Views of the Future

Train-ing

“Brightline will change Florida’s demographics and interconnectivity. We will see large population concentrations near transit stations as people will move north in search of affordable workforce housing opportunities and hop on the train to go to work anywhere in South Florida and Central Florida. Brightline will help bring both regions closer together. I wouldn’t be surprised if Central Florida and South Florida begin to act as a block in lobbying efforts to improve public transportation and affordable housing across both regions.”

— Noah Breakstone, managing partner, BTI Partners, Fort Lauderdale

The University of South Florida’s Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute is one of many projects under development on and around the waterfront in Tampa. Credit Todd Anderson for The New York Times