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#1 KevinKorell

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Posted 24 July 2016 - 10:53 AM

Orlando, FL Business Journal, 7/19/16:

All Aboard Florida on track for construction to OIA


All Aboard Florida is making tracks in Central Florida into Orlando International Airport, to be exact.

The newest portion of the $3.1 billion Brightline intercity passenger train system will start near State Road 520 and end at the Orlando International Airport's employee parking lot, according to a July 19 permit application.

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Posted 26 July 2016 - 11:09 AM

The right of way between the North Terminal area and the South Terminal has many parts that are in place with construction of flyovers for the South approach road going on in full swing. The ROW of the People Mover connecting the North and the South Terminals is visibly taking shape. The main Intermodal Terminal building is coming up too as is the first phase of the South Air Terminal attached to it.

 

I passed by there on my way back from the OTOL Fest.



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Posted 11 September 2016 - 10:26 AM

Miami, FL Herald, 9/11/16:
 

All Aboard Florida’s plan for passenger train service from Miami to Orlando in jeopardy


All Aboard Florida’s plan to operate regular passenger train service between Miami and Orlando is in jeopardy following a federal judge’s order questioning the company’s ability to borrow $1.75 billion in taxpayer-backed federal bonds to pay for the project.


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Posted 15 March 2017 - 02:34 PM

Ludicrous job-killing legislation proposed! :angry2:  Sloan

 

 

 

Bill could put brakes on Orlando-to-Miami rail plans

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Posted 23 March 2017 - 04:53 PM

Palm Beach (FL) Post, 3/15:
 

High-speed train bill could stall All Aboard Florida’s Brightline

 

 

The day after All Aboard Florida’s Brightline welcomed the second train in its growing fleet, officials with the private rail venture said a proposed bill regulating high-speed trains could threaten its expansion to Orlando and other points across the state.

 

The bill (SB 386), dubbed the Florida High-Speed Passenger Rail Safety Act, cleared its first hurdle on Tuesday, winning support from the Senate’s Committee on Transportation. It would require high-speed rail companies such as All Aboard Florida to install safety features and pay for fencing along sections of its tracks where pedestrians could be at risk.

 

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Rusty Roberts, vice president of government affairs for All Aboard Florida, told the Senate committee that the bill could threaten the company’s expansion plans, adding that it “unconstitutionally targets one company.”

 

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Posted 23 March 2017 - 04:56 PM

TC Palm, Stuart, FL 3/14:
 

Brightline opponents score victory in Tallahassee

 

 

A bill which would allow greater local regulation of high-speed rail service was passed Tuesday by the state Senate Transportation Committee.

The Florida High-Speed Passenger Rail Safety Act —S.B. 386, sponsored by state Sen. Debbie Mayfield, R-Melbourne — would give the Florida Department of Transportation wide authority to regulate high-speed rail, including Brightline’s Miami-to-Orlando passenger railroad.

The bill, which defines “high-speed” rail as traveling faster than 80 mph, would strengthen public-disclosure, including requiring railroads to publish information about rail safety and accidents, and would grant local governments a greater voice in decisions about installing fencing around the railroad corridor.

 

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Posted 23 March 2017 - 06:36 PM

Sun-Sentinel, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 3/19:

Put brakes on 'rail safety bill' pitched to Florida Legislature | Opinion

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Collateral damage of SB 386 will be no future for passenger rail within Florida.
 
 

It's time we called out the "Rail Safety Bill" being sponsored by Sen. Debbie Mayfield, R-Melbourne, for what it is — the latest version of anti-growth NIMBYism ("Not In My Back Yard") to come out of the Treasure Coast.

 

Only this time, in order to enact their strategy of roadblocks and nuisance challenges designed to delay and drive up the costs of All Aboard Florida, they are attempting to deceive legislators into choosing more cars and traffic over passenger rail alternatives for everyone in Florida.

 

It is unconstitutional for a legislature to target a bill against a single company, so Mayfield's bill attempts to place a thin veil over "all railroads" ... that happen to look and act exactly like All Aboard Florida. The veil is so thin that while testifying recently to the Senate Transportation Committee, Mayfield repeatedly slipped and referred directly to All Aboard Florida when speaking about Senate Bill 386 — and had to catch herself to fall back to the more scripted "any high-speed rail company." The collateral damage of this bill for Florida will be no future for passenger rail within the state. 

 

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The group behind the fight against a new privately funded transportation solution for Florida is called Citizens Against Rail Expansion (CARE). It is not about safety, it is about NIMBYism, and if it has to mean "not in YOUR backyard" as well in order to further their charade, they are OK with that. They don't CARE. Perhaps they chose that acronym because citizens for more cars and trucks and traffic congestion and environmental harm didn't roll off the tongue.

 

Mike Reininger is executive director of Florida East Coast Industries.

 

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Posted 23 March 2017 - 06:40 PM

Florida Politics, 3/20:

 
All Aboard Florida says Senate railroad bill ‘unconstitutionally targets one company’
 

The Senate Transportation Committee unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that would require private rail companies to add safety features along their tracks, a move maligned by officials at All Aboard Florida.

 

SB 386’s safety standards require passenger rail companies to install features such as positive train control, which helps prevent train-on-train collisions, and a remote health monitoring system capable of detecting malfunctions at signal crossings.

 

The bill, sponsored by Republican Sen. Debbie Mayfield, also requires rail companies to install fencing along their tracks in areas the Florida Department of Transportation expects to have a lot of foot traffic, such as near schools or parks.

 

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Posted 21 April 2017 - 06:12 AM

I don't understand about the Brightline Orlando Station! I hope This is fake news!



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Posted 05 August 2017 - 06:05 AM

 

 

Martin, Indian River counties renew objections about Brightline

 

Renewing their objections to Brightline’s proposed high-speed rail service from West Palm Beach to Orlando, officials in the Treasure Coast are demanding another look at how the trains would affect their region.

Brightline dismissed the call for another impact assessment, which could further delay the much-anticipated Orlando leg, as “fear mongering.”

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