SMART Plan Milestones, Challenges & Next Steps presentation to the City of Doral Council Meeting on September 27, 2017.

1. Milestones, Challenges & Next Steps
Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization
City of Doral Council Meeting
Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit
“SMART” Plan

2. 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

3. 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” Plan
Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit
April 21, 2016

4. SMART Plan/SMART Region
Strategic 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
(1) Project Development
& Environment Phase
(2) Implementation Plan
for each corridor
Over 90 miles
of express bus
network

5. SMART Plan
Corridors’
Lead Agencies

6. 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

7. Where Employees Work
with respect to their Residence
23%
77%
Percent Employees
Working in their
Residential District
Work Commute
WITHIN
Residential District
Work Commute
OUTSIDE
Residential District 24%
11%
20%
26%
39%
30%
76%
89%
80%
74%
61%
70%
BEACH
CENTRAL
NORTH
NORTHW
EST
SOUTH
WEST
Where Employees Work
with respect to their
Residence

8. 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

9. How the SMART Plan Links
to the City of Doral
TPO Resolution #23-17 adopted
June 2017 amended the SMART Plan:
 Extending the northern limits of the
Florida’s Turnpike Express Bus
Express Rapid Transit (BERT)
network
This addition in the northwest quadrant
links the BERTs from I-75 along SR-826
to the Palmetto Metrorail Station:
 Ensuring transit connectivity
 Increasing mobility options
 Providing direct transit connections
City of Doral

10. City of Doral & Miami-Dade TPO
Coordination
Trolley Expansion Plans:
 Mid-Term Plan:
 New trolley route between the City and FIU via NW 107 Avenue
(Feasibility Study partially funded by the TPO’s Municipal Grant
Program)
 Long-Term Plans:
 Produce a Transit Development Plan
 Extend Trolley Route 2 to the new Jackson West Hospital and the
Dolphin Park-and-Ride
Northwestern Transit Corridor Feasibility Study
TPO is evaluating the feasibility of implementing a
premium transit corridor between the future Dolphin
Park-and-Ride and the northwest quadrant of near
the Miami-Dade/Broward County line.

11. City of Doral & Miami-Dade TPO
Municipal Grant Program (MGP)
 $44,000 FY 2017 “One-Way Street Conversions Study”
 $28,000 FY 2017 “FIU Trolley Route Expansion Study”
 $43,000 FY 2014 “Transit Mobility Plan”
 $40,000 FY 2010 “2005 Transportation Master Plan Update”
 $34,800 FY 2007 “Transit Circulator Study”
 $50,000 FY 2005 “Transportation Master Plan”
Total = $239,800

12. Maximize Funding
 Advance a Comprehensive Unified Vision
 Consensus of Stakeholders, Public & Elected Officials
 Maximize Funding Opportunities
 Maximize Partnerships
 Move to Implementation…
Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit

13. SMART Plan
Resolutions of Support

14. Questions & Discussion
www.miamidadetpo.org
AILEEN BOUCLÉ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR