tonyfsu21 Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 Light rail plan in the works catering specifically to cruisers FLL>Port Everglades. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 Seems excessive for such a short line. This says $4.3 billion https://ftltimes.com/2024/05/28/elevated-light-rail-system-and-more-coming-to-fort-lauderdale/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyfsu21 Posted June 22 Author Report Share Posted June 22 1 hour ago, smokeybandit said: Seems excessive for such a short line. This says $4.3 billion https://ftltimes.com/2024/05/28/elevated-light-rail-system-and-more-coming-to-fort-lauderdale/ Everything down here nowadays is expensive and excessive. I really don’t appreciate the growth in downtown at all as it’s not doing anything good for our waterways. I cannot see $4.3B but certainly $1.3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 I would think they'd get a lot of pushback from taxis and ride shares. Supposedly $2 a ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rackham Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 The CBS article: https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/1-3-billion-light-rail-coming-to-fort-lauderdale-hollywood-international-airport/ 1 hour ago, smokeybandit said: Seems excessive for such a short line. This says $4.3 billion https://ftltimes.com/2024/05/28/elevated-light-rail-system-and-more-coming-to-fort-lauderdale/ 4.3B sounds like the entire proposed transportation project costs including the elevated rail extension and airport people mover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 Just now, Rackham said: 4.3B sounds like the entire proposed transportation project costs including the elevated rail extension and airport people mover. That makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyfsu21 Posted June 22 Author Report Share Posted June 22 2 hours ago, smokeybandit said: I would think they'd get a lot of pushback from taxis and ride shares. Supposedly $2 a ride. Yeah $2 ride seems like a pipe dream. These people are nuts. The excessive development in downtown has literally filled our waterways with human excrement due to the aging sewer infrastructure that is failing weekly. I don’t trust a word they say. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 I would still arrive a day early at stay in the Dania Point area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobroo Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 Geez, I guess they didn't care for my zipline idea. Baked Alaska and KWong 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWong Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 8 hours ago, bobroo said: Geez, I guess they didn't care for my zipline idea. That's because you designed it to only go one way. WAAAYTOOO, Baked Alaska and bobroo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXcruzer Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 I would be extremely curious to see a study on how many people fly in day of cruise. The differential of folks using the line "round trip" VS only one way "to the airport from FLL" would be interesting. Baked Alaska 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biaggio Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 This is why I live on the West Coast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWong Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 30 minutes ago, TXcruzer said: I would be extremely curious to see a study on how many people fly in day of cruise. I would as well. I am sure it is one of those stats that vary by country, cruise port, starting point of travellers and day of departure. So lots of data to slice through. For example, I could see Port Everglades being around 50/50 due to it's proximity to FLL and availability of flights to both FLL and MIA. Port Canaveral? Maybe more the day before because of the time it takes to travel there. Europe might be more than a few days before because people might want to take a full day at the departure port (we're doing that in Athens). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 Tri Rail, Brightline and now this LR all going from Miami to Palm Beach, all promising to relieve heavy traffic. I guess that's good news. Between the three of them there should be no cars on 95 anymore WAAAYTOOO and rjweber3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heymarco Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 On 6/23/2024 at 7:01 AM, Biaggio said: This is why I live on the West Coast Because LA is a breeze to zip around in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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