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Winter 2020
Issue #2
Collage of various modes of transportation, Miami International Airport and PortMiami

Transportation & the Ports Edition

Secondary Featured Stories

Metrorail and Metromover in Downtown Miami

IMPROVED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: A PRIORITY FOR COUNTY LEADERS

Residents in Miami-Dade County, as in much of the rest of the United States, continue to identify transportation as one of their top quality-of-life concerns.
Construction at PortMiami

PORTMIAMI: THE YEAR OF THE MEGA DEALS

The year 2019 will be remembered as the Year of the Mega Deals, with the approval of the construction of new terminals by MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Carnival Cruise Line, Virgin Voyages, and Disney Cruise Line.
Miami International Airport

MIA KEEPS GROWING

Miami International Airport, along with its general aviation airports, is the leading economic engine for Miami-Dade County and the state of Florida, generating business revenue of $30.9 billion annually and welcoming nearly 60 percent of all international visitors to Florida.

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Chairwoman Audrey M. Edmonson

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

Vice Chairwoman Rebeca Sosa

MESSAGE FROM THE VICE CHAIR

Metrobus, Metrorail and Metromover in Downtown Miami

IMPROVED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: A PRIORITY FOR COUNTY LEADERS

Metrobus

THE SMART PLAN: A BLUEPRINT FOR BETTER TRANSPORTATION

Proposed design for The Underline

THE UNDERLINE: A TRUE MOBILITY CORRIDOR IN THE MAKING

Proposed South Dade Corridor station

PREMIUM TRANSIT SERVICE COMING TO SOUTH DADE

Proposed Aventura Virgin Trains station

PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PUTS NORTHEAST CORRIDOR ON TRACK WITH AVENTURA TO DOWNTOWN LINE

Proposed Grove Central mixed-use community

LIVE, WORK AND PLAY COMMUNITIES IN MIAMI-DADE

Commissioner Eileen Higgins riding Miami-Dade Transit

VISIONING A NEW DOWNTOWN

People riding bikes in Miami

MIAMI-DADE IS BIKE-FRIENDLY

Miami Gardens trolley

MUNICIPAL CIRCULATORS PROVING A POPULAR ALTERNATIVE TO THE AUTOMOBILE

Metrorail train

MIAMI-DADE TRANSIT SYSTEM

Traffic light in intersection

NEW SMART SIGNALS ARE CUTTING COMMUTE TIMES

People carpooling

TRY CARPOOLING: IT'S EASIER THAN YOU THINK!

Mayor Carlos Gimenez, Commissioner Esteban Bovo and Transit Director Alice Bravo use their EASY Cards.

LATEST TECHNOLOGY MAKES TAKING TRANSIT EASY

Person using EASY card

THE AFFORDABLE AND EASY WAY TO TRAVEL

Commissioners discussing water-based transit

USING OUR WATERWAYS TO BATTLE GRIDLOCK

Meromover train

WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU: RIDERSHIP OR COVERAGE?

Commissioner Higgins discussing Better Bus project with senior citizens

BETTER BUS PROJECT TO IMPROVE SYSTEM EFFICIENCY

Construction at PortMiami

PORTMIAMI: THE YEAR OF THE MEGA DEALS

Front exterior of Virgin Trains MiamiCentral

COMMISSION EYES DEAL TO BRING VIRGIN TRAINS TO PORTMIAMI

Person with luggage getting onto Metrorail

GETTING TO PORTMIAMI BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

PortMiami Director Juan Kuryla being presented with award for the record-breaking year for passenger traffic

PORTMIAMI CELEBRATES RECORD YEAR

Shipping containers pulleys at PortMiami

GLOBAL GATEWAY: SETTING CRUISE AND FREIGHT RECORDS

Front exterior of Miami International Airport

MIA KEEPS GROWING

Cargo next to a plane

CARGO TRAFFIC AT MIA

A small charter aircraft

MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT NOW OPEN LATE FOR INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS

American Airlines plane

AMERICAN AIRLINES CELEBRATES 30 YEARS AT MIA

Commissioner Sosa and MIA Director Lester Sola with United Airlines executives

UNITED AIRLINES CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF SERVICE

Wide shot of MIA runway with air traffic control tower featured prominently

MIA ECONOMIC IMPACT

Woman taking part in the MIA Airport Instruction and Readiness program

SPECIAL PEOPLE SPECIAL TOURS