Comments on: Miami Transportation Planning, Part 2 http://www.transitmiami.com/2007/02/05/miami-transportation-planning-part-2/ Moving Together, Faster Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:20:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Gabriel J. Lopez-Bernal http://www.transitmiami.com/2007/02/05/miami-transportation-planning-part-2/#comment-4174 Gabriel J. Lopez-Bernal Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:56:00 +0000 http://www.evolvemiami.org/transitmiami/2007/02/05/miami-transportation-planning-part-2/#comment-4174 I'm focusing purely on the transportation within the city of Miami....<br /><br />The Transportation needs of the rest of the county need to be resolved by MDT in the form of commuter rail either along the CSX rail corridor or as extensions of metrorail...<br /><br />The City of Miami does not have authority of those projects and can therefore only look to improve the transportation within its own limits...<br /><br />The severe fragmentation of our community will definitely make traffic planning more difficult, but, our denser regions such as Miami and Miami Beach can start to implement these local solutions to their own traffic woes... I’m focusing purely on the transportation within the city of Miami….

The Transportation needs of the rest of the county need to be resolved by MDT in the form of commuter rail either along the CSX rail corridor or as extensions of metrorail…

The City of Miami does not have authority of those projects and can therefore only look to improve the transportation within its own limits…

The severe fragmentation of our community will definitely make traffic planning more difficult, but, our denser regions such as Miami and Miami Beach can start to implement these local solutions to their own traffic woes…

]]> By: Adam http://www.transitmiami.com/2007/02/05/miami-transportation-planning-part-2/#comment-4173 Adam Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:18:00 +0000 http://www.evolvemiami.org/transitmiami/2007/02/05/miami-transportation-planning-part-2/#comment-4173 It seems that in your rush to exalt the trolley you are putting too much focus on the gridlock that it would alleviate. As you would know if you drove south into Miami, or north into Miami, or east into miami in the mornings. The traffic starts at the golden glades/kendall/wherever in the west. This traffic will not be reduced by a trolley loop through little havanna and midtown.<br /><br />While I support the trolley as a measure to make the urban fabric of the city tighter, I feel it is important to realize that it isn't a sole solution to the traffic problems that we face currently--even in the long term--without a serious upgrade to the metrorail to the edges of the county. It seems that in your rush to exalt the trolley you are putting too much focus on the gridlock that it would alleviate. As you would know if you drove south into Miami, or north into Miami, or east into miami in the mornings. The traffic starts at the golden glades/kendall/wherever in the west. This traffic will not be reduced by a trolley loop through little havanna and midtown.

While I support the trolley as a measure to make the urban fabric of the city tighter, I feel it is important to realize that it isn’t a sole solution to the traffic problems that we face currently–even in the long term–without a serious upgrade to the metrorail to the edges of the county.

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