If tickets go on sale in May, they will have decided a start date by then. Coming up soon - I can't wait!
West of I-Drive station it will be I-4. East of it it will be whatever the Sunshine Corridor evolves to be between there and OIA.
Last I saw in one of the Beyond the Ultimate EIS documents a few years ago, maybe 2020, was that Brightline would run on the north side of the I-4 median between Disney Springs and a point just west of the US27 interchange. This is due to elaborate Lexus Lanes to be built in the median east of US27. West from there along I-4 it will be all in the median of I-4. If they build near Ybor instead of north of downtown Tampa near I-275, then it will use the median until somewhere around 18th Street where it will fly over the eastbound lanes of I-4 on its way to Nuccio Parkway. A likely Ybor station site would be located along or near Nuccio Pkwy further south near Tampa Union Station. Ask developer Darryl Shaw how he plans to share his land with Brightline. He owns most of the land north of TUS on either side of Nuccio Pkwy.
The Taft-Vineland route is the same exact route as was planned for the cancelled HSR. It appears that the majority of buildings could be spared. Hopefully it will have less NIMBY resistance since residential is a minor factor, particularly compared to the 417 route. There is also the consideration that now the government is directly involved, as well as multiple large profile companies, not just Brightline.
I am confused. Where do you see the buildings at the location of the curve from CFRC to Taft Vineland Road?
That is the correct location. The buildings are fairly new so they haven't made it onto the satellite image yet. However, the buildings can be seen on street view.
Google Maps is not showing the newly constructed warehouses at the location. The street level view does show the buildings.
One thing I like better about the route briefly following the CFRC is it allows for, presumably, a simpler transfer station for SunRail riders. I don't think Brightline plans to have a transfer station along the CFRC anymore so that wouldn't really be a benefit for them.
I asked some acquaintances in Brightline who know all this stuff beyond just looking at Google Maps and Street Views and they said that there is enough space to make the curve. It is not going to be a high speed curve anyway. So I am happy to trust them, since they have more accurate information than I. There is enough set back space both on the North of Taft Vineland and on the East of the railroad alignment to make an elevated curve well within the parameters required apparently.
Wow jis - this is great information.
Meanwhile I discovered that they had managed to lose my previous registration, but that does not stop them from continuing to send endless stream of marketing slop.
Maybe it's because of this:Meanwhile I discovered that they had managed to lose my previous registration, but that does not stop them from continuing to send endless stream of marketing slop.
I think he's referring to the website registration, not seat reservation...
There are five APM systems at MCO, perhaps it's labeled sensibly on the one that goes between the AB building and the C/train building.
I'm sure marketing demanded they get the email addresses out of the old system (cheap), but post-COVID-shutdown they didn't want to bother with migrating all the accounts over (passwords might have special or incompatible storage requirements between the old and new systems).Same thing for me. I get daily emails but I no longer have an account.
Right. This is on one connecting AB to one of the mid field pods, where that other proximity information is not that critical. I think they just used an available panel without giving it much thought.
