Miami Streetcar Efficient Transportation

A Discussion on Future Transportation Opportunities

Discussion Item | City Commission Meeting | September 29th, 2014

Miami Streetcar has been supported through the years

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Spring

2004

Summer

2005

Fall

2006

Feasibility Study

Summer

2014

City initiates request

for FDOT Funding

Spring

2005

City Commission

Accepts Feasibility

Study Findings

Fall

2005

Alternatives Analysis &

Environmental Assessment

Spring

2006

MPO adds Streetcar

to LRTP Priority I list

FDOT approves funding for AA

& Preliminary Engineering

Locally Preferred Alternative

• FDOT permitted to fund up to 50 percent of capital costs from

New Starts Transit Program

• A program designed to fund

major transit improvements in

metropolitan areas

• Focused on connecting

Downtown to the Miami Design

District and Midtown Miami areas

• In 2006, Miami Streetcar viewed

as a competitive candidate

project with the projections

• 8yrs later projections are a Fact

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Miami Design

District

Downtown

Miami

No additional capacity has

been added to downtown streets

DOWNTOWN MIAMI

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89% 2000

74,015

2012

Projected to increase to

85,000 by 2016 Compared to:

15% County

13% City

Growth is a Fact

Continuous Growth

1000 Museum

1010 Brickell

240 SW 9 Street

444 Brickell Avenue

801 Brickell

888 Biscayne

Aloft Hotel

Atton Hotel

Bayview Market

Biscayne Beach

Brickell Bayview

Brickell City Centre

Brickell Heights

Brickell House

Brickell View Terrace

Broadstone Lofts

Capital Brickell

Centro

City Crossings

City Heights

DACRA

DACRA Amendment II

Echo Brickell

Flagler on the River

Flatiron

Gables Brickell

Met 3

Met Square

Miami WorldCenter

Midtown III

Midtown IV

29 Midtown

36 Midtown

illecento

MyBrickell

Nine

One Bayfront

Plaza Tower

Panorama Tower

Paraiso One

Paraiso Bay

Patricia & Philip Frost Museum

of Science

Perez Art Museum Miami

Resorts World

Miami Riverside Tower

SLS Hotel & Residences

SLS Lux

The Bond

Villa Magna 4

• Neighborhoods surrounding

Downtown experiencing a

similar growth pattern

• 20,000+ residential

• 10 million+ sqft retail

• Residents look for a Walkable

Lifestyle

• More than 25 cranes in

Downtown and Brickell

DOWNTOWN MIAMI

Estimated daytime downtown population over 220,000

Need mobility options to avoid congestion

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Moving Forward • Transition to a World Class City

• Transition from auto-oriented to

multimodal

• AirportLink Transit Connection

• Intercity Rail All Aboard Florida

• Commuter Tri-Rail Coastal Link

• Beach Corridor Transit

• Transit ridership increasing

• Freedom of Mobility

• Car- and Bicycle-Sharing

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Connecting the Dots Miami Design

District

Downtown

Miami

Downtown

Intermodal Terminal @

Government Center

Midtown

Miami

Wynwood

Art District

Historic

Overtown

• Mobility between dense

neighborhoods

• An assembly of short trips

• Urban Circulator, not express

• Feed other modes of transportation

• Provide access to the

Downtown Intermodal Terminal

• Enhance access to jobs

• Promote an active lifestyle

• Supported by Downtown Livable

Transportation Plan

• Accessible transportation

options to reduce dependency on automobile

• Preliminary Capital Cost estimates $200 million

• 50 percent from the FDOT’s New Starts Transit Program

• Other funding may include Public-Private Partnership (P3)

• Operational Costs are estimated at $7.5 million per year

• 7-mile One-Way Loop

• 8 to 12 vehicles

• 15 to 25 stations

• Approximately 14,000 riders on a typical weekday

• High-frequency service with easy access for all users

• Exclusive right-of-way or Mixed-Traffic

• Off-Wire Technology with On-Board Energy Storage

• Promotes better air quality and conservation of our natural resources

Operational Details

$$

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MiamiStreetcar

Why Streetcar ?

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Attractive, high-quality transit service that

provides circulation along corridors, connects to

and enhances the existing transit network, and link

our neighborhoods with commercial districts and employment centers

United States moving towards this type of transportation mode.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx praised a streetcar project, saying the

rail line would connect a “burgeoning central business district” to an “under-served” part of the city.

He said the streetcar would create a new “mobility choice” and would create

“significant economic impact.”

Why Streetcar ?

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easy access for all users with level boarding

efficient with off-board fare collection

encourages ridership fixed-guideway

electrically-powered zero-emission vehicles

quieter operation and smoother ride

spacious interior and higher capacity

Support for this project will improve the City’s ability to develop as a truly multimodal urban center and further nurture the lifestyle our

residents are seeking

• The resurgence of Downtown Miami encourages the development of

a urban premium transit service to improve mobility

• A high-frequency premium transit will support ongoing development

and foster further economic development in the City’s urban core

• The addition of an intercity rail connection to Orlando and the

forthcoming premium transit connection to Miami Beach promises to

support the development of a transit oriented Downtown Miami

• The Miami Streetcar is in the MPO’s 2040 Long Range Transportation

Plan as Priority IV – needs to be Priority I

Request for Endorsement

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thanks. Carlos Cruz-Casas, P.E.

Chief Transportation Manager

Alice N. Bravo, P.E.

Deputy City Manager-Chief of Infrastructure

Mark Spanioli, PE.

Director of Capital Improvements and Transportation Program

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