NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 7, 2011, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.

Parsons is pleased to announce that the Parsons-Odebrecht Joint Venture (POJV) has been awarded a contract by the Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners to build a 1.27-mile Automated People Mover (APM) system to run between Miami International Airport (MIA) and the Miami Intermodal Center (MIC), an off-airport multimodal transportation center that includes transfers to regional rail, bus, and rental car services.

By Matthew I. Pinzur, The Miami Herald Jul. 2--With a price tag some $30 million over its original budget, Miami-Dade commissioners approved a deal Tuesday to build and run a $342 million train between Miami International Airport and a new rental-car center and transit hub.

Fitch assigns a 'BBB' rating to the Florida Department of Transportation's (FDOT or the department) up to $100,000,000 Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) 2007 Rental Car Facility (RCF) loan for the Miami Intermodal Center (MIC).

By Larry Lebowitz, The Miami Herald Jul. 3--He conducted a nationwide search, but Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez didn't need to look very far for a new transit director. Alvarez on Monday announced that he has appointed Harpal Kapoor to the post, removing the "interim" tag from his title.