Milestones, Challenges & Next StepsMiami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization

SMART Plan Update

Milestone: “Transit as Highest Priority”February 18, 2016

RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A POLICY OF THIS BOARD TO SET AS HIGHEST PRIORITY THE ADVANCEMENT OF RAPID TRANSIT CORRIDOR PROJECTS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY; AND DIRECTING THE TPO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE TO AMEND THE 2040 LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO INCLUDE SAID POLICY

TPO GOVERNING BOARD HEREBY ESTABLISHES A POLICY TO SET AS HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR THIS COMMUNITY THE ADVANCEMENT OF RAPID TRANSIT CORRIDOR AND TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE PROJECTS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE STRATEGIC MIAMI AREA RAPID TRANSIT (SMART) PLAN AND DIRECTING THE TPO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO WORK WITH THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION FISCAL PRIORITIES COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE THE COSTS AND POTENTIAL SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT STUDY FOR SAID PROJECTS

THE TPO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS FURTHER DIRECTED TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO IMPLEMENT THE ATTACHED SMART PLAN.

Milestone: “SMART” PlanStrategic Miami Area Rapid TransitApril 21, 2016

SMART Plan/SMART RegionStrategic Miami Area Rapid Transit

Beach East-West Kendall North Northeast South

• Six (6) Rapid Transit Corridors

Beach Express Flagler Street Florida Turnpike NW Miami-Dade Express S Miami-Dade Express SW Miami-Dade Express

• Six (6) Bus Express Rapid Transit Corridors

• Supported by the TPO Governing Board, Miami-Dade County, Municipalities, State and multiple entities

Over 55 miles of rail projects

Over 90 miles of express bus network

Total population and employment within a 2-mile radius of all six corridors:

•63% of the County’s population (1.7 million residents) live within 2-mile radius of the corridors

•855,000 employees are located within 2-mile radius of the corridors

Population + Employment

Travel Time Comparison

Fully implemented SMART Plan Corridors will help commuters save time when compared to existing transit service or driving

One-Seat rides to Downtown Miami will continue to provide options, thus reducing the need to drive

National Examples

Civic Center StationGold Line: from L.A. to North Hollywood

Downtown Long Beach StationBlue Line: from L.A. to Long Beach

L.A. Metrorail System

• New Metrorail fleet

o 136 new Metrorail cars retrofitted with pantograph to use over-head catenary power source

• No new railyard facility required

• At-grade Metrorail alternative

New Metrorail Fleet & At-Grade Alternative

Challenges

Advance a Comprehensive Unified Vision

Consensus of Stakeholders, Public & Elected Officials

Maximize Funding Opportunities

Maximize Partnerships

Move to Implementation…

Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit

SMART Plan Next StepsMiami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization

SMART Plan Visioning Document for each corridor Locally-driven input to support regional SMART Plan Transportation, Land-Use, Zoning Complete Streets & Aesthetics Economic Development Financial Framework Stakeholder engagement

SMART Plan in ActionRapid Transit Corridors

East-West CorridorGroundbreaking of Dolphin Park-n-Ride;

80% FTA Award for $1.2M TOD

North CorridorRFP Transit Oriented Development at

County Line

Northeast Corridor Development of Miami Central Station

South Corridor Development of Park-n-Rides & Multi-

Modal Center along the Transitway

Expansion of Existing Park-and-Ride

Future Capacity: ~700 spaces

SW 184th Street

SW 152nd Street

South Miami-Dade Express

SMART Plan in ActionBus Express Rapid Transit (BERT)

Routes in Operation by December 2017

Florida Turnpike ExpressBeach Express Central

Questions & Discussion

www.miamidadempo.org

AILEEN BOUCLÉ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR