Tri-Rail downtown link picks up steam
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Orlando-to-Miami train gets key vote to move forward
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^^ Why don't they place more stops to let Florida all aboard?
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And some lessons that should be learned by nimbys; (1) Environmental impact studies are designed to find remedies for any environmental damages a project may create, not to kill a project altogether, (2) the FRA and EPA have never found any train project bad for the environment, and lastly (3) government programs designed to encourage businesses build infrastructure just about always favors these business, because that's why these programs were legislated. |
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High-spped trains take time to accelerate coming out of a station and decelerate going into a station. If you put stops too close together, the train will not have enough time to accelerate to or decelerate from top speed, defeating the purpose of a high-speed train altogether. That's why you should only put stops in major destinations. |
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Besides the distance between downtown Miami & downtown Ft. Lauderdale is only 27 miles. |
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try this one. video about downtown miami. |
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^That's down the CSX line through the center of the state. Amtrak, FDOT and FEC have been talking for quite a while about running a corridor service down the FEC between Jax and Miami as well. The last update I had is that it would be most likely piggybacking the investments being made by AAF.
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if AAF only has 4 stations at least they are good ones.
http://www.bizjournals.com/southflor...1.html?ana=twt big news for downtown WPB, also the expansion of the CityPlace shopping center nearby. |
I found this.
Did they already approved? Is Amtrak will be in St. Augustine, FL? http://www.tcrpc.org/special_project...n%20Coming.pdf |
^Rick Scott killed HSR and AAF came out of no where. The AAF project basically put the FEC/Amtrak thing on ice, for the time being. A decision was made to get AAF off the ground first. The capacity improvements being made for AAF should make it cheaper for the Amtrak project to get implemented.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEmI9zJY_3o more than half my age (or less than 1/2 my age?) oh well, cant wait for construction pics |
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orlando station news?? |
^^Nice to see the absurdity of the 'STOP BIG CHOO-CHOO' video called out.
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new Publix or Whole Foods?? downtown miami are the freight tracks closed while re-construction of tracks thru dade/broward/palm?? http://www.thenextmiami.com/index.ph...-miamicentral/ more news 3miamicentral.... |
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/br...828-story.html
very good article about freight trains & track construction. also Ericka. http://t.co/HdX6JAvdkt |
more stuff coming to downtown miami
http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-miami...ies-1440529189 |
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^^^ Beautiful!
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will become a united states icon featured in films and teevee for decades.
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That station has the M support structures for Miami?
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3 miami central under construction
http://www.thenextmiami.com/index.ph...l-in-overtown/ maybe a Trader Joe's ?? http://www.scribd.com/doc/282617858/aafar love this scribd site. view it full screen. |
City easement lets railroad go airborne
City easement lets railroad go airborne
Written by John Charles Robbins on September 29, 2015 In order to build its MiamiCentral train station downtown with elevated tracks, All Aboard Florida needed an aerial easement over Miami streets. City commissioners last week granted the easement to a company affiliated with All Aboard Florida, DT Miami LLC. MiamiCentral, an inter-city passenger rail station and intermodal transportation center, will offer a private passenger rail link to Orlando. The heart of the station will be a five-train track structure elevated 50 feet. All Aboard Florida said the station’s framework includes 75 train piers to hold up about 5,000 linear feet of track. Commissioners voted to convey a permanent aerial easement to DT Miami LLC for All Aboard Florida railroad terminal uses across Northwest Fifth and Sixth streets, waiving user fees. DT Miami plans to construct permanent All Aboard Florida elevated railroad platforms for trains and passenger waiting areas across the city right-of-ways and the Metrorail corridor, the resolution states. The legislation cites the value of the rail link. “The All Aboard Florida passenger railroad system is of regional importance that serves the tri-county [Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach County] area,” it reads. The resolution says the aerial easement serves a public purpose “to expand and promote business and job creation in the community, as well as serving the transportation purpose of a new railroad and providing a connecting corridor.” The new station is to be integrated with the Miami-Dade County Metrorail and Metromover systems, possibly link with Tri-Rail, and is being considered a major transit hub for the city with connections to buses, trolleys, taxis and more. City Manager Daniel Alfonso pointedly alerted commissioners to the estimated value of the easement, which he said was about $1.4 million. If the city is ever asked to joint venture with All Aboard Florida, it could consider the $1.4 million value as matching funds, he said. MiamiCentral is to start passenger service in early 2017 between Miami and West Palm Beach, with Orlando runs targeted to begin in late 2017. The new rail station is part of a larger plan to transform vacant downtown property into a new mixed-use neighborhood with hotel, office, residential and commercial uses. All Aboard Florida parcels extend north from about Northwest First to Eighth streets, generally east of Northwest First Court. The linear stretch was once home to the city’s main train depot. http://mt1.miamitoday.netdna-cdn.com...rd-florida.jpg http://www.miamitodaynews.com/2015/0...d-go-airborne/ |
are the train tracks closed?
is Port of Miami only Trucking freight? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQEmnYLWsAEqAUY.jpg:large this is a new photo of downtown WPB |
^ There are no train tracks now where the AAF station will be built. There is a spur before the future station that heads east to the Port of Miami and that is only for freight.
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miami growing UP
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downtown Palm Beach foundations done while tracks works continue
the 7 v-shaped things holding up the station, those are done. visited the site and City Place shopping center this week also the new convention center hotel looks good/very modern design. |
CSX's offer finally opens the door to commuter rail in Tampa Bay
This isn't related to the FEC project but more broadly, to passenger rail in FL.
CSX's offer finally opens the door to commuter rail in Tampa Bay By Caitlin Johnston Tampa Bay Times Oct. 2, 2015 "There are 96 miles of railroad track connecting the downtowns of Clearwater, St. Petersburg and Tampa. The steel grating links Tampa International Airport to the University of South Florida, stretches across four counties and reaches as far north as Brooksville. Freight trains run on those tracks now. But they could, one day, form the spine of a passenger rail system that would finally connect Tampa Bay — and ease the region's dependence on roads. This is no pie-in-the-sky scenario. It's an idea gaining sudden momentum because railroad giant CSX Corp. is shopping around two segments of its Tampa Bay routes..." http://www.tampabay.com/news/transpo...pa-bay/2248337 |
^^^ that's dope!
Florida is showing some impressive momentum in public transit gains (Sunrail, Miami area improvements) and intercity rail (AAF). Let's hope it continues |
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These lines CSX is putting up for sale are nice, but it's too bad they aren't considering selling the one that goes in the direction of MacDill air force bace. There never was an existing rail right-of-way MORE PERFECT for a light rail line than this one. I mean, just go look at it on Google maps/earth! Start at the train station on the east side of Tampa Bay. From there it goes through downtown Tampa through the streets. Then it crosses a bridge and wraps around the University of Tampa. Then it goes in a fast, straight line down through several modestly dense neighborhoods and shopping centers, and then ends right near the front door of the air force base (you would need to get on a bus to get into the air force base, I imagine, so why not get into a base-provided shuttle at the light rail stop?)
I mean, if the politicians can't turn this thing into a transit corridor, there is no chance for them doing anything else. It is so absolutely PERFECT - just grab some DMU's, build wooden temporary platforms, and run it on the existing tracks for a while and see how much people like it! And then, once All Aboard Florida comes to Tampa, imagine the awesome connection that will be, LRT to HSR! (I'm assuming that if/when All Aboard Florida goes to Tampa it will stop at or near the existing train station... does anyone have any indications otherwise?) |
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Office And Rental Towers Above MiamiCentral Set For Review
Office And Rental Towers Above MiamiCentral Set For Review
By TNM Staff on October 8, 2015 All Aboard Florida submitted long-awaited plans to the county yesterday for three ‘overbuild’ towers that will rise above the under-construction MiamiCentral project. Plans call for two residential towers, each about 500 feet tall, along with a shorter office tower. In total, 800 rental units are planned in the first phase, along with about 200,000 square feet of office. A robotic parking garage is planned below the towers, above the train station and retail space. NBWW is the architect of the residential towers, while SOM designed the office towers. Zyscovich is an associate architect for all three towers. Approval by a Dade zoning board is required, but the City of Miami won’t need to review the plans. http://i.imgur.com/c15p9xk.jpg http://i.imgur.com/c15p9xk.jpg http://www.thenextmiami.com/index.ph...et-for-review/ |
AAF Miami Super tower files with the FAA @ 991 feet | 341 m down from 1,120 feet prop
Official filing with the FAA on October 5, 2015 :
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external...7711341&row=17 http://i.imgur.com/7GhTfJ7.jpg http://i.imgur.com/7GhTfJ7.jpg Link: http://www.thenextmiami.com/index.ph...ach-1000-feet/ Original proposed height: Figures : Height: 341.4 m | 1,120 ft Floors Above Ground : 80 http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/buil...entral-i/18065 |
http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/list/...-stories/mLBw/
new bypass track done, i walked the track two weeks ago. lots of guys working and track/train equipment |
Have FEC selected which equipment will be used. For EIS 2017, these railcars must be in production soon, right?
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