Florida High Speed Rail - The Progressive Way

[tufsu1]

Here you go...maybe CSX is open to discuss Tampa-Orlando

http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/print-edition/2011/01/14/orlando-commuter-rail-could-spur-tampa.html

[tufsu1]

and now...another prominent lawmaker (Republican btw) is on-board

http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/larry-hannan/2011-01-18/john-mica-supports-high-speed-rail-orlando-tampa

[futurejax]

and now...another prominent lawmaker (Republican btw) is on-board

http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/larry-hannan/2011-01-18/john-mica-supports-high-speed-rail-orlando-tampa

how bout jax to miami john?

[tufsu1]

and now...another prominent lawmaker (Republican btw) is on-board

http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/larry-hannan/2011-01-18/john-mica-supports-high-speed-rail-orlando-tampa

how bout jax to miami john?

Jax-Miami is not planned for HSR....it is handled by current Amtrak woutes as well as renewal of the Amtrak-FEC corridor service....I'm sure both were discussed heavily during today's Rail Commission meeting.

[yapp1850]

prices for the china high speed rail 2x-3x the regular price but but when high  speed rail comes on line they shut down the regular train, its open up freight on the regular line but no passenger rail.  avg chinese can't aford high speed rail prices they are chosing bus over high speed rail

[FayeforCure]

In deciding federal subsidies for transportation modes we need to take into account the cost of externalities associated with each transportation mode.

Here we explain the concept of externalities associated with car travel:

The transport sector is the primary contributor to a number of environmental externalities, such as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and local air pollutionâ€"particularly in urban centersâ€"and traffic congestion. Globally the transport sector accounts for more than 60 percent of oil consumption and about one quarter of energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (IEA 2006).1
In most urban centers around the world, road transportation is the largest source of local air pollutants such as carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and total suspended particulates (TSP). Vehicular emissions account for 40â€"80 percent of air quality problems in the megacities in developing countries (Ghose 2002). In rapidly urbanizing megacities, air pollution is a serious and alarming problem.2 Air pollution levels in these cities exceed the air quality standards set by the World Health Organization (WHO) by a factor of three or more. Air pollution is causing approximately 2 million premature deaths worldwide every year (WHO 2008). Globally about 3 percent of mortality from cardiopulmonary disease, about 5 percent of mortality from cancer of the trachea, bronchus, and lung, and about 1 percent of mortality from acute respiratory infections in children under five years old are caused by air pollution (Cohen and others 2005).

http://wbro.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2010/06/02/wbro.lkq005.full

[Ocklawaha]

National Association of Railroad Passengers: www.narprail.org

   * 51%: Highway costs covered by user-fees
   * $34.5 BILLION: U.S. Treasury transfers to highway trust fund since 2008
   * 75% of Amtrak operating costs covered by revenue
   * 53% of commuter rail operating costs covered by revenues
   * 26% of bus operating costs generated by revenues
   * $78 BILLION: annual cost of highway congestion
   * $365 BILLION: annual cost of accidents and traffic delays on highway
   * 42,500: Americans killed every year on our highways
   * 2.5 MILLION: Americans injured ever year on our highways
   * 8.1: average yearly deaths on Amtrak and commuter rail over the past ten years
   * 4.2 BILLION: Gallons of oil saved each year through the use of public transportation
   * $9,000 in average yearly savings per person using public transit vs. driving
   * $1.33: Cost per Wisconsin resident each year for Madison Train
   * 20,000: U.S. jobs created for every $1 billion invested in rail

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