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• A Better Look at Miami’s Potential New Train Cars

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  Nearly six months ago, TransitMiami was proud to offer the broader public an exclusive first glimpse of the renderings for some of the potential designs for our new Metrorail train cars.

  As we described back in December 2012, the [...]

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• Today: M-Path Happy Hour

   

  Date: May 23, 2013
  Time: 5-7pm
  Location: Titanic Restaurant and Brewery, 5813 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, FL 33146

  Ride your bike or walk to Titanic Brewery and get drink specials and free appetizers! Bike valet will be provided by Green Mobility Network. Click here to RSVP:[urbanhp.wufoo.com]

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• Can We Conquer Congestion? Mobility for 21st Century

  Multiple facets of our community are abuzz with transportation- and mobility-related talk.

  We’ve got the Miami-Dade 2013 Transportation Summit scheduled for June 6 and the “Transit Talk” pre-summit summit a week in advance on May 29.

  Now we’ve got yet another transportation-/mobility-related event scheduled for [...]

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• The road to immobility for older Miamians

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  Written by Peter Smith

  Two summers ago, I attended a presentation on mobility at the Department of Transportation’s new headquarters in Navy Yard. My then-boss, Mariia Zimmerman, was speaking on our nation’s preparedness to deal with an aging population in an auto-centric culture, and she gave a startling statistic: eighty-five percent [...]

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• Happy National Bike Month

  May is National Bike Month. Biking is seeing a nationwide resurgence due to aggressive policies aimed to promote cycling, and as cities and towns in South Florida join the fold by increasing bike infrastructure, now is a particularly good time to bike in the Miami area. If you have a [...]

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• Transit Talk Pre-Summit Summit

  Right when we needed it, the good folks at The Miami Foundation are sponsoring a “Pre-Summit Summit” titled Transit Talk in advance of the Miami-Dade County 2013 Transportation Summit.

  Wednesday, May 29 — 6:00pm

  Avenue D Jazz and Blues Lounge

  8 S. Miami Avenue

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• Worth a Reminder: County Transportation Summit

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  We confess that here at TransitMiami we very rarely provide reminders for the many events we post. Here’s one posted a couple weeks back that especially warrants a reminder. Save the date: June 6!!!

  To register for the event, please visit the registration website at:

  [www.miamidade.gov]

  The Summit is scheduled to [...]

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• Bicycle Safety Month Proclamation

  Local politicians are finally beginning to get on-board with bicycle and pedestrian justice!

  The smarter ones are beginning to realize that the remainder of their political careers will be determined by their commitment to active transportation and livable urbanism here in greater Miami.

  Tuesday, May 21 — 9:15am

  Board of County Commissioners [...]

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• May is for M-Path Happy Hour: May 23

  Ride on the M-Path to a brewery along the M-Path to meet with Friends of the M-Path to celebrate the M-Path!

  Thursday, May 23 — 5:00pm – 7:00pm

  Titanic Brewery

  5813 Ponce de Leon Boulevard

  Coral Gables, Florida, 33146

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• Lost Vision? Miami-Dade Transit 40 Years On . . .

  Forty years since the publication of a visionary transportation planning document, the shortcomings of Miami-Dade County’s transportation reality suggest that we lost our vision somewhere along the highway, literally.

  TransitMiami invites you to take brief trip through time . . .

  THE PAST

  The year is 1973. The Dade County Public Works Department [...]

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