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Old 04-23-2023, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by sdeikenberry View Post
An article in "the other" online newspaper announces the Florida high speed train running from Orlando Intl airport (MCO) to Miami will take 2:59". Interestingly when I google the route using my auto I can drive the same distance in 3:05". Factor in the time to travel to MCO, parking, etc., and it ends up taking longer on the high speed train...which has been touted as saving time..and the cost of the trip is much more expensive than driving. Makes me wonder if this train will be successful.
The information you received "could" be, actually is, deceiving. You have to live in Lauderdale by the Sea, or Pompano, or Deerfield and commute by car daily to Miami, to know what it is really like. Not "arguing" but, counting on that time frame commuting on 95 into Miami, don't count on it. The proof will be in the "pudding" of course, I'll bet the train will be extremely popular.