Beach’s Washington Avenue to turn parking into parks
Miami Beach hopes to enhance the landscape of Washington Avenue with a one-year pilot parklet program that invites merchants along the corridor to apply for a parking space to use…
CSX Corp. won’t fill Miami’s passenger rail gap
The county has hit a wall in talks with rail company CSX Corp. about buying its freight tracks for an 11-mile east-west commuter line, says Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr., so…
Authority joins push to bring Tri-Rail into downtown
Directors of Miami’s Downtown Development Authority voted unanimously Friday to join the push to bring Tri-Rail into downtown by amending an agreement the authority signed when pledging $1.3 million in…
Tri-Rail connection to new MiamiCentral station advances
Under the gun to wrap up a deal for a Tri-Rail connection to the new MiamiCentral station downtown, county commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved reimbursing All Aboard Florida $13.9 million for…
All Aboard Florida notified of soil arsenic contamination
After finding contaminated soil where MiamiCentral is under development, the county’s Department of Environmental Resources Management has notified All Aboard Florida that it must report remedial action it takes but…
Trip to California finds pro-transit mindset
When members of the Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) traveled to Oakland and San Diego, CA, to survey transit tactics, they found many similarities between the California communities and Miami.…
Courts key to Tri-Rail commuter service into downtown Miami
Though the Florida Legislature dealt a setback to efforts of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) to bring Tri-Rail commuter service into downtown Miami, a recent Florida Supreme Court…
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…
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