Miami's Metro Rail Expansion May Be Foiled By Local University

Even with projections that call for a large increase in students, faculty, and therefore congestion, officials at Florida International University are rejecting the Miami-Dade Transit Authority's best laid plans for alleviating traffic.

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June 21, 2006, 8:00 AM PDT

By Mike Lydon

"Miami-Dade Transit, and the county politicians who support it, have been promising the sales tax-paying masses that the future of Metrorail will include an East-West corridor that would roughly follow the Dolphin Expressway (State Road 836).

In its latest iteration -- and there have been several -- the 10.4-mile East-West line would link two key employment hubs, the Miami Intermodal Center next to the airport on the east, and Florida International University out west.

Turns out that's not quite true anymore.

The powers that be at FIU don't want Metrorail to stop anywhere on the main campus."

FULL STORY: Metrorail project stopped in its tracks

Monday, June 19, 2006 in The Miami Herald

Government / Politics Transportation Florida

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