Letter to the Editor regarding All Aboard Florida...

This past Sunday, in the Palm Beach Post, a Letter to the Editor by Suzanne E. Houghtaling of West Palm Beach was published concerning AAF. Click title for link to page where it appears. Here are two excerpts:

     “I travel throughout Florida on a regular basis by car, but not by choice, since there are few other convenient travel options. Florida is finally becoming a highly competitive and progressive state for commerce. If we are going to be successful in competing both nationally and globally, we need to focus on improving mobility across Florida.
     As I travel between Miami, Palm Beach County and Orlando, I experience constant traffic delays from congestion. We can only put so many more cars on Interstate 95 and Florida’s Turnpike. It seems the answer is always to just add more lanes.”

[Later...]

     “It appears that the majority of opposition is from Martin County, which for decades has resisted any type of change or progress. Many people there prefer to stay a small, Old Florida-style fishing community. That is their choice and I respect that, but there is a greater statewide benefit that needs to be considered. Yes, passenger trains will run through their community, but at least they will be similar to Tri-Rail — shorter and much quieter than the freight trains.
     We have been talking about developing a modern and efficient high-speed passenger rail project for close to 25 years. It’s time to stop the rhetoric and do it, especially with a longtime Florida based company stepping up to the plate to fund it and build it.”