More than a modernization

Remaining Projects at MIA

• The MIA Mover, a dual-track 1.25-mile long elevated people mover system, will connect Miami International Airport (MIA) passengers to the future Miami Intermodal Center (MIC). Scheduled for completion in the fall of 2011, the MIA Mover will have the capacity to transport more than 3,000 passengers per hour between MIA and the MIC. The MIA Mover contract costs $259 million, relates airport director José Abreu.

The MIC, scheduled for completion by the Florida Department of Transportation in 2015, will be Miami-Dade County’s central transportation hub, providing MIA passengers access to ground transportation needs: the Rental Car Center (RCC); Miami-Dade County Metrorail and Metrobus service; Tri-Rail, a heavy-rail system that operates through Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties; Amtrak; and taxi and other private transportation services.

A 2.4-mile Metrorail extension called the AirportLink will run from Miami Metrorail’s existing Earlington Heights station to the MIC as well. Completion of the MIA Mover and the AirportLink will also allow MIA passengers to travel from the airport to Miami-Dade County’s downtown and business districts.
http://www.miami-airport.com/cip_mia_mover.asp

• The Consolidated Rental Car Center (RCC), the first major component of the MIC, is scheduled to open in July 2010. Each of its four levels is 20 acres in size; the first three floors are dedicated to storage and maintenance operations and the fourth level will accommodate a customer service lobby.

All current rental car companies operating inside MIA and many located near the airport will relocate into the consolidated RCC where each company will have its own sales counter.

Once the RCC opens to the public, a consolidated shuttle service will run between the terminals at MIA, transporting South Florida visitors who are renting vehicles to the RCC or back to MIA. The shuttle service will operate for approximately two years until the MIA Mover begins service. Ultimately, when the MIA Mover is completed there will be no rental car shuttles circling the airport’s lower level;

http://www.miami-airport.com/cip_rcc.asp