The Brickell Avenue bus stop between 14th and 15th Street burned to a crisp.
For what must be the 3rd or 4th time in the past year and a half the same Brickell bus stop on Brickell and 15th Street has been wiped out by a speeding car. The problem here is that the [...]
Posts under ‘Miami-Dade Transit’
Brickell Avenue Bus Stop Gets Taken Out Again
MDT’s Big Bet on BRT is BUSted
As high speed rail progresses through the planning stages special attention will need to be paid to the important issue of local connectivity in ensuring high ridership (and high speed rail’s success). Our major problem with funding transit expansion has been the federal government’s unwillingness to give us money because of the demonstrated lack of [...]
Transit Discussions, Part 1
This week, the US DOT released the FY11 Budget, a $79 Billion package best summarized by three key agency priorities: improving transportation safety, investing for the future, and promoting livable communities (this last point is significant, we’ll come back to it in a minute). $10.8 billion (7.3%) of the budget is dedicated to transit projects [...]
How about some bicycle racks on the Metrorail trains?
Miami Dade Transit allows bicycles in the last train car, but there isn’t a safe place on the train to store the bicycles. On Sunday there were 10 bicycles in the last car. It was impossible for people to get in and out of the train because the bicycles were littered throughout the entire car; [...]
News Roundup
Changing the practice of architecture: A group of Scottish scientists have invented a 3-d laser modeling device that produces ultrafine images of structures. “The drawings and computer simulations long cooked up by developers and architects will be replaced by more detailed, easier-to-comprehend, more objective views, in essence democratizing knowledge.” (NY Times)
Still truckin’: The rally for [...]
Transit Miami Eye on the M-Path
This morning I joined our friends from the Green Mobility Network for a bike ride on the M-Path to see the improvements which Miami-Dade Transit has been working on for the past two months. Although some improvements have been made, they have left much to be desired. From what I experienced, the improvements are mostly [...]
Thursday News Roundup
In some zoning trickery Miami-Dade is applying to have horse racing at MIA (but off site) so they install slot machines in the airport? Really? How about we just concentrate on completing the never ending construction before we embark on horse racing and gambling.
Metrozoo’s waterparks are moving forward… unfortunately. Good bye last remaining pine rocklands [...]
Transportation, with a side of transit
Last night I moderated attended a transportation panel that brought together highway folks with transit folks in the hopes that they would interact and teach each other a thing or two about how we can advance transit in our community. The panel included Alice Bravo (FDOT District 6 Director of Transportation Systems Development), County Commissioner [...]
News Roundup
Changing tides: Mayoral aspirant Regalado’s developer contributions increase (according to the Herald because of Miami 21.)
Slots are almost in South Florida…I wonder what the redevelopment of the Flagler dogtrack will do to the neighborhood. Maybe they can use their increased profit to develop something nice on their huge, empty parking lot.
Transit advocates and local officials [...]
Upcoming Transit Meetings
Join us at two public meetings where you can share your ideas regarding Miami-Dade Transit’s Transit Development Plan. The TDP is a 10-year plan that focuses on the development of transit services in Miami-Dade County based on where they are mostly needed. For more information call María Batista at 786-469-5245 or send an email to [...]
News Roundup
Florida is trying to qualify for high-speed rail stimulus money, although success may depend on the fate of Sunrail.
Tri-Rail service has been saved by taking a page out of the MDT playbook: borrow from maintenance to fund operations. We all know how that ends up.
EPA to Miami-Dade Rock miners: No thanks. “…the rock pits would [...]
Miami-Dade’s Train Tracker Service Garners Award
According to Metro Magazine Miami-Dade Transit has been honored by the National Association of Counties for their Train Tracker service.
If you have not already check out the Train Tracker by visiting www.miamidade.gov/transit and click “Where is the Train?” in the left navigation bar under “Rider Tools.” If using a mobile device, visit www.miamidade.gov/transit/mobile/.
Congrats MDT!
Wednesday News Roundup
Lot going on today, but there always is isn’t there…
The Miami-Dade Office of Sustainability & the City of Miami are teaming up to get grant money from the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance by forming a “non-profit entity to deliver energy services to residents and businesses within County geographic boundaries that provide performance based energy audits, [...]
Action Alert: Venetian Causeway Bridge To Close In May
Pedestrians, bicyclists, bus riders, and motorists be warned: the easternmost bridge of Venetian Causeway will be closed for construction from May 1 – May 30. While it is understood that maintenance is essential to keeping the bridge safe, the loss of this major east-west link presents several challenges for all of its users, especially pedestrians, [...]
Miami-Dade Stimulus Breakdown
Infrastructure stimulus funds are coming from two different sections of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, one is for transit & the other for highways. Although the MPO prioritized certain projects at the last meeting, we still don’t know exactly which projects will be funded. This is how funding is distributed in Miami-Dade:
Transit:
$132 million in [...]
