[Popman]

Thankfully Florida Governor Rick Scott put the kabash on the multi billion dollar boondoggle high speed rail in Florida from Orlando to Tampa....

It would have been known as the "ghost train" because nobody would ride it...

It is actually about the same price to rent a car verses buying subsidized train tickets from Orlando to Tampa which is an hour drive...

[Rodamala]

Florida East Coast Railway had plans in 2012 to establish a passenger rail corridor with PRIVATE funding:

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-03-23/news/fl-fec-miami-orlando-new-train-20120322_1_freight-trains-daily-trains-fec.

I am 100% for private capital investment in FOR-PROFIT ventures... afterall, shareholders would not piss away THEIR MONEY the way the government seems to enjoy doing with money that ISN'T THEIRS.