- 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 destroy wildlife habitat, drain water from adjacent Everglades marshes and potentially degrade water quality in a swath of Northwest Miami-Dade that the industry has dubbed the Lake Belt.”
- MDT is offering transit alerts to Tri-Rail users.
- MDT opened a new Park and Ride facility along the busway in Cutler Bay.
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Thanks for the info on the high-speed rail. From the comments in the linked article, it seems that there are as many for as there are against the Tampa-Orlando project. Quite frankly, I dont see the need to start there. I feel a high-speed rail would best fit the South Florida market, from Palm Beach down to Miami, maybe even Homestead, with stops in Delray, Boca, Ft. Lauderdale, Aventura, and Miami. Maybe you dont have as many stops if its a high-speed rail, I dunno. What I do know is that the population down here is more likely to make use of this type of transit. Id love it if I could get to Palm Beach from Miami in an hour or less without having to drive.