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The Florida High Speed Corridor was a proposed high-speed rail project in the U.S. state of Florida. Initial service would have run between the cities of Tampa and Orlando, with plans to then extend service to South Florida, terminating in Miami. Trains with a top speed of to would run on dedicated rail lines alongside the state's existing highway network. Construction of the line was slated to begin in 2011, with the initial Tampa-Orlando phase completed by 2014.〔Jackovics, Ted. January 28, 2010, ("Obama calls high speed rail funding a 'down payment'". ) (''The Tampa Tribune'' (TBO.com). ). Retrieved February 18, 2010.〕 On February 16, 2011, Florida Governor Rick Scott formally announced that he would be rejecting federal funds to construct the high-speed railway, thereby killing the Florida High Speed Rail project. Governor Scott's reasoning behind cancelling the project was that it would be "far too costly to taxpayers" and that "the risk far outweigh() the benefits". In the wake of the project's cancellation, a private sector express passenger service running across much of the proposed route has been proposed by the Florida East Coast Railway. This project, ''All Aboard Florida'', is due to begin operations as early as 2017.〔http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article1981627.html〕 ==Proposal== After the original federal proposal in the 1960s, U.S. federal and state governments revisited the idea of fast trains from time to time. The Passenger Railroad Rebuilding Act of 1980 led to funding of high-speed corridor studies in 1984. Private-sector consortia intending to build high-speed lines were created in Florida, Ohio, Texas, California, and Nevada. Maglev trains became a new field of interest. They were officially added to the definition of "railroad" in 1988, and were studied repeatedly. Five high-speed corridors were officially endorsed in October 1992 following passage of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. TEA-21 and other legislation continued to be passed with mentions of high-speed rail, but lacking funding or real direction. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Florida High Speed Corridor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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