Page 10 - Abacoa Community News - October '21

Page 10, Abacoa
Commissioner’s Update

Rail Connects Our study for a Tri-Rail station at the Veterans Administration counties, to promote a seamless fare system in the region.
There is also heightened interest in conducting a feasibility
With road networks reaching capacity, a multimodal

Communities Medical Center in Riviera Beach. This would enhance transportation system is essential to maintaining our economic
transportation options for veterans to access services as competitiveness, high quality of life, and protecting our
By County Commissioner well as present an opportunity for residents in the western environment. This is the vision of the SFRTA.
Maria Marino communities to access the train. Additionally, Palm Tran As always, please contact me if I can be of assistance to
Tri-Rail, the commuter is working with SFRTA on plans to achieve fare collection you by calling (561) 355-2201 or send an email to mmarino@
rail service linking Palm interoperability between the transit systems in all three pbcgov.org.
Beach, Broward, and
Miami-Dade counties Cardinal Newman High School
re c e nt l y re a c he d a
significant milestone – 100
million riders. Launches Shaping The Future Appeal
You may wonder how
that affects you, particularly
if you are not currently a Cardinal Newman High School officially launched their
rider. Consider this: for every person who takes Tri-Rail, Shaping the Future appeal on Sept. 15, at E.R. Bradleys in
that is potentially one less vehicle on the highway. Taking West Palm Beach. Over 100 guests and alumni attended the
the train can save you wear and tear on your vehicle, help event in support of the $10 million appeal that has raised
reduce the carbon footprint, and afford you a window $6.1 million from just 86 donors during the last 12 months.
of time to perhaps read the news, catch up on work or The campaign will fund the modernization and redesign
studies, and avoid the aggravation of crowded highway of the campus’ north academic building including a more
driving. centralized entry with a spacious two-story foyer; a welcome
Tri-Rail commenced operations on Jan. 9, 1989. It center with offices for admissions, college advising and
covers a service area of 73.4 miles between the three student services; enhanced science facilities with modern
counties, with 18 stations. The hours of operation are 4 laboratories; an innovation center; and classrooms for
a.m. to 11:35 p.m. on 50 weekday trains and 5:17 a.m. mathematics. The greater community is invited to participate Rob Acosta, Ellen Acosta, Bro. Thomas Zoppo and Jim
to 11:45 p.m. on 30 weekend and holiday trains. See the in this historic endeavor. For more information visit, Arrigo
following link for schedules: https://www.tri-rail.com/ cardinalnewman.com/shapingthefuture/ or call Development
pages/view/reduced-service-weekday-schedule. Director Mary Martens at (561) 619-7280. Cardinal Newman High School on page 11
The service, operated by the South Florida Regional
Transportation Authority (SFRTA) on which I serve as
provides a comfortable, safe commute to connect you Experience Dentistry with a Woman’s Touch
the Palm Beach County Commission’s representative,

with business, educational, retail and recreational venues
in the Tri-County region for a reasonable fare. Fares
run from $1.25 to $17.50 based on zones traveled and Cosmetic & Comprehensive Restorative Dentistry
discount eligibility. Frequent riders may choose to preload
an EASY card (similar to a SunPass card) with fares State of the Art & Same Day Restorations
validated as passengers board and exit the train. Passes
and paper tickets are available at Tri-Rail stations and Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen Sedation Available
not sold onboard the train. Information on calculating
your fares in order to plan for your trips is located at
https://www.tri-rail.com/pages/view/fare-information- Joanne Green, D.D.S.
calculating-your-fare.
Daily weekday ridership on Tri-Rail is approximately 10887 N. Military Trail, Suite 6
15,000, and is currently operating at 92 percent of pre- Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
COVID service. Compared with other cities’ rail services
around the U.S. that have experienced a slower recovery, (561) 622-2815 • www.joannegreendds.com
Tri-Rail is a service, tourism and construction industry-
based ridership that cannot telework. With Tri-Rail Medical College of Virginia School of Dentistry - Cum Laude
connecting to all three major airports in the region, the Hospital of the University of Penn - General Practice Residency Training
SFRTA anticipates that airport ridership will return to Harvard Dental School - Former Instructor
100 percent by the end of 2021. Boston Brigham and Women’s Dental Group - Staff Dentist
The three counties connect rail riders with their FREE
respective bus services, light rail and people movers to
take riders to their final destinations and back. For stations
in Palm Beach County, Palm Tran – the public transit bus
system – provides shuttle service from Tri-Rail stations to
destinations, along with taxis and transportation network Voga Prosecco Lounge
companies such as Uber and Lyft.
South Florida is the fifth largest urbanized area in
the U.S. with more than five million residents, projected
to grow by another three million people within the next 2021
20 years. Planning for this future growth, SFRTA is Cooking Demos
embarking on large-scale projects, including Coastal Link,
which will reintroduce passenger service along an 85-mile
stretch of the Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway corridor
between downtown Miami and Jupiter, connecting the VIRGINIA
SINICKI
rail networks. Transit-oriented developments (TOD) at Official Charity Ceremonies Peroni Main Bar
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stations along the eastern Coastal Link corridor are in of the Feast
the study phase. Development at locations where SFRTA

owns land would result in a revenue stream for the agency. FREE
One of the proposed new stations for which I strongly 1267 MAIN STREET ADMISSION Aperol Piazza
advocated while serving as mayor and councilmember for JUPITER, FL 33458
the City of Palm Beach Gardens, would be located at the feastoflittleitaly.com FREE PARKING
access to the train. The station could potentially serve NOVEMBER 5-7
southwest corner of PGA Boulevard and Alternate A1A
and would likely include a significant development of
hotel, retail, office and residential uses with convenient

both Tri-Rail and Brightline, the private high-speed-rail Friday 4pm-10pm • Saturday 11am-10pm • Sunday 11am-8pm
train service currently constructing tracks to provide Kids Activities
service from Miami to Orlando and from Orlando to
Tampa.

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