South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Florida Still Has Chance for Fast Train, but Plenty of Competition

From South Florida Sun-Sentinel:

A bullet train, its supporters say, could boost tourism, create jobs and get cars off Florida's crowded roads.  There's even $8 billion in federal stimulus money available to help build the proposed Tampa-Orlando-Miami line, where trains would move at least 110 mph and zip travelers from South Florida to Disney World in less than two hours.  Although big obstacles stand in the way, Lee Chira, chairman of the Florida High Speed Rail Authority, said "we've got a pretty good chance."  Others are much less hopeful. For starters, they said, the bullet train proposal here is competing against nine others nationwide.