Moving Together, Faster
[ March 24, 2010; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ]
City Spotlight Series:
South Florida Regional Transportation Authority / Tri-Rail Regional Transit Planning Initiatives / Station Area Improvements
Location Tigertail Lake Park (adjacent to Bass Pro Shop) Address: 580 Gulfstream Way, Dania Beach, FL 33304 Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010 Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. (light lunch provided) Speakers: Joe Quinty, AICP and Brandy Creed, [...]
The State of Florida Senate passed the rail bill, complete with funding for tri-rail ($15-17 million), funding for Sun-Rail, and the establishment of the State Rail Enterprise to manage regional (and high speed) rail. Woo hoo! This is a big first step in the right direction for the State of Florida. The details of the [...]
From tampabay.com:
At the start of the second week of a two-week special session, the Florida House voted 84-25 today for sweeping rail legislation. The bill allows creation of the SunRail commuter line in central Florida, adds a new permanent money source for the debt-ridden Tri-Rail system in South Florida and accelerates construction of a multi-billion-dollar [...]
Seems like we here in South Florida are always fighting for the bare minimum when it comes to transit.For the next few weeks the Florida legislature is going to be considering a number of options to fund the controversial Sun-Rail plan, as well as our own Tri-Rail.
Among the key transit proposals under consideration in Tallahassee: [...]
Sunrail special session update: seems like the powers that be are going to meet in December to discuss funding for SunRail and TriRail. “…every leader in Tallahassee has been told by the federal government: you’re not getting any money until Tri Rail gets a funding source,” said Palm Beach County Commissioner Jeff Koons, chairman of [...]
Hold your horses: State of Florida House speaker is unsure he wants to call a special session for Sun-Rail just yet. I think waiting to make sure the Senate has the votes is important, considering the house already voted to approve. Uncle Charlie is also weighing in on the special transportation session saying that he [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
From the Sun Sentinel:
On Sunday, eight Florida state senators, including SunRail foe Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, sent a letter to Senate President Jeff Atwater, R- North Palm Beach, Speaker Larry Cretul, R- Ocala, and Gov. Charlie Crist, urging them to redirect $30 million to Tri-Rail for the next budget year. The seven senators wrote that [...]
SunRail was defeated in the State Legislature Friday, 23-16. With it goes the $2 rental car surcharge for Tri-Rail, which most of the South Florida Senators ended up voting against because they said they were worried that local voters might overturn the surcharge. It’s uncertain whether they considered that most locals will not be paying [...]
The Transit Advocates of Florida recently submitted this editorial. If you have any comments, suggestions, or articles you would like to submit, feel free to contact us: movemiami@gmail.com.
Passenger Rail in Florida is vital to the economic future of this state. The federal government has presented a tremendous opportunity for states to leverage their money for [...]
And we thought last year was bad. Tri-Rail’s Year Reprieve is coming to an end, and the news looks dire. Sit back and take a deep breathe, there’s a lot going on if you haven’t caught it already.
First up we’ve been hearing talk of a fare increase, and the amounts have been made official: 25%. [...]
Transit Miami reader Stephen Malagodia has created a Twitter hashtag called “Tri-rail.” Those with Twitter accounts can now give and receive updates on a train’s status by simply telling Twitter to “follow hashtags”. Then tweet “#tri-rail <your message>. Users will then receive updates from other riders. Although this will only work if other [...]
Noting the transit paradox — more and more riders, less and less funding — Richard Fausett of the LA Times has written an excellent piece featuring our own embattled Tri-Rail system. Says Fausett:
The dramatic spike in gas prices that began in 2005 sent Americans flocking to trains, buses and subways, a trend that appears to [...]
Starting today, Tri-Rail is now using biodiesel fuel in all their conventional trains. The Diesel Multiple Units (DMU’s) will continue to use regular diesel because of their warranty, but the rest of the trains will now be reducing their impact to the environment. Of course, I’m sure cost was the main issue here, with biodiesel [...]
