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Article: Fla. Rail Project on Fast Track // High-Speed Train Would Be Nation's First
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 21, 1996
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ORLANDO, Fla. George Johnson spends so much time on the road
between Tampa and Orlando that his van is like a second home.
Johnson, who commutes more than 180 miles a day between the
Tampa Bay area and his job as a carpenter and cabinetmaker in
Orlando, says he'd like the option of taking a fast train to work.
But like many Floridians, Johnson is taking a wait-and-see
attitude about the state's second attempt at building a high-speed
train system capable of whisking passengers between Tampa, Orlando
and Miami at 200 m.p.h.
"I would consider a train, sometimes," Johnson says. "It
depends on how you get to the station and park, and how often the
trains run and how I can get to the job on ...