Guest AuthorApril 10, 2019
6min503
It’s really quite simple: one size does not fit all.
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Guest AuthorApril 10, 2019
Scott PowersMarch 23, 2019
9min1204
Virgin Trains now is asking the Florida Development Finance Corp. to issue $1.5 billion in private activity bonds.
Ryan NicolMarch 22, 2019
5min248
The unemployment rate was down month-over-month in three major South Florida cities.
Scott PowersMarch 6, 2019
7min433
Virgin Trains President Patrick Goddard said the company is in talks with Disney World for a station.
Ryan NicolFebruary 18, 2019
5min695
Researchers gathered data on 501 U.S. cities.
Ryan NicolJanuary 10, 2019
4min307
A new report from the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) shows trial lawyers spent about $9.2 million on advertising in the Tampa-St. Petersburg and Miami-Fort Lauderdale media markets during the third quarter of 2018. That’s just a slice of the $226 million spent in markets nationwide. That’s an increase of about $40 million over spending in […]
Scott PowersDecember 27, 20189min837
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit from Indian River County, clearing the way for Brightline to consider its next steps in building a higher-speed passenger railroad that could connect West Palm Beach and Orlando. “The court’s decision adds momentum to our efforts of connecting Orlando to South Florida,” Brightline spokeswoman Ali Soule said in […]
Scott PowersDecember 13, 2018
8min1036
Brightline expects to start construction this winter on its planned, privately owned, higher-speed passenger railroad connecting South Florida to Orlando and envisions the first trains to start rolling into Orlando International Airport as soon as late 2021. Patrick Goddard, president and chief executive officer of Virgin Trains USA, also known as Brightline and formerly known as […]
Scott PowersAugust 29, 20188min838
All Aboard Florida received state approval Wednesday to sell $1.75 billion in federal private equity bonds to extend its private, high-speed, Brightline passenger train system from South Florida to Orlando. Meeting in Orlando, the Florida Development Finance Corp. board voted unanimously to grant state permission for the financing after more than three hours of public […]
Scott PowersJuly 19, 20186min346
Martin and Indian River counties and Citizens Against Rail Expansion Florida are asking a federal judge to vacate the federal approval that would allow All Aboard Florida to sell $1.15 billion in private activity bonds to finance the railway expansion to send higher-speed Brightline passenger trains between Souh Florida and Orlando. In a federal case […]