FL: We Have Much to Learn About Public Transit from Other Cities, CEOs Say

This week’s question to South Florida CEOs who are on the Miami Herald CEO Roundtable: How would you compare public transit in Miami-Dade to other places you have visited and are there lessons we can learn from other cities?

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Several years ago, during my travels, I utilized the public transportation systems within Washington, D.C. and New York. I found the public transit system within NY easily accessible for wheelchairs and rider connectivity to Long Island and New Jersey with a 24-hour working schedule. Whereas, the D.C. Metrorail schedule is a bit more limited operating from 5 a.m. to 11:59 p.m., but is fully accessible, providing customers the freedom to travel from D.C. to various Northern Virginia and Maryland stations. As our population continues to grow within the south region of our county, I believe it would be in the best interest of the residents if the Miami-Dade County public transit system expanded the Metro Rail services down to Florida City to reduce the traffic on the roads.

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