You know it really hurts me to agree with Richie - but he is right (this time).

A high speed train between Orlando and Tampa does not make sense since it is only about a 1 1/2 hour drive. Once the train would get to either city, the passengers would have to have some means of getting to their destination. No real time would be saved.

It was funny to see the animated train in the news reports. The passenger cars were almost empty. If the projection is that the cars would be almost empty, how could any revenue be generated?

This project was a money loser from the get-go. Rick Scott does get it right sometimes, too.