Research conducted under the SMART plan and state consultant WSP concluded that the Metrorail should be expanded with a 9.5-mile line that would expand north up to Aventura. In 2016, the city of Miami-Dade launched the Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit Plan, or “SMART Plan,” to fund studies that could determine the best transit options for the city. “People are waiting for expansion, and it has not come.”Īfter 17 years, the county has only added three miles of track to expand the Metrorail to Miami International Airport. “In the early 2000s they would’ve expanded the lines, but years of mismanagement by Miami-Dade transit and the city government led to using that money to make up for deficits and pay off loans,” said Brandon Martin, a senior studying mechanical engineering. In 2002, Miami-Dade County launched the People’s Transportation Plan, promising a whopping 22-mile expansion of the currently 25-mile metro train system in exchange for a half-percent sales tax dedicated to transit and road projects. With round-the-clock traffic jams that leave cars stagnant on US-1 for hours on end, residents are fed up. Photo credit: Jared LennonĪfter years of traffic problems and public complaints, changes to Miami-Dade County’s public transportation system promised years ago have yet to materialize. However, much of this plan, which promises much-needed changes to the city's public transportation system, have yet to be implemented. Read more about our local policies and Administrative Orders for equal employment opportunity, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, accessible Transit services, and filing a discrimination complaint (Title VI) on Transit.Miami-Dade's new metrorail trains, as seen above, were put into service in 2017 as part of the People’s Transportation Plan.
Permits for all work within rights-of-way and code enforcement of unpermitted work is also handled by our Public Works division. We manage the County Stormwater Utility for flood and water quality protection and maintain the secondary canal system. We also operate and maintain the Rickenbacker and Venetian Causeways. We build, operate and maintain movable and fixed bridges, swales, roadway surface repairs, guardrails, and along County road rights-of-way. We provide all traffic signals countywide, along with all traffic control signs, street signage and pavement markings and all County and State-owned street lights. We connect people to places by providing a high-quality, safe, reliable, clean, and efficient mass transit system that meets the travel needs of the County's growing population and we provide vital transportation infrastructure systems and services.
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