Transportation Opportunities in the FEC Corridor

FLORIDA EAST COAST CORRIDOR STRATEGIC REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FEC CORRIDOR RIGHT-OF-WAY STUDY (TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT) FINAL REPORT Prepared for: The City of Miami Prepared by: Fang Zhao Min-Tang Li L. David Shen Albert Gan Lehman Center for Transportation Research Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Florida International University 10555 W Flagler Street Miami, Florida 33174 Phone: (305) 348-3821 Fax: (305) 348-2802 E-mail: [email protected] April 2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Purpose.................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Background............................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Organizations .......................................................................................................... 2 2. REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ................................................................ 3 2.1 Highways ................................................................................................................ 3 2.2 Airports ................................................................................................................... 4 2.3 Seaports................................................................................................................... 5 2.4 Railroads ................................................................................................................. 7 2.4.1 Freight Rail ................................................................................................. 7 2.4.2 Passenger Rail............................................................................................. 7 3. LOCAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.......................................................................... 9 3.1 Roadway System..................................................................................................... 9 3.1.1 Existing Street Functional Classifications .................................................. 9 3.1.2 Traffic Conditions..................................................................................... 12 3.2 Public Transit System ........................................................................................... 15 3.2.1 Miami-Dade Transit Agency .................................................................... 15 3.2.2 Jitney......................................................................................................... 18 3.2.3 Tri-County Commuter Rail Authority (Tri-Rail)...................................... 19 3.3 Airport................................................................................................................... 21 3.4 Port of Miami........................................................................................................ 21 3.5 Railroad................................................................................................................. 22 4. TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS................................. 24 4.1 Introduction........................................................................................................... 24 4.2 Tri-Rail Service Extensions .................................................................................. 25 4.3 Miami Beach Light Rail........................................................................................ 29 4.4 East-West Multimodal Corridor ........................................................................... 32 4.5 Miami Intermodal Center...................................................................................... 33 4.6 Intermodal Facility at 79th Street .......................................................................... 35 4.7 Highway Improvements........................................................................................ 37 4.8 Non-Motorized Transportation System ................................................................ 42 4.8.1 Bicycle Facilities....................................................................................... 42 4.8.2 Pedestrian Facilities .................................................................................. 42 4.8.3 North Dade Greenways............................................................................. 42 4.9 Downtown Master Plan......................................................................................... 45 5. RECOMMENDED TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS...................................... 48 5.1 Public Transit Improvements................................................................................ 48 5.2 Roadway Improvements ....................................................................................... 57 6. CONCLUSIONS............................................................................................................... 60 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................. 62 APPENDIX A TURNING MOVEMENT COUNTS................................................................ 65 APPENDIX B SPEED MEASUREMENTS ............................................................................. 73 ii LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1 U.S. Airports Ranked by International Passengers................................................. 4 Table 2.2 U.S. Airports Ranked by Total Passengers............................................................. 5 Table 2.3 Operating Statistics of Major Airports in the Southeast Region............................. 5 Table 2.4 Florida Deepwater Seaports FY 00/01 Operation Measurements .......................... 6 Table 3.1 Miami-Dade County Shares of State Highway Lane-Miles and DVMT.............. 11 Table 3.2 Traffic Data Collection Tasks Conducted in the FEC Area ................................. 12 Table 3.3 Locations for Turning Movement Counts............................................................. 13 Table 3.4 Locations for Speed Measure................................................................................ 13 Table 3.5 Classification Count Summary ............................................................................. 14 Table 3.6 System Performance Summary for October 2001 ................................................ 15 Table 3.7 Metrobus Route Operating Statistics .................................................................... 17 Table 3.8 Major Activity Centers Served by Bus Routes in FEC Corridor Area................. 18 Table 4.1 Summary of Five Alignments............................................................................... 29 Table 4.2 Characteristics of Four New Light Rail Systems in the U.S................................. 31 Table 4.3 Projects in Miami-Dade Five-Year Work Program.............................................. 37 Table 4.4 Future Cost Feasible Improvements for Bicycle Facilities................................... 42 Table 4.5 Future Cost Feasible Improvements for Pedestrian Facilities .............................. 43 Table 5.1 Capital Costs of Six Light Rail Systems in the U.S.............................................. 56 Table 5.2 Distribution of Light Rail Capital Costs by Cost Category (Percentiles)............. 56 iii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2.1 Interstate Highways ................................................................................................ 3 Figure 2.2 Major International Airports in Florida and Adjacent States.................................. 4 Figure 2.3 Major Ports in Florida............................................................................................. 6 Figure 2.4 Railroad Network in the Region ............................................................................. 7 Figure 2.5 Amtrak Services in the Region ............................................................................... 8 Figure 3.1 Roadway Functional Classification in the Study Area ......................................... 10 Figure 3.2 Number of Lanes of Major Roadways.................................................................. 11 Figure 3.3 Traffic Count Sites................................................................................................ 12 Figure 3.4 Metrobus Routes Serving the FEC Corridor Area................................................ 16 Figure 3.5 Jitney Routes in Miami-Dade County................................................................... 19 Figure 3.6 Tri-Rail System Map............................................................................................. 20 Figure 3.7 Tonnage Traded by Region................................................................................... 21 Figure 3.8 Railroad Rights-of-Way in Miami-Dade County and FEC Corridor Area........... 23 Figure 4.1 Dolphin Extension and Proposed Stations............................................................ 26 Figure 4.2 Kendall Extension and Proposed Stations ............................................................ 27 Figure 4.3 FEC Alignment and Proposed Stations................................................................. 28 Figure 4.4 Zagato's EuroTram................................................................................................ 30 Figure 4.5 Zagato Incentro Vehicle Operating in Milan, Italy............................................... 30 Figure 4.6 Light Rail in Selected

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