Sunday, May 31, 2015

Will Seccombe, President/CEO of VisitFlorida on All Aboard Florida

With 122 million tourists expected to visit Florida by 2020, Florida needs more transit options, says Will Seccombe, President/CEO of VISIT FLORIDA. All Aboard Florida (AAF) will have express passenger rail service between Miami and Orlando, with stops in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.

The question Florida residents have to ask themselves is this, "Do we want these tourists in cars instead? Clogging our highways and streets?" And as far as the inconvenience at rail crossings AAF provided this demonstration of what you can expect wait times will be for a train to pass: