Business Services Industry

Orange County, Fla., Panel Sees Rail Line as Possible Congestion Alleviator.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October, 2002

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 24--When state road crews begin what could be five years of heavy construction on Interstate 4, the only alternative for getting to work on time may be a commuter rail line running along existing freight tracks.

The system could provide an option to I-4, members of a county transportation panel were told Wednesday, and could be ready in far less time than a light-rail system.

Keeping commuters moving is one of the issues Orange County Chairman Rich Crotty wants his blue-ribbon panel to address when it unveils its recommendations for fixing gridlock in January.

The panel has focused on expanding I-4 to 12 lanes in some places and redesigning major interchanges....

Premium Content Partnership | HighBeam Research provides an in-depth online archive library of reference works. HighBeam Research

 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

Please add your comment:

  1. You are currently: a Guest |
  2.  

Basic HTML tags that work in comments are: bold (<b></b>), italic (<i></i>), underline (<u></u>), and hyperlink (<a href></a)

advertisement
Click Here
advertisement
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
advertisement