South FL Needs Mass Transit

South Florida desperately needs an interconnected multimodal mass transit system, but after 20 years of talking, there is nothing that even approaches the scale needed.

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June 6, 2002, 1:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


South Florida's Tri-Rail system struggles to bear the region's enormous potential transit load, but is simply not big enough to do it all by itself. From humble beginnings in 1989, it now carries about 10,000 riders a day. But with headways of one hour and few east-west intermodal connections, Tri-Rail may have reached the limits of its passenger load under current conditions.

Thanks to Sheryl Stolzenberg

Tuesday, June 4, 2002 in Sun-Sentinel

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