The SMART Plan
The SMART Plan Transit Oriented Development Video.
What is the SMART Plan?
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Click here to see the Development of the SMART Plan (HD), 2016.
One of the local plans the TPO Governing Board supports is the People’s Transportation Plan (PTP). In 2002, Miami-Dade County voters approved a one-half percent local surtax with the purpose of improving, among other things, rapid transit corridors within the county through the PTP. While the PTP is a locally funded initiative administered by the Citizens Independent Transportation Trust (CITT), the Miami-Dade TPO remains committed to assisting in the development of these rapid transit corridors today.
In fact, on February 16, 2016, the TPO Governing Board unanimously approved a policy to set as “highest priority” the advancement of rapid transit corridors and transit supportive projects for the county. Then, on April 21, 2016, the Miami-Dade TPO Governing Board officially adopted and endorsed the proposed Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit (SMART) Plan.
The SMART Plan intends to advance six of the PTP’s rapid transit corridors, along with a network system of Bus Express Rapid Transit (BERT) service, in order to implement mass transit projects in Miami-Dade County. To ensure the SMART Plan moves forward, the TPO Governing Board directed the Miami-Dade TPO Executive Director to work with the TPO FPC to determine the costs and potential sources of funding for Project Development and Environment (PD&E) studies for the projects, and to also take all necessary steps to implement the SMART Plan.
Two Major Activities Moving the SMART Plan Forward
To ensure the community is included in the planning and visioning process to select the best technology and highest, best land uses along each corridor there are two separate major activities occurring for each corridor as follows:
- Land Use & Visioning – Headed by the Miami-Dade TPO
- Project Environmental Studies aka PD&Es – Headed by the Miami-Dade Department of Transportation & Public Works (DTPW) and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District Six
RAPID TRANSIT CORRIDORS |
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CORRIDORS LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER |
FROM |
TO |
LEAD AGENCY |
Beach Corridor |
Midtown Miami |
Miami Beach |
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East-West Corridor |
Miami Intermodal Center |
Florida International University |
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Kendall Corridor |
Dadeland area |
Krome Avenue |
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North Corridor |
Martin L. King, Jr. |
NW 215th Street |
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Northeast Corridor |
Downtown Miami |
City of Aventura |
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South Dade Transitway |
Dadeland South |
SW 344th Street |
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BUS EXPRESS RAPID TRANSIT (BERT) |
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BERTS LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER |
DESCRIPTION |
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Beach Express |
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Flagler Corridor (PD&E) |
Downtown Miami to West Dade via Flagler Street |
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Florida’s Turnpike Express |
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Northwest Miami-Dade Express |
Palmetto Metrorail Station to Miami Gardens Drive Park-n-Ride via Palmetto Expressway and I-75 |
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South Miami-Dade Express |
Dadeland North Metrorail Station to southern Miami-Dade County via SR-878, SR-874, and Florida’s Turnpike |
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Southwest Miami-Dade Express |
Dadeland North Metrorail Station to Miami Executive Airport via SR-878 and SR-874 |
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