Broward County FL Street Car Plan (Tri-Rail Connection)

[Jeff Smith]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/browar ... 3525.story

Broward County's goal of a more seamless, upgraded east-west public transit system is moving closer to reality.

Planners decided last week to run streetcars in an arc from the Broward Boulevard Tri-Rail Station east along Broward Boulevard, through downtown to the airport, then west along Griffin Road to the Dania Beach Tri-Rail Station and the education complex in Davie.

West of University Drive, plans call for express buses along Interstate 595 to Sawgrass Mills.

Officials say a premium east-west line is needed because the $1.2 billion currently being spent to widen I-595 won't be enough on its own to handle the county's growing traffic needs in 20 years.

They envision it as only the first of what could grow to a countywide network of streetcars and express bus services.

[Patrick Boylan]

Trirail forum readers may have noticed my inquiry about how to get from Amtrak Ft Lauderdale to Ft Lauderdale airport. It's too bad I couldn't have delayed last week's trip about 10 years in order to take advantage of this proposal.
Ironically after having gotten my rental car at the airport I then drove west on Griffin to my appointment on Davie Rd. about 1 mile south of Griffin. http://www.tri-rail.com/rider_info/bus_ ... EC_MAP.pdf indicates that the educational center is north of Griffin and west of Davie Rd, so it seems I would still have had to suffer the 'last mile' even if this streetcar had been running.