Highways Not A Pretty Picture
By Rich Shopes The Tampa Tribune - Population growth is swamping Florida's highway system, and that has transportation engineers looking to a "multimodal" system of highways, special vehicle lanes and commuter rail lines to move future generationshe state Transportation Department recently produced a study called Florida's Future Corridors Action Plan that broadly outlines what the Florida will resemble in 2025 and 2050 if no changes are made. The plan's first phase is under way. Planners are identifying "transportation corridors," or long swaths where it makes sense to build highways, widen existing ones or build commuter rail systems.
By Rich Shopes The Tampa Tribune - Population growth is swamping Florida's highway system, and that has transportation engineers looking to a "multimodal" system of highways, special vehicle lanes and commuter rail lines to move future generationshe state Transportation Department recently produced a study called Florida's Future Corridors Action Plan that broadly outlines what the Florida will resemble in 2025 and 2050 if no changes are made. The plan's first phase is under way. Planners are identifying "transportation corridors," or long swaths where it makes sense to build highways, widen existing ones or build commuter rail systems.