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Metromover beats monorail for riders to Miami Beach, but costs more. Worth it?
Jan. 30--Metromover would be enjoying a South Beach moment under a scenario laid out in a new county-funded transit report.
With a new three-mile extension over Biscayne Bay, a rider could take a train from the main Metrorail station in downtown Miami to South Beach in 13 minutes. The analysis predicts the free transit option would be popular, generating 13,000 trips a day on a line expected to cost about $630 million to build.
The other leading option is monorail, which would be far cheaper to operate but with fewer riders, according to projections laid out by the Parsons consulting firm. Using a new station built where the Miami Herald once stood near the MacArthur Causeway, the kind of automated train made famous by Disney World would be a transfer option at the far end of the Metromover system, six stations away from Metrorail. ...............(more)
https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/news/21123609/fl-metromover-beats-monorail-for-riders-to-miami-beach-but-costs-more-worth-it