I think a high speed rail from Jacksonville to Tampa and another from Jax to Miami would work.
Work in what way? Technically? Sure.
But as a project I don't see how any of them make sense. The only part of the country that has the population density to possibly make it work is the Northeast.
All of these projects benefit a few, and spread the costs on everyone.
Case in point, the new Amway arena, just today, this story came out:
http://www.wftv.com/news/26932159/detail.htmlAmway Center Profits Lower Than Old Arena
The new Amway Center was supposed to provide a boost to Orlando's economy but so far that isn't exactly what has happened.
Some people would call the new Amway Center the best arena in the NBA. But Eyewitness News found out the new facility is pulling in a lot less money than the old Amway Arena.
In the Amway Center's first quarter, it pulled in close to $4.7 million in revenue, roughly the same as the Amway Arena in the previous year. But the Amway Center's expenses are $1.3 million more than the old arena. In the end, the Amway Center had only $34,000 worth of net income. The old Amway Arena made over $1 million in the same amount of time, 30 times more than the Amway Center.So we spend 400 million to earn less money. Great going. I've posted on the muche studies about the new rail lines in California. Almost always, the costs underestimated, and the ridership is overestimated.
If they made sense from an economic point of view, a private consortium would be doing it.
It's just pyramid building.
