District 6 District 6 Public Transportation OfficePublic Transportation Office

Commuter Assistance ProgramACTIVITY REPORT

2003 - 2004

Presentation OverviewPresentation Overview

• South Florida Commuter Services• Miami Beach Transportation Management

Association (MBTMA)• South Florida Vanpool Program• Park & Ride Lot Program

South Florida Commuter ServicesSouth Florida Commuter Services• Formerly known as “Gold

Coast Commuter Services”• Miami-Dade County

– Project also includes Broward and Palm Beach Counties

• Project started in 1988• FY04 Funding: $1,685,000

(District 6 only)• Currently operated by

Parsons Brinckerhoff

South Florida Commuter ServicesSouth Florida Commuter Services• Dedicated outreach staff

– TMIs in Downtown Miami & Airport West• Plus county-wide outreach person

focused on areas not covered by the Miami Beach TMA or one of the TMIs

• Installed six new commuter assistance signs on the Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike (SR 821) between Hialeah and Homestead.

• 14,641 active participants (represents 62% of the total) in rideshare database reside in Miami-Dade County

SFCS Cooperative PartnershipsSFCS Cooperative Partnerships• Miami-Dade Transit: I-95

Express Campaign & joint outreach events

• Citizen’s Independent Transportation Trust: Assisting municipalities with individual TDM plans

• City of Coral Gables: Roll-out of City’s new trolley system

• Barry University: Working towards being the regional University TDM Model

SFCS Cooperative PartnershipsSFCS Cooperative Partnerships

• South Florida Vanpool Program: Cooperative marketing campaigns

• Miami Beach TMA: Rebranding of Electrowave

• Miami-Dade County Schools: Promote TDM to all employees

SFCS Miami-Dade Marketing CampaignsSFCS Miami-Dade Marketing Campaigns

Miami DolphinsCampaign

Hispanic/CreoleCampaign

Miami Beach TMAMiami Beach TMA• City of Miami Beach• Created May 1995• FY04 Funding: $175,000

– FDOT District 6 = $125,000– City of Miami Beach = $50,000

• Operates Electrowave Transit Circulator and conducts employer outreach in the City of Miami Beach

• FY 2004 Ridership: 751,708 boardings (net increase of 105,872 or over 16.4% from FY 2003.

Miami Beach TMAMiami Beach TMA

• Rebranding of shuttle bus system from “Electrowave” to “The Local”

• Improved system-wide headways to 8-12 minutes (depending on time of day)

• Reduced road calls by 21% (112 from 142)

Miami Beach TMAMiami Beach TMA

• Installed 37 informational kiosks with system map at bus stop locations

• Distributed system information on a regular basis to 85 hotels and resorts (up from 62 last year)

• Installed brochure racks throughout Miami Beach Convention Center

South Florida Vanpool ProgramSouth Florida Vanpool Program• Managed by Miami-Dade MPO• Serves Miami-Dade, Broward and

Palm Beach Counties• Time Period

– Miami-Dade: since January 1998– Broward: since July 2002– Palm Beach County: July 2004

• FY04 Funding: $435,750 (D6 – Miami-Dade only)

• Broward demonstration funding ran out – will be using state and federal highway funding to continue service.

South Florida VanpoolsSouth Florida Vanpools

• Currently operates 88 vanpools in South Florida as of September 2004

• Averaging 18 new vans per year

• Most vans originate in Broward County and travel to Miami-Dade County

Park & Ride Lot ProgramPark & Ride Lot Program

• Miami-Dade & Monroe Counties

• Work closely with Miami-Dade Transit on site location

• District 6 uses Transit Urban Capital and Intermodal Program funding to augment Park & Ride Program funds

Park & Ride Lot Park & Ride Lot ProgramProgram

• Funding for projects along the busway in South Miami-Dade County: SW 200th Street & US1 and SW 296th Street & the Busway

• Updated District 6 Park & Ride study to start soon

QUESTIONSQUESTIONS

Ed CarsonD6 – Public Transportation Office

edward.carson@dot.state.fl.us(305) 470-5255