Gulf Coast Designated High-speed Rail Corridor

high-speed rail plan will cost federal income tax payers $1,000 each— and most of them will never ride it. Florida’s share of the plan will cost more than $11 billion, or more than $600 for every state resident—and most of them will probably never ride it either. High-speed rail won’t relieve congestion, save energy, or reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Florida should spend its share of federal high-speed rail stimulus funds on safety measures such as grade crossing improvements, not on new trains that will obligate taxpayers to pay billions of dollars in subsidies. High-speed rail is an idea whose time has come—and gone. A technology that might have made sense a century ago is today merely an anachronism that could cost American taxpayers tens or hundreds of billions of dollars yet contribute little to mobility or environmental quality. Nevertheless, President Obama persuaded Congress to dedicate $8 billion of stimulus funds to high-speed rail projects. In April, the administration announce