Steve_Gehlbach's Blog

If I have to get into my car, I ain't gonna stop to get a train. I'm gonna keep on heading to work. I can't wait to see how much less traffic we have after this thing if finished.

it doesnt matter if ,were ever the want to run that thing they wil force people to sel if they are in the way and giv ethem pennies for teh dollar on there home , land or business but the good news is we will have a useless part od transportaion that people will complainabout or sue later on ebeuase it made them dizzy or late,, Centreal Florida wastes and wastes money

what I want to know , is what happens to you when you get off the train at the station? how do you get to where you are going? unless you work within 6 blocks of the station, you have no other way to get to work! I have heard NO information on what you do to get to work when you get off the train!

I'll be a user as long as I can get to OIA!

It will be nice to read the paper and ride in from Seminole. Given the continued growth in central Florida, I think the Commuter rail will have some success here...

thanks for the replies.

first, the rail won't run out to OIA. the existing tracks don't go that far East.

second, I think the plan is to have buses and/or other forms of transportation to get you from the station to work. lets say you live in Lake Mary and work in downtown, you'de still have to drive to the stop to get on then get on a bus when you get off to get to the office. there's a whole downtown trasportation plan that may eventually add light rail, trollies, buses, ect. to get people around. rail planners are also thinking some businesses may provide some type of transportation, like a 15 passenger van, to pick up people at train stops.

They should also extend it from Disney to I-Drive and places like this to let the tourists use it and keep them off our roads. They tend to clog things up looking around and causing accidents cause they are not watching the road.

Actually Steve, there are STILL TRACKS out there at OIA, but they have been SEVERED, they could be reconnected and some added rail connected to get folks right up to OIA.

The tracks are out near where the fire department practices there training drills. They are rusty and I'm sure would have to be repaired, these tracks are what brought in fuel and supplies for the planes when it was McCoy Air Force Base.

But I'm sure the residents out there in the homes where the tracks would have to be relaid or reconnected may not be too happy about that.

Just like for commuter rail to really work, they need to TAKE BACK those RAILS to TRAILS and re-lay tracks, put in stops in the neighborhoods and then you'd have a great commuter rail infrastructure where you wouldn't even need a car to get to the train!

But you're going to have those that'll complain about that too. But that is the only way I see commuter rail really being of REAL SERVICE here.