This is another Dulles. I fully expect to see Peters and Simpson to whip out a big red pen on this project. The Feds don't believe in Metros and will not as long as they are compared to highways using highway metrics. They've made it abundantly clear that all they care about is tolls and roads. Don't believe the lip service.Desperate to regain a shot at $700 million in federal funding for expanded Metrorail service, Miami-Dade leaders promised Monday to quickly improve the county transit department's financial and operational plans.
''We're going to have to have not only great planning, but great action,'' said U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, who prodded the Federal Transit Administration to write a step-by-step plan last month for reviving the county's funding application.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Miami Faces Some Hurdles, Is the Next Dulles
Miami has been trying to build its North Corridor Metro line for a while now. Today the Miami Herald discusses an increased push on the part of the local leaders for the line.
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I wouldn't compare the two. The Dulles line is supremely justified; the Miami extension is kind of a joke given the lack of support for true high-density TOD outside the core (they have lots of projects they'll call TOD, but they're just typical medium-density suburban crap; and most of those end up dying on the vine anyways).
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