Decline in on-time performance at Miami International Airport
Aviation industry reports recorded a decline in on-time performance at Miami International Airport, or MIA, during calendar year 2015. The County Commission’s Trade & Tourism Committee hired consultant Leigh Fisher…
As MIA-Russia flights decline, Aeroflot to add flight
Russia’s Aeroflot is providing passengers from Miami traveling to Russia and back with non-stop service, but the market for such passengers has declined. Aeroflot, which is the flag carrier and…
Aerial tramway could end snarled traffic to ballgames
Commuters frustrated with snarled traffic – or fans headed for a baseball game – might take to the skies if an alternative that was investigated by the Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning…
Miami-Dade’s bus on-time performance turns corner
Miami-Dade’s bus on-time performance wavered a bit at the start of the year and then improved progressively from May to July by 4.9%, a trend the county’s transportation chief says…
Brightline service advances with locomotive test
The promise of Brightline bullet-train service from Miami to Orlando advanced last week as the first locomotive successfully completed initial track testing at the Siemens manufacturing facility in Sacramento, CA.…
Agricultural Patrol may use amphibious all-terrain vehicles
The county police department’s Agricultural Patrol might soon be doing much of its work in patrolling about 440 square miles of land via amphibious all-terrain vehicles. County commissioners this week…
Gas tax might fund specific transportation needs
Miami-Dade’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) might consider taking a page from Orlando’s book to secure funding for specific transportation needs. MetroPlan Orlando, that area’s transportation planning organization, has come to…
Metrorail is too costly for Miami’s future
Elevated Metrorail is extremely costly to build, county officials say, so street-level light rail seems best for Miami-Dade’s future transit. Transit officials are looking more at light rail for six…
Test track two years late for 132 Metrorail cars
Miami-Dade still awaits a two-year-late testing track and expanded yard for 132 replacement Metrorail cars, the impact of which transit officials and the contractor have been analyzing. Munilla Construction Management…
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