If a bus reaches capacity, operators will call a supervisor to dispatch another bus.
Metrorail will increase capacity to 50 passengers per train car, and Metromover trains will allow for 35 passengers per vehicle. Operators will continue to monitor Metrorail and Metromover loads and make adjustments as needed.
“Easing capacity limits on our buses and trains is an important step forward to improve service to our riders, as we work to safely move our economy forward,” said Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. “I am incredibly proud that over a million Miami-Dade residents have received at least one vaccine, a milestone in our efforts to protect our community.”
There s definitely lots and lots of pedestrians there, Alice Bravo, Miami-Dade s transit director, told
New Times in an interview before leaving her post. If you re talking about safety, the best place to have enhanced pedestrian features is where there are a lot of pedestrians because drivers are more aware of what s going on. There s safety in numbers.
Scramble crosswalks, also known as diagonal crosswalks, allow pedestrians to cross perpendicularly or diagonally. All cars stop at the same time, including those in the right turn lane, giving pedestrians a complete right-of-way.
Social-media commenters reacted swiftly to the announcement. Many drivers don t stop at red lights….but stopping for pedestrians? You re asking too much, one Facebook user said.
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Rally Transcript:
Patrick J. Foye, Chairman and CEO, MTA:
My colleagues and I have come together again today to discuss an issue critical to our survival federal relief for mass transit.
I repeat, there will be no economic recovery regionally or nationally without significant investment in mass transit. This is not a red or blue issue. It’s a jobs issue. Mass transit systems across the country carried the United States throughout the pandemic, and we will carry it out of this crisis. The immediate need is this in order to ensure the health care workers, grocery workers, first responders and other essential personnel can continue to get to work and beat this pandemic, we need substantial federal funding now. If relief doesn’t come soon, these deep cuts at the MTA and other agencies will take effect and they will fall disproportionately on the backs of working people, low-income customers, people of color and low-income communities. We’re all following with intense interest o