Metro Express electric bus rapid transit starts rolling on Monday, aiming to lure commuters out of cars with faster and more efficient 20-mile trips along the first of six corridors in Miami-Dade's rapid transit Smart Program.
The new line connects Dadeland and Homestead, but for the rest of the commuters, rapid transit may be just a wish due to the slow pace of adding new transit lines.
Adding transit always has been anything but rapid.
This new line may be the only corridor to open for a decade or more, and possibly the only new rapid transit in many lifetimes.
Author's summary: New bus rapid transit line opens in Miami-Dade.