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FOIA Request Reveals Why Amtrak Pulled Out of Planned Station at Miami International (www.trains.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by TrueStoryBob to c/amtrak

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"Amtrak's decision not to move to a station adjacent to Miami International airport was based on estimates that relocating its existing station at Hialeah would generate an additional 20,000 riders and $2 million in yearly revenue but would cost $5 million annually to execute, according to information it released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request."

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Florida is too red for that kind of "public good" conversation.

Flying is also still a kind of luxury transportation so this would (to my guess) mostly serve upper middle class vacationers subsidized by locals.

[–] TrueStoryBob 1 points 2 weeks ago

Miami isn't as red as the rest of the state... they already have a half cent sales tax for the Metromover downtown and that system is not only free to use it's getting an expansion. A type of SPLOST (Special Penny Local Option Sales Tax) could bring in the monies needed.