Comments on: News Roundup http://www.transitmiami.com/2009/07/14/news-roundup-5/ Moving Together, Faster Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:26:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: UDB http://www.transitmiami.com/2009/07/14/news-roundup-5/comment-page-1/#comment-58790 UDB Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:06:46 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/?p=4336#comment-58790 95 Express will go down as one of the biggest shams ever. The number of false, unmet promises made by FDOT staff in order to get MPO and county support for the HOT lanes is staggering. I'm glad Broward officials are finally asking hard questions. There are a gazillion unmet transit needs in Dade and Broward, and NONE of them are on I-95. This is just another underhanded FDOT move to add highway capacity, but with a different wrinkle to confuse those care about transit. Tell me again how this project improves livability or will promote smart growth? 95 Express will go down as one of the biggest shams ever. The number of false, unmet promises made by FDOT staff in order to get MPO and county support for the HOT lanes is staggering. I’m glad Broward officials are finally asking hard questions. There are a gazillion unmet transit needs in Dade and Broward, and NONE of them are on I-95. This is just another underhanded FDOT move to add highway capacity, but with a different wrinkle to confuse those care about transit. Tell me again how this project improves livability or will promote smart growth?

]]> By: Juan Felipe http://www.transitmiami.com/2009/07/14/news-roundup-5/comment-page-1/#comment-58706 Juan Felipe Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:18:03 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/?p=4336#comment-58706 Great news! I'm glad about the Hybrid buses and High Speed Rail and I have mixed feelings about the Express Lanes (I'm glad about their lack of popularity because it may be due to the number of people who instead take Tri-Rail, while I feel bad about it because it also means less people are carpooling than previously expected and because this may just mean that people rather do the same old thing they've been doing for years). One question: any news on the ramp metering and whether it has been successful or not on the I-95 onramps? One final bit: Here's a heads up for two meetings taking place in August by Miami-Dade Transit to discuss their 10-year transit development plans. Link: http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/library/pdfs/misc/public_meetings_tdp_aug09.pdf Great news! I’m glad about the Hybrid buses and High Speed Rail and I have mixed feelings about the Express Lanes (I’m glad about their lack of popularity because it may be due to the number of people who instead take Tri-Rail, while I feel bad about it because it also means less people are carpooling than previously expected and because this may just mean that people rather do the same old thing they’ve been doing for years). One question: any news on the ramp metering and whether it has been successful or not on the I-95 onramps?

One final bit: Here’s a heads up for two meetings taking place in August by Miami-Dade Transit to discuss their 10-year transit development plans.

Link: http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/library/pdfs/misc/public_meetings_tdp_aug09.pdf

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