APPROVED: Miami Streetcar project

[Southernyank]

This link has pretty cool videos of portlands streetcar that demonstrate how Miami's streetcar system will interact with the other vehicles.

http://www.ci.miami.fl.us/MiamiStreetcar/pages/Videos.asp

[Southernyank]

Here is a better allignment map of how the streetcar will operate.

http://www.ci.miami.fl.us/MiamiStreetcar/p...Route_Large.asp

[Southernyank]

Miami, federal transit officials meet to discuss streetcars

[url=http://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/060223/story2.shtml]http://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/060223

[Urban_Legend]

^I'm really looking forward to the streetcar, even though it'll probably be YEARS before it gets up and running. I'm glad it will interact with the Midtown development.

[Southernyank]

Public to have chance to chime in on proposed Miami streetcar system; new spur proposed.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/email...ws/14031567.htm

[sunshine]

Why didnt they just expand the metromover?

[Urban_Legend]

^In retrospect, elevated monorails and the like are kind of expensive. Miami's Metromover has been quite successful, though it doesn't make any money (it's free!). Jacksonville's monorail got a bad rep for being incredibly expensive to build and maintain and not having high ridership (that will change in time...)

I think it's more of an economical reason that they're going with street-level rail nowadays. And besides, who wants elevated tracks running down their street?

[Southernyank]

I think the main problem is actually the fact that the metromover is free, meaning that they'll never expand it if the distance to the new stations also has to be free.