Archive for the 'Metromover' Category

Published
by
Gabriel Lopez-Bernal
on April 26, 2006
in Airport, Metromover and Miami
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  • The above diagram is from Atlanta’s Hartsfield airport, it is of a People-Mover similar to the one which will be installed at Miami International Airport. We wonder if they too paid $2 Million to “exercise” their mover or if they planned accordingly and didn’t rely on an Airline to manage the construction of a new terminal. Something obvious tells us that these trains must be fragile, if they can’t be taken off the tracks and into storage for a couple of years before use. In any case, the North terminal project is way behind schedule (Go Figure!) and isn’t likely to open to passengers until 2010.
  • Banker Adrienne Arsh donated $1 million to the UM ethics program. Miami Transit would like to take this opportunity to recommend that Joe Martinez and Joe Arriola be the first ones to sign up to take advantage of UM’s newly revamped ethics programs…

Back on Track

Published
by
Gabriel Lopez-Bernal
on April 5, 2006
in Bombardier, Malfunction, Metromover and Pedestrian
. 1 Comment

It seems that South Florida residents are starting to get the hang of taking public transportation and walking to their destinations, however, just not in the way our transit authority would like. Ridership numbers for Metrorail and Metro Mover continue to steadily increase as more South Florida Commuters grow impatient with traffic. Now, we just need to get people from walking on the track when Metro Mover malfunctions and we’ll be all set. A walk along a 20+ foot high electrified catwalk doesn’t seem like our ideal commute, but at least they got the right idea. Hopefully the new cars one day coming from Bombardier will not have a button that allows riders to control the doors. Thanks to Critical Miami for finding the article. Until then, keep riding…