Chapters: Metrorail, Silver Meteor, Sunset Limited, Auto Train, Tri-Rail, Sunrail, Harbour Island People Mover, Florida High Speed Rail, Silver Star, Silver Palm, Orange Blossom Expressway, List of Florida Street Railroads. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 66. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Metrorail is the principal rapid transit system operated by Miami-Dade Transit in Miami, Florida USA, serving the immediate Miami metropolitan area. Currently operating on a 22.4 miles of rail line, it is Florida’s sole metro system. Running from Medley in northwest Miami-Dade County to Kendall in southern Miami-Dade, Metrorail is one of only two heavy rail rapid transit systems in the Southeastern United States (the other system being MARTA in Atlanta). Metrorail viaduct under construction along South Dixie Highway in Coral Gables during the early 1980s.Credit: Florida Photographic CollectionIn 1971, a study completed by the Miami Urban Area Transportation Study (MUATS) recommended the construction for a rapid transit system for the county; having experienced a prolonged post-World War II population boom, Dade County’s permanent population rose by 35% to nearly 1.7 million residents within a decade. Within a year of the study, county residents approved a 2.5 million (9 million, adjusted for current inflation) bond dedicated to transit, with additional funding approved by the Florida Legislature for transit which, up until that time, operated solely on fare revenue. In 1976, with preliminary engineering completed for the system, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA, then, the Urban Mass Transit Administration) committed 80% of the costs for the first stage of rapid transit system, with the county and state incurring the remaining cost. In April 1979, the Interstate Commerce Commissio…More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1309294

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