While Jacksonville Sleeps, Streetcars are born

[Ocklawaha]

http://www.youtube.com/v/hq6Q9zzhR8k?version=3&hl=en_US

I'm gonna puke!

Go Fort Lauderdale, Connect that MEDICAL CENTER, FINANCIAL DISTRICT, LAS OLAS, AND STATE COLLEGE, we lost most of anything similar downtown, but then we scrapped our streetcars and cling to wild bus fantasies.

Hell, we didn't manage to hit a single thing like that with a 2+ mile "downtown people mover." Don't give up boys and girls, JTA will fix it, they're going to build BUS RAPID TRANSIT UNDER THE PEOPLE MOVER!

How did Gump put it?

"Stupid is as stupid does?"

[JeffreyS]

Could this also tie into the new FEC project or Tri Rail?

[Ocklawaha]

Yes, the Southeast Florida Corridor plan includes all kinds of improvements. I expect Miami and Sarasota to spring for streetcars next.

We'll all be told Miami's streetcar project is dead. Don't believe it, this is a very tourist friendly solution to any heavy Miami transit route. Just a damn shame they abandoned the old Coral Gables 'High Speed' trolley line so long ago.

New technologies keep bursting onto the scene, including this idea that I proposed with the MJ boys to blank stares over at JTA, produce and SELL energy.

We are going to get skunked in the next round of economic uptick... watch for Biloxi to soar past us.

This is the Solar Car, not the most 'authentic' but certainly an interesting concept and one that could be married to a vintage car, but removing the wire loses some of the historic charm.

http://www.youtube.com/v/SaEZHHWEk8Y?version=3&hl=en_US