Florida High Speed Rail would have been the first to use Bombardier's JetTrain technology.

Florida High Speed Rail is a proposed high-speed rail network in Florida. Funding for the system was authorized by a 2000 referendum of Florida voters and repealed by 64% of Florida voters in a 2004 referendum. The first phase, planned for completion in 2009, would have connected Orlando to Tampa (Phase 1 Part 1), with a later extension to St. Petersburg (Phase 1 Part 2). Later phases might have extended the network to Miami, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Tallahassee and Pensacola. Image File history File links BombardierJetTrainLocomotiv. ... Image File history File links BombardierJetTrainLocomotiv. ... Bombardiers experimental JetTrain locomotive toured North America in an early-2000s attempt to raise the technologys public profile. ... Japanese Shinkansen trains began the development of modern high-speed railways (shown here: West Japan Railway Company 500 Series Shinkansen at Kyoto). ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 22nd 170 451 km² 260 km 800 km 17. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: The City Beautiful Official website: http://www. ... Nickname: Cigar City, The Big Guava, T-Town Official website: http://www. ... Aerial photograph of St. ... The Magic City, The American Riviera, The Sixth Borough Location of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ... Fort Myers and Cape Coral from space, July 1997 Fort Myers is the county seatGR6 and commercial center of Lee County, Florida. ... Nickname: Where Florida Begins Official website: http://www. ... Nickname: Motto: Official website: http://talgov. ... Nickname: The City of Five Flags Motto: Official website: http://www. ...

Some have argued that the wording on the 2004 referendum was misleading, and some may have assumed it was the same as the 2000 referendum and voted the opposite of what they meant to vote.

Despite the denial of funding due to the referendum passed November 2, 2004, the Florida High Speed Rail Authority continues to meet, and is almost done with the environmental impact statement for the Tampa-Orlando segment. November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... According to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) whenever the U.S. Federal Government takes a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment it must first consider the environmental impact in a document called an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). ...

On October 27, 2004, the authority voted to prefer the consortium of Fluor and Bombardier Transportation to build and operate the system, using Bombardier's JetTrain technology. October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fluor Corporation, an international construction contractor for petrochemical, infrastructure, and environmental projects, is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California in the United States. ... Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group. ... Bombardiers experimental JetTrain locomotive toured North America in an early-2000s attempt to raise the technologys public profile. ...

Tampa to Orlando route

In early planning stages, all routes but the one along the median of Interstate 4 (which has been and is being widened by several road construction projects) were dropped from consideration; alternates used the CSX tracks to the south of I-4. Stations would be provided at downtown Tampa, northern Lakeland, Walt Disney World, possibly at the Orange County Convention Center (see below), and at Orlando International Airport. Lynx's #50 bus, which runs mostly express along I-4 from Walt Disney World to downtown Orlando, would likely be rerouted to serve the Disney station, which would be built on the northwest side of I-4 between US 192 and the Osceola Parkway. Interstate 4 (abbreviated I-4) is an intrastate Interstate Highway located entirely within the state of Florida, United States. ... Categories: Companies traded on NYSE | Railway companies of the United States | Alabama railroads | Connecticut railroads | Delaware railroads | Florida current railroads | Georgia railroads | Illinois railroads | Indiana railroads | Kentucky railroads | Louisiana railroads | Maryland railroads | Massachusetts railroads | Michigan railroads | Mississippi railroads | New Jersey railroads | New York railroads | North Carolina railroads | Ohio railroads | Pennsylvania... Nickname: Cigar City, The Big Guava, T-Town Official website: http://www. ... Lakeland is a city located in Polk County, Florida. ... Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, two water parks, several resort hotels and golf courses... Orlando International Airport (IATA: MCO, ICAO: KMCO) is an airport located in Orlando, Florida. ... LYNX is a bus system run by the Central Florida Regional Transit Authority, serving the Orlando, Florida area. ... Nickname: The City Beautiful Official website: http://www. ... One of the mile markers on US 192 US 192 is a U.S. Highway in central Florida. ... The Osceola Parkway, signed as County Road 522 since around 2003 (and originally planned as SR 424), is a 12 mile long toll road extending east-west across the northern boundary of Osceola County, Florida, USA roughly paralleling the border with Orange County. ...

Orlando route selection

Two routes were considered in the Orlando area. One would have split from I-4 at the SR 536 interchange, and run east along SR 536 and SR 417 to the south entrance to Orlando International Airport, from which it would head north to end at the planned South Terminal. The other route would continue along I-4 to SR 528, with an extra stop at the Orange County Convention Center and International Drive, and then run east along SR 528 and a new right-of-way east and southeast to the south entrance of the airport. Nickname: The City Beautiful Official website: http://www. ... Interstate 4 (abbreviated I-4) is an intrastate Interstate Highway located entirely within the state of Florida, United States. ... SR 536, named World Center Drive, connects Epcot Center Drive, a public road (maintained by the Reedy Creek Improvement District) in the Walt Disney World Resort to SR 400 (Interstate 4) and SR 535. ... Northbound at the University Toll Plaza, recently rebuilt with high-speed lanes The Central Florida GreeneWay, also known as Florida State Road 417, and called the Seminole Expressway in Seminole County, is a tolled freeway forming the eastern beltway around the city of Orlando, Florida, bypassing Interstate 4. ... Orlando International Airport (IATA: MCO, ICAO: KMCO) is an airport located in Orlando, Florida. ... Interstate 4 (abbreviated I-4) is an intrastate Interstate Highway located entirely within the state of Florida, United States. ... The Martin Andersen Bee Line Expressway (soon to be renamed the Beachline Expressway), also known as State Road 528, is a limited access toll road connecting Interstate 4 at the International Drive tourist corridor in southwestern Orange County to SR A1A in Cocoa Beach, Florida. ... International Drive (often abbreviated I-Drive) is Orlando, Floridas main tourist strip, located southwest of downtown. ...

The SR 417 route (Greeneway Route) was selected by a 7-1 vote on October 27, 2004. October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Advantages of the SR 417 route

• The Walt Disney Company announced that if the SR 417 route was built, they would direct tourists to take the train from the airport to Walt Disney World. However, since they wanted to deny competitors on International Drive a station, they would keep busing tourists if the SR 528 route was built.
• It would leave room for a planned light rail system along I-4 from Walt Disney World to downtown Orlando.
• It would be shorter and thus faster.

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Advantages of the SR 528 route

• An extra stop would in theory mean more ridership.
• Non-Disney area attractions would be served better.

External links

• Florida High Speed Rail