MIA Mover

MIA Mover
MIA Mover en route to the MIA Station
Overview
Type	People mover
Status	Currently Operating
Locale	Miami International Airport
Termini	Central Terminal Airport Metrorail station
Stations	2
Services	1
Operation
Opened	September 9, 2011
Operator(s)	Miami-Dade Transit
Character	Serves non-sterile areas of the airport
Rolling stock	Mitsubishi Crystal Mover vehicles
Technical
Line length	1.27 miles (2.04 km)
Operating speed	43 miles per hour (69 km/h) (top)
Highest elevation	Elevated

The MIA Mover is an automated people mover (APM) system which opened at the Miami International Airport (MIA) in metropolitan Miami, Florida, United States on September 9, 2011. The MIA Mover is designed to quickly transport landside passengers between Miami International Airport's Main Terminal and the Miami Central Station and Rental Car Center, as part of the Miami Intermodal Center (MIC). The MIA Mover is one of three separate automated people movers operating at the airport. The others are the Skytrain (which operates within Concourse D), and the people mover connecting Concourse E's satellite building.

In 2007, construction of a people mover instead of an extension of the existing Metrorail system to the airport became the preferred option for local authorities to provide greater connectivity to the airport terminals (Metrorail will connect at Miami Central Station). On March 2, 2009, ground was officially broken for the project. Projected to transport 48,000 daily visitors by 2020, the MIA Mover construction utilized design-build methods and was paid for from a combination of revenue from the Miami-Dade Aviation Department’s Capital Improvement Program and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).

Costing an estimated $259 million to complete, the 1.27 miles (2.04 km) link travels east from the MIA Station, to Central Boulevard and finally to NW 21st Street, where it curves north into the MIC Station. The ride lasts approximately three minutes. The concrete guideways are generally elevated an average of 40 feet (12 m) above grade and are supported by concrete piers every 120 feet (37 m). The vehicles used are Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Movers (The same model also operates on the Skytrain in Concourse D).