Florida
Can a 100% Private Passenger Rail Line Turn a Profit?
Public-private partnerships have recently become a popular policy prescription for the prospect of reviving inter-city passenger rail.
March 27, 2012
Quantified: The Price of Sprawl in Florida
We all know sprawl is costly to local communities. Roads, schools, sewers: It all adds up.
November 14, 2011
FTA Distributes $1 Billion to Local Transit Agencies
Transit providers in Detroit, Miami, Seattle and Bloomington, Indiana were a few of the many winners in the latest round of Federal Transit Administration capital grants.
October 20, 2011
Rail-Wary FL Gov. Scott Threw Caution to the Wind in Supporting SunRail
On Monday, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will travel to Orlando for the ground-breaking of the SunRail commuter rail project in central Florida. We reported with some pleasure two weeks ago that Gov. Rick Scott had approved the project. But what we didn’t mention was that there’s significant opposition to the project, and it’s not all from the usual suspects of Tea Partiers and deficit hawks and transit haters.
July 15, 2011
Florida Gov. Scott Finds a Rail Project He Doesn’t Hate
Florida Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad has announced that Gov. Rick Scott’s administration will support the development of SunRail commuter rail.
July 1, 2011
Bike-Ped Defunding Proposal Sparks Mutiny in Mica’s Home District
The residents of Florida's 7th Congressional District must contend with some of the most dangerous pedestrian crossings in the country. And it's beginning to sound like they're tired of it.
June 21, 2011
Why a Republican Congress is Good For Bike Advocates
I am one of the nearly 800 bike advocates from around the country who went to Washington, D.C. last week for the National Bike Summit. I took away an important lesson: The Republican Congress is good for bicycling.
March 17, 2011
Who Wants Florida’s $2.4 Billion in High-Speed Rail Funds?
Gov. Rick Scott got to say no, yet again, to Florida's dreams of high-speed rail.
March 4, 2011
Gov. Rick Scott Says He’s Not Reconsidering Florida HSR Position After All
Update, 5:00 PM Friday: Rick Scott's office just issued a statement with the subject line "Rick Scott: My position remains the same on High Speed Rail." Rather than saying he asked for more time to consider his options, he refers to LaHood's decision to extend the deadline and says:
February 25, 2011
Trainwreck: Rick Scott Keeps On Killing Florida HSR
Somehow, every time a governor makes a really bad decision that denies appropriate transportation options to his constituents, he gets chance after chance to take it back. And somehow, they never do.
February 24, 2011