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To: Willie Green

‘Florida needs to deploy modern energy efficient passenger rail systems as rapidly as possible or risk smothering in their own waste.”

Really wow, and here I thought people were moving out of Florida.

You still haven’t explained how these trains (even the Tampa one) will be economically viable? A $30 ticket will not encourage people to ride the train.

So how will these trains be economically viable.


86 posted on 07/26/2010 11:07:28 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver
You still haven’t explained how these trains (even the Tampa one) will be economically viable?

Because the same as with any other debt, one never really has to pay back the principle.
All that is really required is sufficient ridership to cover operating costs and make the interest payments. The debt itself can be continuously refinanced forever.

87 posted on 07/26/2010 11:28:54 AM PDT by Willie Green ("Some people march to the beat of a different drum - and some people polka")
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