New train to connect downtown Miami to downtown Ft. L?

[Wild Style]

Originally Posted by checkmatechamp13

1) Even then, you have private bus companies and Amtrak for inter-city travel.

2) The thing is that in many areas, transit is pretty crappy. You have buses that run every hour (or worse) and you have to transfer to another bus that also runs every hour to get to where you need to go. Even in NYC, which is known for its good mass transit, there are plenty of areas where it is much easier to drive.



I know you aren't referring to me, but I live in a suburban part of NYC (though its character is similar to many Miami neighborhoods as far as density goes, but in NYC it's considered suburban), and most of my friends use transit (or a lot of walking) to get around, at least 2/3 of them. Many of their families own cars, but they are usually 1-car households so when their parents aren't home, they have to walk or use transit (I'm in that boat too)

I'm from Brooklyn originally, its sorta hard to compare the mentality
up north to the ones down here. A lot of people have adverse feelings toward mass transit or even walking out here :S. So I was curious to see if that is changing in South Florida. Let me guess, you are either in Queens or S.I., am I right?

[checkmatechamp13]

Originally Posted by wild style

i'm from brooklyn originally, its sorta hard to compare the mentality
up north to the ones down here. A lot of people have adverse feelings toward mass transit or even walking out here :s. So i was curious to see if that is changing in south florida. Let me guess, you are either in queens or s.i., am i right?

Ages 0-3: Peru (split between Lima and Piura)
Ages 3-9: Brighton Beach, Brooklyn
Ages 9-16: West Shore, Staten Island

So yup, right now I live in SI. It takes a New Yorker to know a New Yorker.

Ironically, I went on vacation twice to Miami (once with my mother and brother and once with my mother alone) and we probably used public transportation more than the average Miami resident did (we not only used it within Downtown Miami, but also to get to Aventura and the MetroZoo)

[Wild Style]

Originally Posted by checkmatechamp13

Ages 0-3: Peru (split between Lima and Piura)
Ages 3-9: Brighton Beach, Brooklyn
Ages 9-16: West Shore, Staten Island

So yup, right now I live in SI. It takes a New Yorker to know a New Yorker.

Ironically, I went on vacation twice to Miami (once with my mother and brother and once with my mother alone) and we probably used public transportation more than the average Miami resident did (we not only used it within Downtown Miami, but also to get to Aventura and the MetroZoo)

Miami mass transit is OK, I just wish someone from MTA would come down and take over the transit authority here for like 5 yrs and sort this system out. It could be SO MUCH more.