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AAF plans Miami "Supertower", proposal calls for 1,120 feet tower
All Aboard Florida has been calling one of the planned towers at MiamiCentral a ‘supertower,’ and it could could become one of the tallest buildings in the country.
According to a recent filing with the FAA, All Aboard Florida wants to build the tower as high as 1,120 feet above ground (or 1,131 above sea level). That would make it taller than any building that exists or is under construction in the U.S., outside of New York and Chicago. It also won’t be the only tall tower at MiamiCentral. At least one other high rise at the site is proposed to rise to 840 feet above ground. Site work is already underway at MiamiCentral and the first phase will begin full construction soon. The tower at MiamiCentral is one of several that are vying to break the 1,000-foot mark in Miami. The FAA has been reviewing a tower at Brickell City Centre that is proposed to rise 1,040 feet above ground for over a year (Swire has already reduced the height from initial plans that exceeded 1,100 feet). http://i.imgur.com/ogDuZbY.jpg Link: http://www.thenextmiami.com/index.ph...e-tallest-u-s/ |
Site work begins at Miami Central station
Site Work Underway At All Aboard Florida’s Miami Central Terminal In Downtown Miami
By TNM Staff on November 5, 2014 Heavy equipment rolled on to the Miami Central site yesterday to begin prep work for the CBD’s most important project in decades. Miami Centrals’ first phase will add 178,000 square feet of retail space to the area, including a supermarket (see leasing plans below). Banners placed around the property say that the project, which will serve as a terminal for All Aboard Florida’s rail line to Orlando, is ‘arriving’ in 2016. The Miami-West Palm Beach portion of the project is fully funded. Work recently began on the Ft. Lauderdale station. http://i.imgur.com/i1AdtGM.jpg ^ Metrorail & Metromover tracks pass by one of the blocks where site work has commenced. http://i.imgur.com/b1eaZxW.jpg http://i.imgur.com/BDerPe1.jpg http://i.imgur.com/y3GYL1e.jpg http://www.thenextmiami.com/index.ph...comment-393634 |
Yay!!!
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http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2f13c603.png http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5e623cf4.png The expansion airport terminal will be built around the intermodal station, which may include an additional hotel. The Intermodal Station will have the following connections: All Aboard Florida SunRail - Orlando's Commuter Rail train system which will have a new link directly to the airport The Airport People Mover (between terminals) Maglev (connecting the airport to International Drive) - believe this one when you see it... |
Wow. that OIA intermodal station certainly exceeded my expectations. I like the wide platforms and the tall, wide canopy structure with skylights.
I've forgotten how the arrangement at that station will work... AAF will own a waiting lounge and... will they also own their own platforms? If not, how will they resolve the high-platform level-boarding issue? Also, great to see work starting in Miami! |
Sigh...Finally!!! Long overdue!!!!! :tup::tup:
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nice update on the Orlando Airport.....
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Here is a great fly-through simulation of the Orlando station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH3_...ature=youtu.be |
Okay, got it. AAF will lease the platform and two tracks, with the other two tracks going to SunRail. It looks from the video that the platform meant for AAF will be a high platform and the other (SunRail) will be a lower platform, so that both types of boarding height can be accomodated. It struck me as odd at first that the airport would build and lease a piece of infrastucture that was so specific (AAF will be the only intercity rail service in Florida using/requiring high-level platforms, to my knowledge). But I guess that may not be necessarily true in the future.
Regardless of my initial confusion, this looks like a good project. ...Though I still kinda wish AAF were able to go to downtown Orlando as well. What would it take for trains, after stopping at OIA, to continue on the Sunrail corridor to, say, the Orlando Amtrak station? (or any other centralized location near downtown?) Besides trackage rights, there would need to be a new high platform constructed on a new siding track, which isn't that hard to do... Just sayin'. |
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anybody seen the NEW pics of the WPB station???
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more stuff on Tri-rail/AAF very good info thou
stupid politicians. http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/...tomypbp_launch |
http://mt1.miamitoday.netdna-cdn.com...florida-4c.jpg
Sorry for the size of the picture - it isn't mine. I pulled it off of the Miami Today news article below: Miami Today, All Aboard Florida revises station planshttp://www.miamitodaynews.com/2014/1...station-plans/ It looks like they are planning to build two AAF platforms, two Tri-rail platforms, and one that could possibly be used as either in the middle. It has a high platform on the AAF side, though I can't tell if that is meant to be a low platform on the other. Also, TRAINS magazing recently ran a story on the Florida East Coast Railway, and had this little snippet to say about AAF Quote:
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I read that Miami Today article about the NEW pics of AAF miami station
but nothing is new ..... seems same as before |
new link for OIA orlando airport expansion
anybody know a better website for airport news?? http://media.bizj.us/view/img/4581801/goaa122014.pdf |
http://www.thenextmiami.com/index.ph...-now-reviewed/
great article with good pics, but still dont know whats really newish. |
Feds give All Aboard OK to issue $1.75 billion in tax-exempt bonds
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East-west passenger rail for Miami?
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We'll have to wait until the study is finished, and look at the conclusions/recommendations from there along with what they considered as cofactors in the study. Usually it will be a lengthy pdf listing all of these variables. Theres an economic component to this, so if it plays out right, something like this may become a reality. For now, I would classify this as a vision.
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http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/...ose-for-all-a/
they should build a bridge across eastward...... the property looks empty/vacant ready for something new hotel/office/condos |
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should go to the Dolphin Mall except for small problem the new MIA airport station is a dead end I think the trains have to back out before turning westward anybody know about when the new Metro trains arrive its 2015 now, new trains this year...... |
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Makes no sense to me at all. |
With the massive amount of high rise construction, how come Miami doesn't have the money to finance all of the proposed transit projects (Bay link LR, MetroRail extensions, MetroMover extensions, more substantial TriRail improvements)?
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Remember that our Metrorail cars are the same as Baltimore's made by the BUDD Company which no longer exists & are over 30 years old. Developers do not fund transit projects that I know of! About the only only one that is refurbishing a Metromover station is Swire Properties who is building the massive Brickell Citi Center that runs right through the property at their expense. Also the Airport link that opened to the new Inter-Modal Center next to MIA cost $503 million dollars for 3.5 miles of rail that was paid for through the local sales tax & the state of Florida which only contributed 20% of the cost. No Federal funds were involved. The amount of Metrorail expansions was supposed to bring the system up to 88 miles from it's current 25.5 miles with a eventual coast of $17 Billion over 25+ years. What is disheartining about this is that the county already owns the ROW's & had had EIS's on over 30 miles of their proposed expansions. Baylink alone running at surface from downtown Miami to South Beach is projected to cost well at over half a billion dollars to cross 5 miles over Biscayne Bay and even then portions have to be elevated. As for Tri-Rail? Governor Rick Scott has told them that he is not renewing state funds after the current agreement expires with the state in 2017. This is what we have to deal with having a Puke Governor who rejected $2 Billion dollars for HSR. Meanwhile Dallas' DART can build LRT's stations in the middle of nowhere and still get Federal funding. Amazing. |
is there a update on how Gov Rick "puke" Scott is gonna effect the
downtown Miami All Aboard Station and the Tri-Rail expansion?? |
Scott likes AAF, so it should move forward just fine.
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for Tri-Rail. More people from north dade and broward will use tri-rail instead of AAF to go to downtown miami. The new tracks switch over at pompano beach to the old tracks near I95. If a concert or Heat game or whatever happens remember that AAF only has 16 northbound trains total you need the extra tri-rail trains to move more people plus the new tri-rail stations besides the downtown Ft lauderdale station |
Yes, the construction of AAF will increase capacity along the FEC corridor, which should benefit future Tri-Rail, Amtrak and JTA plans along this corridor. However, the other entities will still have to pony up the cash to make their specific plans a reality.
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cant wait for construction photos
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/br...112-story.html hope the link works. anybody got photos of Miami station? |
ABF will have its meeting for Miami Central on January 22. If they vote for it, the committee, permitting could commence.
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construction starts or something
http://www.bizjournals.com/southflor...ontractor.html also i think miami votes/approves the central station thursday |
palm beach transit village
i think actually closer to the tri-rail station then the new AAF station, but this whole area in 2 years will be great http://westpalmbeat.blog.palmbeachpo...train-station/ |
good link/article for transit news
http://www.goldenduskphotography.com...-in-miami-dade |
All Aboard Florida to move “as quickly as possible” to Tampa, Jax, editor says
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good news about Jacksonville, but I think most of us saw this coming.
they just need a new/improved convention center next to the train station. also there is lots of empty parking lots nearby ready for development. about the WPB station , it needs a bridge across US1. http://realtime.blog.palmbeachpost.c...-for-millions/ |
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^ The Herald article opened fine for me even though it has nothing to do with All Aboard Florida.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/loca...le7963932.html ANyways ,if it still doesn't open, right click on the link above & choose open in Incognito window. |
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5 finalists where chosen to design "The Underline".
https://www.theunderline.org/wp-cont...mg/sat1560.jpg More Information: https://www.theunderline.org/ |
this is why somebody (AAF) should build a office building/hotel
across the street with a bridge over US1 in West Palm Beach http://realtime.blog.palmbeachpost.c...space-squeeze/ |
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the future of orlando airport and development of downtown miami and Ft lauderdale & WPB. the most important single thing about all of the above is THE Tri-Rail Coastal Link. anybody got new news about this? |
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Funding is currently the process for the tri-rail. Right now, getting the capital to build is is the biggest priority. They seem to be in a hurry too about it. In terms of the project, its not overly expensive, and the capacity for it in terms of projected riders will be very low. |
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