HomeMy WebLinkAboutPresentation-Miami TrolleyFrom: Hernandez, Julia D.
To: Martinez, Maribel
Subject: FW: Request for Presentation
Date: Thursday, December 13, 2012 3:43:32 PM
Attachments: Commission Informational Item December 13 2012.00tx
For Item D2.1
From: Cruz-Casas, Carlos
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 3:41 PM
To: Hernandez, Julia D.
Subject: RE: Request for Presentation
Julia,
Please see attached as per your request.
Regards,
carlos cruz-casas, p.e.
city of miami - office of transportation
444 sw 2nd avenue, 8th floor miami, fl 33130
p: 305.416.1092 I f: 305.416.1019
e: ccruz-casas@ miamigov.com
From: Hernandez, Julia D.
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 3:37 PM
To: Cruz-Casas, Carlos
Subject: Request for Presentation
Hi Carlos,
We need to file the presentation you made today in regard to item D2.1. Could you please forward
it to me?
Thank you,
Julia D. Hernandez
Legislative Services Supervisor
Office of the City Clerk
Off. 305-250-5369
Fax 305-858-1610
jdhernandez@miamigov.com
Miami TR LLEY
City Commission Meeting
December 13, 2012
Discussion Item
Discussion On An App To Track The City Of Miami Trolley
Average Weekday Boardings
• Health District/Stadium
— 800+ boardings
• Biscayne/Brickell
— 2,000+ boardings
• Overtown
— 400+ boardings
• Allapattah/Overtown
— 750+ boardings
Ridership figures through November 2012
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Challenges & Key Issues
• Accountability
— Uncertain location of each Trolley at any given time
— Challenge to maintain adequate spacing between vehicles
— Difficulty to provide accurate invoicing
• Passenger confusion at route crossover points
— NW 20th Street, between NW 12th Avenue and NW 7th Avenue
— Brickell Metrorail Station
• Maintain headways on congested corridors
— Bridge, construction and congestion contribute to excessive delays
• Route Reporting and Planning
— Lack of continuous and reliable passenger counts
Objectives for Miami Trolleys
• Public Interface
— Web interface to track trolleys
— Smartphone apps
— Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
— Increase reliability will help capture
choice riders
• Internal interface
— Red flags for bunching headways
— Promote responsive dispatch
• Automated reporting
• Open -source GPS data
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• Technology that is responsive
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• Data collection to ensure
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• ITS technology supports better
planning
• Estimated Time of Arrival signs
at stops and businesses
• Development of applications
to enable passengers to plan
multimodal trips
Different Options
• Join Miami -Dade Transit tracker
• GPS Tracker in conjunction with other services from
different companies
• One Stop Shop with all services included
• Develop software (City Owned) and use Off -the -Shelf
GPS device
Global Positioning Systems for the Miami Trolley