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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPre-AttachmentEXIT-11B1T 1 PEOPLE'S TRAN$P.QRTATION PLAN YEAR 2003-2008: BUS SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS (Capital Cost: $90 minion) • Increases bus fleet from 700 to 1335. • lncreases current service miles from 27 million miles to 4-4 million miles. • Increases operating hours from 1.9 million hours to 3.3 million hours. Utilizes minibuses on all new bus routes and in neighborhood/municipal circuiator shuttle service. • Adds mid -day, Saturday and Sunday services within 30-days of approval of a dedicated funding source using existing buses: • Provides 15-minutes or better bus service during rush ,hour; 30-minutes or better during other periods; 24-hour service in certain major, corridors. • Replaces buses on a systematic basis to reduce operating cost and increase reliability. Constructs bus pull-out bays on major streets to expedite traffic flow. • • Implements grid system for bus service (north -south and east -west) on major streets and avenues with circulator service feeding main line bus service and rapid •• transit lines. .. • Expands the bus shelter program throughout the County. • Enhances and expands transit bus stop signage countywide; incorporate information technology at bus stop and rail stations. • Expands Transits public information. program through enhanced marketing and advertising. • • Expands on successful municipal circulator program. • ,YEAR'2UO3-2031: RAPID TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS Construction of up to 88.9-miles ofcountywide rapid transit lines. (Capital Cost: $7 biltion) - • Technology and Corridor improvements: .Two corridors, totaling 26.7 miles of rapid transit, have completed the planning phase and are ready to enter into final .design and construction — the North Corridor and East-West Corridor. • The North !Corridor is a 9.5-mile heavy rail alternative,. running from the Dr.. Martin Luther King, Jr. Metrorail Station, along NW 27Th Avenue to NW 2;15"' Street (Miami- Dade/Broward County line); .with.proposed, stations .at.Northside Shopping Center, • MDCC-North.Campus; City of Opa-locka;,Palmetto Expressway; Carbi City Shopping Center, Pro -Player Stadium and the Florida Turnpike. Tile North Corridor (part of the original Rapid Transit Plan) will receive top priority to go into the final design and construction phase. ($555 million) • The East-West Corridor consists of two segments, one from the Florida Turnpike east to the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) and from the Palmetto, through Miami International Airport, downtown Miami, and to the Port of Miami, 6-miles and 11.2 . miles respectively. These sites have been identified as potential station locations: Florida Turnpike, NW 107th Avenue, NW 97th Avenue, NW 87th Avenue, Milam Dairy Road, Blue Lagoon area, Miami intermodal Center, NW 27th Avenue, Orange Bowl, Government Center (downtown Miami), and the Port of Miami. ($2,789 million) ,EHIBIT 1. PEOPLE'S TRANSPORTATION PLAN • The remaining 62.2-miles of rapid transit lines need to complete federal, state and local planning processes to determine feasibility, technology, and corridor alignment. These corridors include, but are not limited to, the following: • Earlington Heights/Airport Connector. A • 3.1 mile extension from the -Earlington Heights Metrorail Station to the Miami Intermodal Center, located on the east side of Miami International Airport. ($207 million). • Baylink: A 5.1-mile corridor between downtown Miami and South Miami Beach. ($510 million) • - Kendall Corridor: A 15-mile corridor with .both east -west and .north -south segments. ($877 million) • Northeast Corridor: A 13.6-mile corridor from downtown Miami, through tittle Haiti, to NE 215' Street, generally along the Biscayne Blvd./US 1 Con-idor and Florida East Coast railroad right-of-way_ ($795 million) • Rail Extension to Florida City: A 21-mile rail extension along US1 consisting of two segments, one from Dadeland South Metrorail Station to Cutler Ridge; a second segment from Cutler Ridge to Florida City. ($946 million) .• • Douglas Road Extension: A 4.5-mile corridor from the Douglas Road Metrorail Station' to the Miami Intermodat Center. ($280 million) . • . . YEAR 2003-2013: MAJOR HIGHWAY AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS (Total Cost $309 million) Includes the following countywide improvements: • Supplements,funding to. upgrade the County's traffic signalization system. d(" • •Constructs major ingress/egress improvements in. Downtown'Miami, from SW 8 Street to SW 1 Avenue. . • Funds the Preliminary Engineering anti Design study of I-395. • Accelerates. approved safety enhancements and lane improvements for Krome Avenue.• ti _ ...��.. _ .... _ _ :, ._. - . • • :Completes construction of NW 87 Avenue between NW ,154 Street and Miami .Gardens Drive. (NW 183 Street).• s . _ • Creates viable reverse 'flow lanes 'on major thoroughfares:-, • Funds grads separation of intersections where appropriate countywide. • - Supplements fuhdirig to widen NW 62 Avenue, from NW 105 Street to NW 138 Street. 04,11 Are' 7-7no_ Iti;1 • EXHIBIT 1 PEOPLE'S TRANSPORTATION PLAN YEAR 2003-2013: NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS (Total Cost: $167 million) Neighborhood improvements include modification of intersections; resurfacing ,of local and arterial roads; installation/repairs of guardrails; installation of school flashing signals and enhancement of greenways and bikeways. Such improvements also include replacement/repair of sidewalks, repair/installation of drainage and landscape beautification (including community image enhancements) related to the development, • construction, operation or maintenance of roads and bridges in the county or to the expansion, operation or maintenance of bus and fixed guideway systems. • Accelerates program to provide ADA accessibility to bus stops throughout the County. MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS (Cities to receive a pro rata share ,(determined by population) of 20% total surtax revenues on an annual basis (currently estimated at $62.6 million Ione-percent] or $31.3 million [one-half percent)) Cities will preserve the level of transportation funding currently in their FY 2001-2002 budgets (Le. their maintenance of effort dollars). Maintenance 'of effort excludes special " bond issues for infrastructure improvements. . • The cities will dedicate 20% of their surtax funds to transit purposes. This would include circulators, bus shelters, bus pull out bays or other transit -related infrastructure. If such utilization is inappropriate, the County will be afforded the opportunity to undertake such projects with those funds or the funds will revert to the municipal pool for re -distribution. NOTE: This Exhibit 1-includes those projects fisted on the attached 3 pages entitled "Board Requested Major Roadway and Neighborhood Improvement Projects for inclusion in the People's Transportation Plan." ;