It’s always a fun experience to ride the Metrorail following a major community event, especially following the annual Corporate Run.
This year marked the run’s 27th anniversary. Apart from being a great community- and team-building event, the Corporate Run also never fails to highlight how convenient travelling via transit really is.
The picture below gives a glimpse of just how packed the train was following the 5-kilometer run.
It's always nice to see our Metrorail at maximum capacity. More rail please . . .
People realize that when roads are packed, the most viable and efficient way to move around the city is with trains and buses. And these days, it’s rare to find streets in our community that aren’t congested.
Let’s stop wasting our tax dollars on expanding highway and road systems that leave us trapped in metallic boxes on four wheels and start investing our tax dollars in rail and public transit systems.
7 Responses to Pic o’ the day: The Corporate Run Metrorail
Leave a Reply
Contact Us!
Planetizen- Taking the Guesswork out of Designing for Walkability May 21, 2013Summary: The lack of adequate pedestrian behavior models means that designing for walkability has largely remained a matter of intuition. However, agent-based simulation can provide insight into the keys for creating pedestrian-friendly places. […]
- Annual Search Begins for UK's Ugliest Building May 21, 2013Oliver Wainwright solicits contenders for this year's Carbuncle Cup, Building Design magazine's annual search for the UK's worst "crimes against architecture". […]
- High Above Hollywood, Buying Into the Glamour Without the Grittiness of the Boulevard May 21, 2013With new luxury high-rises sprouting in a densifying Hollywood, and many more on the way, those hawking penthouses priced between $1-$45 million play up the unique amenities and play down the messy reality of a changing neighborhood. […]
- Take Your Kids to the Park and Leave Them There...Seriously May 21, 2013Apologies for being a little late on this one, but apparently last Saturday was the fourth annual 'Take Our Children to the Park...and Leave Them There Day.' Sounds crazy right? Lenore Skenazy argues why it may be the smartest thing you do all week. […]
- Environmental and Transportation Challenges Await New L.A. Mayor May 21, 2013Whoever is victorious in today's election to choose L.A.'s next mayor, the celebrating may be short lived. Pressing needs to strengthen the city's water supply, maintain transit momentum, and relieve toxic hotspots await the city's next leader. […]
- Greenest Building in UK Approved May 21, 2013Norwich, England will soon be home to the "greenest building in the U.K.," reports Mark Wilding. […]
- Planning Fatigue Plagues San Diego Outreach Efforts May 21, 2013After participating in at least 27 planning processes over the last 15 years, residents of City Heights can be forgiven for wanting to actually see something built. Plentiful funds for planning, but meager funds for building, are causing frustration. […]
- Environmentalists Told to Get With the Fracking Program May 21, 2013Environmentalists charged that the new federal rules guiding hydraulic fracturing do not protect the environment and inform the public about the fracking process. The new Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, appeared prepared for their comments. […]
- Step Aside California, Michigan Modernism Gets a Spin in the Spotlight May 21, 2013During the post-war years, the Wolverine State gave the world much more than just elegant automobiles. A new exhibit explores Michigan's under-appreciated contributions to the design world. […]
- Comprehensive Planning off the Beaten Path May 21, 2013Liven up your comprehensive planning effort Texas style. Matthew Lewis, Development Director for the city of San Marcos, used everything from Legos to "design rodeos" (i.e. Texas charrettes) to get to common ground. […]
- Taking the Guesswork out of Designing for Walkability May 21, 2013
- Green Mobility Network
- An error has occurred, which probably means the feed is down. Try again later.
Awesome photo! I love it. I used to love when UM played at the Orange Bowl and the Metro would be packed with fans heading to the stadium. Imagine if FIU had a Metro station, that line would be packed, especially on game days at FIU Stadium!
Soon this will be a daily visual on the train.
Unfortunately, the Metromover can not keep up with downtown Miami’s ever-increasing event crowds. People were waiting 5 minutes outside Bayfront Park Station before they could even get upstairs to the platform! Surprisingly, very few people walked the 15 minutes or so from Bayfront to Govt. Center. The Metromover is fine for every day rush hour and getting around downtown, but it just does not have the capacity for event crowds, at least if they insist on running it on the “regular” schedule.
What do you all think of some combination of: Encouraging people to walk if possible, shuttles, and running the Mover “express” and more frequently before/after events? How can we make this happen??
^ Maybe they should coordinate with the City of Miami and complement with the “Trolley” buses. It would take the City and the County to work together though…
If Tri-Rail/FDOT/whoever else is involved could stop dilly-dallying and bring the commuter service to the FEC line already, it would be just as packed.
The current buses that run parallel to it (3, 16, 93) are way over capacity during rush hour, and too slow (even 93 which is a limited stop service).
^Agree 100%!! I wouldn’t have had to park downtown and take Metromover, I would have been on a packed train going north instead! I have plenty of experience with the 93, it’s already slow enough, and after 7:18 pm you have to take the 3, which is just plain misery…
B hits the nail on the head about the Mover, MDT needs to be more flexible and start running 2 car trains on the outer loops during rush hour and special events. As for the metrorail, It’s special events like the Corporate Run and rush hours that the difference between light and heavy rail is seen…….It’s also an advantage that won’t be truly significant until we have another 50-75 miles of Metrorail…….Which will never happen until we have real charter reform. Then we can start a reform movement for the PTP……..