County again defers rail link to Miami Beach
For the second time, county commissioners Tuesday deferred a vote on an agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation and cities of Miami and Miami Beach to develop a mainland…
MiamiCentral is on track for a 2017 opening
The ground that once was home to Miami’s train station is today evolving on a daily basis with tons of new steel and concrete. MiamiCentral is on track for a…
Federal transit funds are ripe for the taking
There are federal transit funds ripe for the taking right now, Aileen Bouclé, executive director of the Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization, has told two professional organizations in the past two…
Brickell-Downtown tunnel under Miami River eyed
The oft-discussed idea of boring a tunnel beneath the Miami River to connect downtown with Brickell surfaced again last week at a meeting of Miami’s Downtown Development Authority. “A fully…
80% seeing Miami International Boat Show took transit
Miami city commissioners were impressed last week by details of the mass transit plan put into place for the Miami International Boat Show in February. Held on the same weekend…
Free Metromover may face extinction
Something unusual happened Tuesday when Miami-Dade Commissioners Bruno Barreiro, Javier Souto and Xavier Suarez voted against an ordinance on first reading that would ask voters to eliminate fare-free service on…
Massive pour keeps MiamiCentral on track for All Aboard Florida
An impressive parade of cement trucks wound its way into the heart of downtown Miami over the weekend to set the final foundation of the city’s new train station: MiamiCentral.…
Plant to assemble new fleet of Metrorail cars
With the completion of a new custom-designed facility in Medley, assembly of a new fleet of Metrorail cars will get under way in mid-March, with the first car rolling out…
Miami International Airport baggage handling improves
Although airlines do not share how long it takes a suitcase to leave the plane and reach the baggage claim areas at Miami International Airport, county officials say there’s been…
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