As a member of both the Boca Raton City Council and the Palm Beach County Metropolitan Planning Organization, I have come to recognize the necessity for multimodal solutions to our transportation needs.
We cannot continue to pave our way to a solution, as our roads become more congested. Rail travel is a welcome transportation alternative which has, and will continue to be, embraced by many people commuting to and from Boca Raton.
Our city is diverse, ranging from Fortune 500 companies, to the faculty and students at Florida Atlantic and Lynn universities, to residents and vacationers who enjoy the city’s lifestyle, recreational and cultural offerings. For all of these reasons and more, ours has become one of the busiest Tri-Rail stations along the entire route.
We anticipate that those ridership numbers will continue to increase, especially as we begin to plan for a second Tri-Rail station in our city and with the introduction of the Tri-Rail Coastal Link project. More people will be able to live or work in Boca Raton and along the densest parts of South Florida and have a safe, reliable and convenient way to travel between major destinations.
Below is an image of the proposed Coastal Link in Palm Beach County. Once All Aboard Florida is operational the Coastal Link will have service for cities north and south of the West Palm Beach AAF station.
![Dr. W. H. Cotton’s ode: “Oh, My Lake Worth, Florida!” [circa 1920].](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yhHyCn84ZIQ/WezjlEL-0tI/AAAAAAAAPZ4/CzkhriK6zpEJJ3d9Je1495d49gIhnMlxACK4BGAYYCw/s1600/LakeWorthPioneers.JPG)
