A showdown is rolling down the tracks for South Dade transit, with the county mayor ready to build a $300 million network of modernized buses designed for group boarding, advanced ticketing and other features aimed at imitating a commute on Metrorail but at about a quarter of the cost.
Creating a "rapid transit" bus system for South Dade could win federal funding fairly quickly and allow operations to start in 2022, according to county estimates. But the politics could be daunting: Mayors and elected representatives from the region are demanding Miami-Dade fulfill a promise for a Metrorail extension, a project that would cost more than $1 billion.
The two sides have been sparring for several years, but on July 19 Mayor Carlos Gimenez is set to ask for the first definitive vote on the issue.
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