Rick Scott freezes four contracts for SunRail

[Ocklawaha]

btw...here's the latest on HSR (including where Polk County station should be)

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/venturebiz/content/high-speed-rail-consortiums-push-tampa-orlando-link-even-projects-fate-unclear-0

http://www.lakewalesnews.com/articles/2011/01/29/county_page/doc4d432299e29de294351791.txt

Whats the combined Greyhound-Amtrak ridership between Lakeland and Tampa? Time savings with HSR will be negligible with such a short stage length. Student travel is probably wishful thinking since HSR will cost considerably more then current modes and MAYBE save 15 minutes.

I'll say it again, this bird won't fly and if it does, it is going to destroy the HSR movement in the United States.

OCKLAWAHA

[thelakelander]

Student travel will most likely be made by car if the USF Poly site is chosen.  There's no bus route anywhere near that site and residents recently voted down a sales tax increase proposal that would have funded one.