With this year's Art Basel events bringing even more creative public places to the once quiet warehouse district of Wynwood and Midtown and a Metrorail Airport Extension by the Miami Transit Authority having opened this past summer, I saw new hope of this city becoming a more local-friendly metropolis. Pedestrian activity is slowly improving, even in my own "village" of Cutler Bay (the sidewalk has been rebuilt to accommodate more walking and biking around its commercial center).
Now exMiami brings us better news; we have all wondered when Miami Beach and Downtown will be connected with something faster than just a bus line, but plans are possibly being made. Light rail has often been talked about as an option-- if hilly San Francisco and Athens, Greece can manage, so can South Florida. Miami-Dade MPO and FEVE (a Spanish rail company) are examining the feasibility of a wireless street car system as an idea for the long-sought project Baylink. The project aims to connect the city to the beach on the MacArthur Causeway with a catenary-free (no overhead rail) street car to avoid blocking beautiful views of the skyline and cruiseships. Better bus access is also an option, but Miami Beach sees an unobtrusive lightrail as the preferable way to go.
Read more at Curbed Miami.
Now exMiami brings us better news; we have all wondered when Miami Beach and Downtown will be connected with something faster than just a bus line, but plans are possibly being made. Light rail has often been talked about as an option-- if hilly San Francisco and Athens, Greece can manage, so can South Florida. Miami-Dade MPO and FEVE (a Spanish rail company) are examining the feasibility of a wireless street car system as an idea for the long-sought project Baylink. The project aims to connect the city to the beach on the MacArthur Causeway with a catenary-free (no overhead rail) street car to avoid blocking beautiful views of the skyline and cruiseships. Better bus access is also an option, but Miami Beach sees an unobtrusive lightrail as the preferable way to go.
Read more at Curbed Miami.
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