Provided on 11-04-2013

1. Transportation leadership you can trust.
presented to
presented by
Miami-Dade MPO
Miami-Dade County’s Freight System
Connected Places: Freight Movement and Megaregions
TPCB Peer Exchange on Transportation Planning and Freight
Movement by Metropolitan Planning Organizations for Megaregions
November 2013
Carlos Roa

2. Outline
Background of Miami-Dade County
Mega-Region Status
Motivation Driving Growth
Regionalism in South Florida
Overview of Miami-Dade’s Freight and Logistics System
Questions?
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5. At the National Level, Florida Represents an Emerging
Mega Region – Led by South Florida
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Many of the freight transportation investments underway and planned
will serve Florida’s mega region, the Southeast, and beyond

6. At the State Level, a Strategic Intermodal
System was Designated in 2003
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7. Regional Level - Network of Regionally Significant Facilities
Southeast Florida’s regionally
significant network includes:
Key highway corridors
3 Deep water seaports
Class I and II railroads
3 International airports
Coastal and inland
waterways
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8. MOTIVATION: South Florida is Investing to be a Global
Logistics Hub (Serving Multiple Mega Regions)
South Florida is America’s gateway to
Latin America for North/South trade
Miami to become a Global City
Trade and logistics has been called out by
state and regional leaders as a top
priority to drive economic growth and
emergence as a global logistics hub
Trade and Investments underway will position the
region to also serve as a hub for East/ West trade
» Miami International is the #1 international cargo airport
» PortMiami and Port Everglades are the #15 and #13 container seaports
in the U.S.
– PortMiami (underway) and Port Everglades (planned) will both deepen to 50
feet
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9. South Florida’s Regional Efforts
Tri-Rail (South Florida’s commuter rail system) was created as a
mitigation strategy for expansion of I-95 in the late 1980s
SunGuide (South Florida’s regional ITS/Traffic
Management Center) was created in the mid 1990s
2000 Census defined the Miami Urbanized Area as
Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties
Southeast Florida Transportation Council (SEFTC)
was created in 2005 to serve as a formal forum for
policy coordination and communication to carry
out regional initiatives
After a decade of ongoing regional freight planning efforts, the first
Southeast Florida Regional Freight Plan was developed in 2010
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10. Miami-Dade County has Actively Engaged in Freight
Planning Since the Mid 1990s
Miami-Dade MPO developed its first Freight
Plan in 1996 – the first in the state
Other studies: port access, truck parking,
truck management techniques, key freight
corridors
Miami-Dade has partnered with Broward and Palm
Beach MPOs to develop a comprehensive Regional Freight Program
Miami’s Freight Transportation Advisory Committee formed in 2002.
This work complements Florida’s Freight Mobility and Trade Plan
under development, as well as the Seven-50 HUD Grant project
underway in South Florida
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11. Florida Freight Mobility and Trade Plan
under development
Florida Chamber Foundation completed Trade & Logistics 2.0 Study
Miami-Dade County Freight Plan Update
underway
FDOT District 6 initiating multiple freight
planning studies
Miami-Dade MPO and FDOT District 6 partnering
on truck parking facility development
Southeast Florida Regional Freight Plan
Update underway
Miami Chamber hosted Florida Logistics
and Trade Conference
Beacon Council identified Trade & Logistics as a target industry
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14. In Closing:
If we are to believe that “Geography is destiny”, as
Napoleon said, then South Florida may be destined to
become the center of the Americas.
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15. QUESTIONS?