downtown would only be a waste of money, because you'll have two overlapping systems (assuming light rail connects downtown to Universal/Disney), which is a huge waste of money.
		This whole high speed rail debate would have not even mattered if the city acted on that great light rail plan, years ago.
	www.urbanplanet.org /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t5876.html (571 words)

	High speed moves forward in Florida - maybe - high speed rail program Railway Age - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Despite reports that Florida's high speed rail program is on the verge of collapse, the state's Department of Transportation and the Florida Overland express (FOX) consortium say they are cautiously optimistic that the project will move forward as planned.
		The project still has to go through a lengthy and complicated series of steps before actual construction can proceed, and the most critical hurdle appears to be obtaining funding commitments from the federal government--a prospect, at least at this point, that seems far off.
		"Florida is a donor state, in that for every dollar we send to Washington, we get 80 cents back," says Smith.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1215/is_n10_v197/ai_18838994 (643 words)

	High Speed Rail Wins FRA Approval :: The Florida Bullet Train :: Florida's Transportation Solution
		This is an important milestone in the project because Florida is the first high speed rail project in the country to achieve this status.
		Nazih Haddad, Staff Director of the Florida High Speed Rail Authority with the Florida Department of Transportation in Tallahassee, said he had been notified the Federal Railroad Authority would be delivering the statement within the next two weeks.
		The statute which created the High Speed Rail Authority (F.S. 341.8202) mandates that the state build a high speed rail system and charged the Authority with overseeing the design and construction.
	www.floridabullettrain.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=197&POSTNUKESID=2152cf831e2bc912ed2e1d82b24ea58f (373 words)

	Tampa Rail Website
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		No doubt suspecting that the majority of Florida voters would not research the facts or the basis of arguments for or against Florida high speed rail, opponents have pushed liberally with empty speculation regarding the cost of such a system while almost completely ignoring the value.
		High speed rail opponents play in that margin of empty criticality to hype up scare tactics and disseminate false information.
	www.davidpinero.com /rail/archived.cfm?ID=76 (369 words)

	NCDOT Rail Division > High Speed Rail
		The original Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor - extending from Washington, D.C. through Richmond and Raleigh to Charlotte - has been identified as the most economically viable high speed rail corridor in the country.
		North Carolina has been the lead state in working with the host railroads and other states to develop higher speed rail passenger service in the southeast and has worked with the northeast corridor states to designate a future high-speed rail network from Florida to Maine.
		With a top speed of 110 mph and average speeds between 85-90 mph, high-speed rail service in the southeast will provide business and leisure travelers with a competitive alternative to air and auto travel for trips between 100-500 miles.
	www.bytrain.org /highspeed (384 words)

	Florida High Speed Rail Economic Analysis Considered Irrelevent
		I am more than a bit surprised that the state of Florida would fund such a study before revising its high speed rail projections to reflect the revolutionary market changes that have occurred since the present ridership projections were completed.
		The present high speed rail ridership projections had assumed that economy air fares would be approximately 67 percent higher than economy high speed rail fares.
		The importance of the air-rail fare comparison is simple --- for the high speed rail line to attract air passengers, its average fares must be no higher than the average air fare.
	www.publicpurpose.com /ffx-cutr.htm (705 words)

	City of Toronto - MTE An Analysis of the Impacts of Florida High Speed Rail
		Two studies were undertaken during the first half of 1997 by Tim Lynch of The Center for Economic Forecasting and Analysis at Florida State University and Steven Polzin, Deputy Director of the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida.
		The studies found that the Florida high speed rail project will have a significant impact on the State of Florida, creating thousands of job opportunities, stimulating economic development, serving and encouraging tourism, and providing increased transportation capacity.
		based on the expected shifts in demand, the Florida* high speed rail project would be expected to prevent 389 auto accident injuries and 5 auto fatalities annually.
	stratus.city.toronto.on.ca /inter/mte/mte.nsf/f8386847eef64c978525678d005d3734/f0ae622b29f4d34f85256812006a1f86?OpenDocument (397 words)

	Tampa Rail - UrbanPlanet.org
		Following the repeal of the Florida high speed rail Constitutional mandate last year, this seemed little more than a kiss-off sentiment.
		The plans, impact studies, and even the Florida High Speed Rail Authority, all still have a good shelf life and are in place.
		Sebesta said when voters repealed the high-speed rail amendment they didn't say they didn't want a high-speed rail in Florida; they said it was too expensive for Florida taxpayers.
	www.urbanplanet.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=18609 (693 words)

	Florida High Speed Rail Report: Addendum (971117)
		Florida Overland Express (FOX) was given a franchise agreement by FDOT to construct and operate a high-speed rail line from Miami to Tampa to Orlando.
		Because Florida’s high-speed rail ridership will likely be much lower than ridership in Japan and France, it is also more likely to make the system exceedingly unprofitable while having virtually no perceivable impact on traffic congestion at any point along its 300 mile route.
		Florida Department of Transportation, "Comments on the James Madison Institute (JMI) Evaluation of Florida High Speed Rail," (Provided to Mr.
	www.publicpurpose.com /flhsr2.htm (2606 words)

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