It’s official! The first of Miami’s new high-tech MetroRail trains opened to passengers yesterday. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place at the MIA airport station at 10 a.m., and the train left the station shortly after with executives from Hitachi, local politicians, county employees, and media. It traveled the short distance to downtown Miami’s Government Center […]
Carless in Miami: 10 Easy Ways to Get Around Without Your Own Automobile
Miami-Dade County is an area known to be quite auto-centric. Like Los Angeles County, Miami-Dade County can be very difficult to get around without a personal vehicle. But within the City of Miami it is entirely possible to live, work and play without a car. In fact, more and more downtown Miami residents are doing […]
Miami Scored 8.6 out of 10 by AllTransit
Really? Somehow Miami Ranked 11th Nationally in Transit That was the headline over at Curbed Miami on April 21. Apparently Josh Baumgard found the news as surprising as I did. Most Miami residents have “public transit” among their biggest complaints. Yet, according to research by AllTransit, the Magic City ranks 11th in the nation in transit among […]
New Trains, New Lines… Is Miami-Dade Finally Upgrading Our MetroRail System?
On March 17th, Miami-Dade County announced the official opening of the first U.S. Hitachi Rail Center in the United Sates. ForwardFlorida.com reports on the new trains: Hitachi Rail USA, the American subsidiary of Hitachi Rail Italy, announced the completion of a manufacturing facility for the county’s Department of Transportation and Public Works’ new Metrorail vehicles. […]
Miami MetroRail Orange Line to Miami International Airport
On July 28, 2012, City of Miami celebrated its “Sweet 116” and the official launching of its MetroRail Orange Line to Miami International Airport. The new Orange Line runs on existing track from the Dadeland South Metrorail station north to the Earlington Heights station where is separates and continues to the airport. The MIA station is located […]
Happy Birthday Miami! Today is City of Miami’s “Sweet 116” and the Grand Opening of the MetroRail’s Orange Line to the Airport
It was day full of events in Miami. We had the grand opening for the MetroRail Orange Line at the Government Center in downtown Miami as well as City of Miami’s “Sweet 116” party at Mary Brickell Village in Brickell. City of Miami was incorporated on July 28, 1896 with a population of approximately 300. There […]