Did anyone down here notice how they soft played the news of the sinkholes on I-4 and around Polk county last month calling them "depressions" in the roadway? Ferm nailed it, the geology here does not lend itself to the type of roads and high rise buildings found in most other major metropolitan cities. So when you get off the train you still may have to ride a bus or taxi to get to where you are going miles away.
Hop off a cruise ship in Tampa and get on the bullet train to see Mickey, may be the primary driver of this project but I did see where the proposed route will connect to the Church Street area in downtown Orlando a few miles farther east than the Rats Castle, with one stop in Lakeland (midpoint) and the other end terminating at Channelside in Tampa. No timeframe on the Orlando-Miami train yet.
If they could build the Bullet on a budget and connect all the major metros in every state that would be impressive. But I still wouldn't use it. When I travel out of town I typically have a boat in tow or some other freight. I avoid the I-4 corridor at all costs.
In light of what Road King Cole has been going through, all this is pretty damn trivial. I'll get off my soap box now..
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