Opinion Column | Miami Herald | By Carl Hiassen
Sir Richard Branson, the charismatic British billionaire who founded Virgin Atlantic airlines, has come to Florida to lose his marbles.
Sir Richard Branson
Branson is investing actual money in the crazy plan to run a high-speed train from downtown Miami to the Orlando airport via Cocoa, of all places.
Originally the project was called All Aboard Florida, then Brightline and now Virgin Trains USA. (At least they didn’t change the name to All Board Virgins.)
Currently Virgin travels between Miami and West Palm Beach, a segment that was opened with the promise of reducing wretched commuter traffic on South Florida’s most congested I-95 corridor.
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