http://www.transitmiami.com Moving Together, Faster Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:39:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We aren't endorsing any candidates yet, but this column by David Beard from the Boston Globe offers some interesting insight into John McCain's history of support for Amtrak. Or should I say, lack of support? http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/07/01/john-mccain-vs-amtrak/ glumbert - Chicago Parallel Parker http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/06/30/metro-monday-worst-parallel-parker/ For those who may not know, at the recent U.S. Conference of Mayors, held in Miami, Miami Mayor Manny Diaz was recently elected to serve as the longstanding organization's President. Transit Miami has obtained a copy (below) of a resolution drafted by the Transportation and Communications Committee and adopted ... http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/06/30/us-mayor-for-bicycling/ I recently had the chance to spend a whole day riding Tri-Rail (Fully Work Related) and finally got a good glimpse at the quantity of commuters who depend on this rather primitive commuter rail system daily.  Last week, Tri-Rail averted a major financial crisis that would have slashed daily service ... http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/06/30/tri-rails-one-year-reprieve/ On Thursday, Transit Miami attended FDOT's public hearing on Alton Rd. FDOT ran a PowerPoint presentation describing the project, and there appears to be nothing new. The parking lane has now been reduced to 8', and 1' has been added to the sidewalk in both the preferred alternative and the alternative ... http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/06/28/alton-rd-public-meeting-followup/ Just a reminder: Tonight at 6:00 is FDOT's public hearing on Alton Rd. It will be at the Miami Beach City Hall, 1700 Convention Center Drive, in the Commission Chambers on the 3rd floor. The meeting is supposed to include a presentation by the project team and time for public ... http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/06/26/alton-rd-public-meeting/ Have you checked out Google Transit yet? It sounded good back when it came out: use Google Maps to plan your transit trip. It's definitely better than the official South Florida Regional Transit Trip Planner, but we didn't have any local transit systems on there. Until now. We can't be certain ... http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/06/24/broward-county-transit-now-on-google-transit/ If you know something about thoroughfare right of ways in Miami, you know that they are controlled by several different jurisdictions: State, County, City, and even Federal in the case of Interstate 95. While the City of Miami controls many of the local neighborhood streets, they essentially have no control ... http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/06/22/do-you-want-bicycle-lanes-along-coral-way/ I was fortunate enough to have been invited to attend part of the Mayor's Hemispheric Forum by Miami Mayor Manny Diaz.  The hemispheric forum occurred prior to the US conference of Mayors, also here in Miami, which officially began yesterday.  Mayor Diaz is being inducted as the President of the ... http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/06/21/mayors-hemispheric-forum/ Lots went on this week in transit and I for one am exhausted. I know we have been silent these past few weeks on what has been happening, and speaking for myself, I didn't have anything new to add to the discussion that I had not already said before. MDT ... http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/06/20/the-week-in-review/