[wanderer34]

The Metromover plan to extend to Miami Beach is a great idea, but expanding the Metrorail to not only Miami Beach, but all the way to Bal Harbour is an even better and more feasible long term plan if you want the Miami region to grow. Reason being that Miami, Miami Beach, and other cities and towns have densities of 10k per square mile, and the Metromover is really more of a small capacity transit system. The Metrorail is a large capacity, heavy rail system and considering that Miami-Dade County as well as the cities of Miami, Miami Beach, and its environs have constantly grown, the city and the county have to find ways to make sure that smart growth is being applied to greater Miami.

Also, Metrorail does have the potential to be a major rail system with the like of the MBTA and BART, and a third line would help that system since a heavy rail transit line would do wonders for Miami Beach and communities like Bal Harbour. The Metromover can be expanded to Miami communities like Edgewater and Wynwood. A 9-mile Metromover expansion to Miami Beach sounds like a waste of money to me and upgrading to heavy rail, whether it's a line going all the way to Bal Harbour, or a spur to South Beach, would greatly help especially during the weekends where everybody is out in the clubs and bars until the wee hours in SoBe!