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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Vincent206: [QB] Washington Monthly has an article: [URL=https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/november-december-2018/the-train-that-only-libertarians-can-love/]The Train That Only Libertarians Can Love [/URL]. Perhaps a better title would be "A Train That [i]Even[/i] Libertarians Can Love". The article summarizes the history of planning for fast trains in Florida and looks at the challenges facing Brightline on its march to Orlando and Tampa. The most revealing item I learned from the article is that Governor Rick Scott, the official who rejected ARRA money for Tampa to Orlando HSR, has an investment of at least $3 million in Fortress, the company that owns FEC and Brightline. I guess that explains Scott's lack of opposition to the Brightline express trains. The article also ends with the writer, Maddy Crowell, taking Amtrak from Tampa back to New York. Part of her trip report: [QUOTE]The ride from Tampa took twenty-five hours, traveling along tracks, congested with freight trains, that are owned by the CSX corporation—or, more exactly, by the hedge funds and other financial institutions that own CSX. The station in Tampa was true to Amtrak’s reputation—a decrepit and tired-looking gray. Water dripped on our heads as we waited for a man with a whistle to allow us to board. But every seat was full. Next to me, an elderly woman was traveling to visit her son, somewhere in Virginia. She couldn’t drive and depended on Amtrak to see her family. She asked what had brought me to Florida, and I explained that I was writing about Brightline, the new high-speed rail. “What is high-speed rail?” she asked, yawning. [/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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