High Speed Cars On Rails?

A new proposal in Florida would have users strap their cars to high speed rail platforms.

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February 18, 2001, 12:00 PM PST

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

"Forget about building sleek European bullet trains for travel around Florida. Think instead of clamping you and your family van atop a big sled and getting slung down a track at 125 mph. Sci-fi madness worthy of Popular Mechanics? Or the answer to the demand from Florida voters that the state begin building a high-speed rail by 2004? "It sounds like something from the Jetsons," Kirston Henderson admits. But the founder of Fort Worth, Texas-based MegaRail insists it's possible. Floridians approved an amendment to the state's constitution last year requiring construction of a high-speed rail system around the state."

Thanks to Christian Peralta

FULL STORY: Plan would put your car on rails

Saturday, February 17, 2001 in The Tampa Tribune

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