Resolution Approved Supporting Tampa To Orlando Rail Plans

Another step toward high-speed rail has been achieved.

The Central Florida Expressway Authority, who builds, maintains and operates the expressway system for five counties of central Florida, has approved a resolution that supports Brightline in it’s planned expansion.

The Brightline high-speed railway currently runs from Miami to West Palm Beach. The leg from West Palm Beach to Orlando is currently under construction. Then there’s the final leg. That’s from Orlando to Tampa.

The resolution that was passed unanimously supports that final leg of expansion. Brightline now has the right to study a route between Orlando and Tampa along the I-4 corridor.

The Florida Chamber of Commerce is showing their support as well.

The leg from West Palm Beach to Orlando International Airport is expected to be completed near the end of 2022.
[Source: Tampa Bay’s 10]

15 Q105 Road Trip Songs

• Aretha Franklin – “Freeway of Love”

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  "City traffic's moving way too slow/Drop the pedal and go, go, go/We going riding on the freeway of love/Wind's against our back/We going riding on the freeway of love/In my pink Cadillac."

• Billy Ocean – “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car”

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  "Get outta my dreams/Get in to my car/Get outta my dreams/(Get in to the back seat baby)/Get in to my car/ (Beep Beep, yeah)."

• Cyndi Lauper – “I Drove All Night”

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  "I was dreaming while I drove/The long straight road ahead, uh, huh/Could taste your sweet kisses/Your arms open wide/This fever for you is just burning me up inside/I drove all night to get to you."
• Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – “Runnin’ Down a Dream”

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  "It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down/I had the radio on, I was drivin'/Trees went by, me and Del were singin' little Runaway/I was flyin'."

• Tom Cochrane – “Life is a Highway”

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  "Life's like a road that you travel on/When there's one day here and the next day gone/Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand/Sometimes you turn your back to the wind."

• Sheryl Crow – “Everyday is a Winding Road”

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  "I hitched a ride with a vending machine repair man/He said he's been down this road more than twice/He was high on intellectualism/I've never been there, but the brochure looks nice."
• Kenny Loggins – “Danger Zone”

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  "Revvin' up your engine/Listen to her howlin' roar/Metal under tension/Beggin' you to touch and go."

• The Go-Go’s – “Skidmarks On My Heart”

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  "Spend all your time and money/On that Pontiac GTO pile/Getting tired of your greasy antics/My pride's getting hurt by the mile."

• Prince – “Little Red Corvette”

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  "I guess I should've closed my eyes when you drove me to the place/Where your horses run free/'Cause I felt a little ill when I saw all the pictures/Of the jockeys that were there before me."
• Lindsey Buckingham – “Holiday Road”

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  "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick/Take a ride on the West Coast kick."

• The Cars – “Drive”

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  "You can't go on/Thinking nothing's wrong, oh no/Who's gonna drive you home/Tonight?"

• Willie Nelson – “On the Road Again”

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  "On the road again/Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway/We're the best of friends Insisting that the world keep turning our way."
• Gary Numan – “Cars”

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  "Here in my car/I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors/It's the only way to live/In cars."

• Bruce Springsteen – “Pink Cadillac”

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  "Now some folks say it's too big/And uses too much gas/Some folks say it's too old/And that it goes too fast/But my love is bigger than a Honda/It's bigger than a Subaru."

• Queen – “I’m in Love With My Car”

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  "The machine of a dream/Such a clean machine/With the pistons a pumping/And the hubcaps all gleam."