Passenger Trains > FL: Miami-Dade confirms commuter ops on BrightLine

The Miami-Dade county commission has agreed to an access plan which would eventually see commuter trains operating on the BrightLine / Florida East Coast tracks from Miami Central Station northward.  This plan would add commuter stops in densely populated areas of the county including Little Haiti, major destinations like Florida International University and Wynnwood Arts, and reduce the demand for automobile use.

Who will operate the service hasn't been determined, nor has any equipment been selected. The article doesn't go into whether BrightLine related interests control real estate near the proposed stations.  But, BrightLine will receive a bucket of money up front, plus revenue from the service.  The BrightLine / Florida East Coast track is parallel to, and several miles east of the Tri-Rail / CSX / Amtrak right of way to the airport.

Both Democratic and Republican party leaders appear to agree that the population density of Miami-Dade has reached a point where building more roads won't resolve the often 24 hour congestion.  The urgency of gradual land settling, increased flooding, etc has rattled some real estate developers and caused an acceleration of interest in places like Little Haiti, El Portal, Wynnwood, etc. Which are on higher ground, and along the BrightLine...

https://communitynewspapers.com/biscayne-bay/brightline-county-agree-to-access-fee-for-new-commuter-rail-system/

One word:  good.  Public transit in this city [I live in Miami] has been low priority for quite a while.  It didn't help that a tax levied years ago that was supposed to go to transit did not go to transit.

sums007 Wrote:
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> One word:  good.  Public transit in this city
> has been low priority for quite a while.  It
> didn't help that a tax levied years ago that was
> supposed to go to transit did not go to transit.

Sounds about right, in California the gas tax was supposed to go to the roads, but they stole that money and let the roads go to hell, do they said they needed a raise in the tax.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/23/20 19:01 by goduckies.