Some how I don’t invision 9,000 people a day thinking...
Instead of taking 90 minutes to drive to Orlando from Tampa.
I’m going to drive 30 minutes to the airport
Pay $10 to park my car
Pay $32 for the train to Orlando
take 60 minutes to ride to Orlando
and then figure out how to get around Orlando.
Where oh where is the $42 in value?
There are no commuter rail lines to connect to the main rail line and the reality is you still have to rent a taxi, take the bus or rent a car at the other end. And that means more $$$ out of your pocket. The reality is until it costs more to operate a car than it does to take the train, people will stick with what they know and all the government studies liberals peddle won’t change it.
And besides all that, how do they figure $47.88 round trip gas between Tampa and Orlando??? Let’s see, 85 miles x 2 = 170 miles, and at 20 mpg would require 8.5 gallons of gas, which at $4.00/gallon would give a sum total of $34.00! Where do they get $47.88 from??? Me thinks if they can’t even estimate the cost of gas for a car trip between Tampa and Orlando, what hope do they have of estimating high speed rail costs and ridership? I’d say, zippo!