High-speed rail rolls on. (Tampa-Orlando-Miami, Florida high speed train project)

The state Department of Transportation has narrowed the number of alternative alignments down to seven for the Tampa to Orlando leg of the proposed Tampa-Orlando-Miami high-speed rail project.

Transportation planners say these alternatives have become less hypothetical with the election of Bill Clinton. The president-elect supports a national network of high-speed rail projects.

The alternatives selected for the Tampa to Orlando rail line have different routes or different station locations. They include:

* Orlando International Airport to St. Petersburg with six stations;

* OIA to Largo with three stations;

* Downtown Orlando to Largo with five stations;

* Downtown Orlando to Largo with seven stations;

* Downtown Orlando to downtown Tampa with three stations;

* Downtown Orlando …