Transit Alliance gives public transportation poor grades
Miami-Dade County needs to improve its transportation grade point average, according to a report by Transit Alliance Miami. The alliance is a non-profit organization advocating for walkable streets, bikeable neighborhoods and…
Year delay adds to cost of South Dade Transitway
Add $3.7 million to the cost of the South Dade Transitway, one of the six corridors of the Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit (Smart) Plan and the only corridor already…
Miami-Dade Transit has most riders in 41 months
Miami-Dade’s transit operations carried almost 7 million riders in March, the most in any month since October 2019, well before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, latest county figures show.…
Game-changing grant bringing Tri-Rail one-third new locomotives, cars
Fueled by a new federal grant, Tri-Rail is on track to replace nearly a third of its engines and passenger cars with brand-new equipment. “I don’t use the word gamechanger…
Tri-Rail ready to come downtown, wants trains on the tracks
Tri-Rail is pouring on the oil as it races to serve downtown Miami Central Station and is itching to get its trains on the tracks. “We’re working with Brightline and…
Planners envision grand global boulevard along US 1
The Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) has wrapped up a US 1 multimodal and roadway intersection analysis in Coral Gables and has presented recommendations with the grand vision of transforming…
With big plans, Tri-Rail paints its face for ads
As Tri-Rail prepares for its eventual entry into MiamiCentral Station downtown, it’s also changing its look for the first time since 2001. The three-county public transportation system plans to re-wrap…
Unused Miami International Airport hub for Amtrak needs upgrades
A 5,355-square-foot building the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) completed more than a half-decade ago to Amtrak specifications is still shy a few renovations and one more thing: Amtrak. The…
Due at Miami International Airport: $4,850 private suite memberships
PS, which has been offering services at Los Angeles International Airport since 2017, wants to bring the same luxuries to Miami International Airport. The county’s Airports and Economic Development Committee…
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