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Florida Intercity Passenger Rail “Vision Plan” Executive Report

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    Florida Department of Transportation
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  • Edition:
    Executive Summary
  • Corporate Publisher:
    Florida Department of Transportation
  • Abstract:
    The Florida Intercity Passenger Rail “Vision Plan” Executive Report presents a 2006 framework for developing a statewide intercity passenger rail system in Florida through incremental investment in existing freight rail corridors, highway rights-of-way, and new dedicated passenger infrastructure. Prepared for the Florida Department of Transportation, the report responds to rapid population growth, rising intercity travel demand, and increasing constraints on highway and airport expansion. It evaluates two principal alternatives: an Inland Route using mainly CSX and the South Florida Rail Corridor to connect Miami, Orlando, Tampa, and Jacksonville; and a Coastal Route using the Florida East Coast Railway corridor, the South Florida Rail Corridor, the Beachline Expressway, and I-4 to serve East Coast markets while linking Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, and Miami. The report ultimately concludes that the strongest statewide system would combine feasible elements of both alternatives rather than treat them as mutually exclusive.

    The study is historically significant because major elements of its Coastal Route anticipated the corridor logic later used by Brightline. Brightline’s Miami–Orlando service follows the FEC corridor for much of South Florida and the East Coast, and uses the Beachline/SR 528 corridor for the Orlando connection, although Brightline uses the FEC tracks south of West Palm Beach into Miami rather than the South Florida Rail Corridor assumed in the 2006 Vision Plan. Brightline’s contemplated Tampa extension also parallels the report’s use of the I-4 right-of-way between Orlando and Tampa. The Vision Plan estimated that a phased system operating at 79, 110, and 125 mph could achieve positive operating and benefit-cost ratios while improving passenger mobility, freight capacity, grade-crossing safety, energy efficiency, emissions, and station-area development. Its recommended next steps included environmental review, preliminary engineering, freight railroad negotiations, local partnerships, and funding development.

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