MIAMI-DADE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION (TPO)
CITIZENS’ TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CTAC)
STEPHEN P. CLARK CENTER 111 NW FIRST STREET MIAMI, FLORIDA 33131 18TH FLOOR, CONFERENCE ROOM 4 (18-4)
SUMMARY OF MINUTES
MEETING WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2017 AT 5:30 PM
CTAC ATTENDANCE: Alan Fishman, Chair Dr. Danilo Lopez Dr. Claudius Carnegie, Vice Chair Antonio Reyes Hudson Gaulman, Jr. Lee Swerdlin Armando Ibarra Naomi Wright Marlon Kelly, Sr. Daniel Yglesias
OTHERS PRESENT: Paul Chance, CTAC Coordinator Nilia M. Cartaya, DTPW Sonia Nieves, Citizen Matt Vinke, DTPW Steve Hamilton, Citizen Wilson Fernandez, Miami-Dade TPO Norman Wartman, Citizen Regina Serrano, Miami-Dade TPO Thomas Rodrigues, WSP
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I. WELCOME
Paul Chance, CTAC Coordinator, advised Alan Fishman, CTAC Chair, there was a quorum present. Mr. Fishman then recognized quorum, and welcomed everyone at the meeting.
II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Dr. Claudius Carnegie then made a motion to approve the agenda, which was seconded by Naomi Wright. Upon being put to a vote, the motion passed unanimously.
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Naomi Wright made a request to have the May 5 th CTAC minutes reflect that the July 5 th CTAC meeting in Miami Gardens was moved to October 4th . Naomi Wright made a motion to approve the amended May 3, 2017 minutes, which was seconded by Dr. Claudius Carnegie. Upon being put to a vote, the motion passed unanimously.
IV. PUBLIC COMMENT
None
V. MEMBERSHIP UPDATE
Members welcomed CTAC’s newest member, Antonio Reyes, who was appointed by TPO Board Chairman Estaban L. Bovo, Jr.
VI. STRATEGIC MIAMI AREA RAPID TRANSIT (SMART) PLAN UPDATE
Wilson Fernandez, Miami-Dade TPO Assistant Director of Mobility Management and Implementation, showed the SMART Plan video and then provided an update of the SMART Plan. The following are key points:
Six (6) Rapid Transit Corridors Lead Agency for Environmental Study: • Florida Department of Transportation (Districts 4 & 6) o Beach – Department of Transportation & Public Works (DTPW) o East-West – DTPW o South – DTPW • Miami-Dade Department of Transportation and Public Works o Kendall – Florida Department Of Transportation– FDOT D6 o North – FDOT D6 o Northeast – FDOT D4
SMART Plan – Bus Express Rapid Transit (BERT) Corridors: Concept Planning/Agency Coordination & Terminal Hubs • Flagler Corridor – FDOT D6 o Dolphin Station construction o Tamiami/Panther Stations – 30% Design o MiamiCentral Station
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• South Miami Express – DTPW o Coordination with Florida Turnpike Express (FTE) for entry/exit points to/from Express Lanes. o Initially using exiting terminals from SW 344 th Street/Transitway to Dadeland North DTPW exploring Park-and-Ride facility at Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (HEFT) and SW 288 th Street. • NW Miami-Dade Express – DTPW o Coordination with FTE, Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) and FDOT D6 for entry/exit points to/from Express Lanes. o Design plans for Miami Gardens Drive Park-and-Ride completed. County working with developer of proposed American Dream Mall to incorporate a transit terminal with Park-and-Ride. o MDX accessing ramp connection to SR 874 to SW 128 th Street. • SW Miami-Dade Express – DTPW o Coordination with MDX and FDOT D6 to evaluate improved shoulder operations o DTPW working with Miami Executive Airport on leasing a parcel of land for a transit terminal with Park-and-Ride. o MDX access ramp connection to SR 874 to SW 128 th Street • Florida Turnpike Express – DTPW o Coordination with MDX and FDOT for entry/exit points to/from Express Lanes o Dolphin Station construction o Park-and-Ride at SW 344 th Street – Operational o DTPW building Park-and-Ride facility at HEFT and SW 288 th Street • Beach Express: North, Central and South – DTPW o Coordination with FDOT D6 for entry/exit points to/from I-95 Express Lanes. Evaluate bus-on-shoulder operation on I-95 o Coordination with FDOT D6 to evaluate bus-on-shoulder operation on MacArthur Causeway o DTPW working on finalizing the terminal at Miami Beach Convention Center MiamiCentral Station construction – End of 2017
(The presentation can be heard in its entirety upon request)
After the overview, members and staff conducted a question and answer period as follows:
• Are they looking at the short and long-term to connect all SMART Plan corridors? o Yes, it’s very important to understand what the long-term plan is. The ultimate goal is to have mass transit connecting in Miami Dade County. Staff is still conducting an analysis and will not know until the environmental phase is complete.
• Regarding the environmental phase, to move the projects forward how will President Trump’s deregulation effect these studies? How will that affect the SMART Plan? o That is something that the DTPW is working closely with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to address through a Class of Action , to see what degree of analysis is required for each project.
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• Is bus rapid transit being planned on Flagler Street as part of the SMART Plan? Why is it not being done on 8th Street where there are more lanes? o Yes, there is a PD&E for the Flagler Corridor. The Flagler Corridor path is part of the SMART Plan, it runs along Flagler, which has the highest ridership transit route within the system. It is a natural major transit corridor.
• Is there a new transit corridor being added to the SMART Plan? o Yes, the northwest corridor added an express bus route. It is called the Florida’s Turnpike Express (North).
VII. TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN (TDP), MDT10AHEAD
Nilia M. Cartaya, Miami-Dade DTPW Principal Planner, discussed the following key points:
• 2017 Civic Engagement Overview o Performance Assessment o Schedule o Comments and Input o Survey Available in English, Spanish and Creole o Social Media Outlets o Special Community Outreach Events o County Transportation Committee Meeting o Website - www.miamidade.gov/transit/mdt-10-ahead.asp o Email - [email protected]
• Performance Assessment Goals and Objectives: o MDT10Ahead Major Update (2014) o Established seven (7) goals to include 68 performance targets o Purpose: To evaluate proposed projects and recommended policy changes
• MDT10Ahead Annual Update (2017) o Progress report on goals and objectives attainment o DTPW achieved or exceeded 52 performance targets (76% goal attainment)
2016 Performance Assessment Goals and Objectives: • On-Time Performance o 2016 Accomplishment – Target, Metrorail, Metrobus, and STS o 2015 Accomplishment – Target, Metrorail, Metrobus, and STS
2016 Performance Assessment Goals and Objectives: • Number of Average Daily Boardings o 2016 - Accomplishment – Target, Metrorail, Metrobus, and STS o 2015 - Accomplishment – Target, Metrorail, Metrobus, and STS
2016 Performance Assessment Goals and Objectives: • Improve Customer Satisfaction (complaints per 100,000 boardings, by mode) o 2016 - Accomplishment – Target, Metrorail, Metrobus, and STS o 2015 - Accomplishment – Target, Metrorail, Metrobus, and STS
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• Performance Assessment 2016 Consistency Analysis o Committed 41 bus service improvements and adjustments o 34 of the 41 improvements were implemented (83%) o 23 additional service improvement and adjustments were implemented
2017 Commitments: • New Capital Improvements o Dolphin Station (NW 12 th Street and the Turnpike) Estimated Completion: Late 2017 o Kendall Park-and-Ride (SW 88 th Street and 127 th Ave) –183 parking spaces Grand Opening: June 2017 • New Service o SR 836 Line C - Dolphin Station to Downtown Miami o Estimated Start: Late 2017 • Bus Service Adjustments o 47 route adjustments and improvements Funded Projects: • New Express Bus Services o SR 836 Express A and B Lines • Park-and-Ride Facilities o Panther Station; Unity Station; Tamiami Station • Transit Centers • State of Good Repair Partially Funded Projects • SMART Plan o Beach Corridor o East-West Corridor o Kendall Corridor o North Corridor o Northeast Corridor o South Dade Transitway • Bus Express Rapid Transit Network (BERT) • Transitway Park-and-Rides Unfunded Projects: • Service Expansion o Route extensions o Service frequency and span • Park-and-Ride Facilities • New Express Bus Services • Infrastructure Renewal Projects 2017 MDT10Ahead Annual Update Schedule: • Citizens’ Transportation Advisory Committee (June 2017) • Transportation Planning Technical Advisory Committee (July 2017) • Finalize Draft Transit Development Plan (August 2017) • Submit Transit Development Plan to FDOT (September 1, 2017)
(The presentation can be heard in its entirety upon request)
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After the presentation, members and staff conducted a question and answer period as follows:
• The CTAC Chair requested that DTPW send a hard copy of the MDT10 Ahead Survey to members that do not have access to computers. • The MDT10 Ahead document online 4.4.1.10 South Miami Metrorail Station states its anticipation in 2016. o Staff acknowledged they need to update that verbiage. • The bus route to the Keys was not referenced in the document. Are the bus routes privately owned? o Yes, those buses are contracted routes. Staff does not keep the same data, but we do have a representative that monitor those bus contracts. • Do you have any stats on how people are paying for their fares? Example via online, store, by phone? o Yes, those stats are being tracked internally by DTPW. • What has been done to connect in the first and last mile with the rideshare companies to have seamless transportation for passengers? o Staff will follow-up with the CTAC Coordinator. • Do you follow-up with the last 5 years of the plan, and what are the lessons learned that is being used going forward for future planning? o The document is a living document. Every year the plan has been reviewed to align with the Miami-Dade TPO Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). • Why is the ridership going down? o The bus ridership number has fallen across the country due to the rise of Uber and Lyft and low gas prices. • Members suggested to have the surveys focus more on the "why" ridership has decreased. Members encouraged staff to think “out of the box” to get more information from riders. • Members informed staff the tracking system at the Brownsville Station has been out of service for three months o The CTAC Coordinator will follow-up on this item MDTPW • Routes going to the Keys: Are the boarding numbers included in the statistics of the MDT 10Ahead? o Staff will follow-up with the CTAC Coordinator, to confirm if the numbers have been included.
X. FUTURE TRANSPORTATION IDEAS?
None
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PUBLIC COMMENT
• Does the document include autonomous buses for the future? Autonomous buses will cut down on labor costs and that budget should then be reflected in the document. o Staff will follow-up with the CTAC Coordinator with a response.
IX CHAIR’S REPORT
The Chair informed the CTAC members of the following:
• The Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) is a major document of the Miami-Dade TPO that was approved by the Miami-Dade TPO Governing Board on June 22, 2017. The TIP specifies proposed funding allocations for transportation improvements to be implemented in Miami-Dade County over the next five years. Included in the TIP are Intermodal, Highway, Transit, Aviation, Seaport, and Non-Motorized improvements. Our committee passed a resolution to support the TIP with the exclusion of the SW 87th Avenue project from SW 164th Street to SW 163rd Terrace. This item was removed from the TIP for further discussion at the upcoming July TPO Board meeting. • I have appointed a CTAC member to each SMART Plan Project Advisory Team (PAT) Corridor. Each PAT provides an opportunity for members to directly engage in the corridor planning process. PAT members are asked to review project information, participate in the PAT meetings, and provide guidance at specific stages of the project development process. The scheduling for the meetings varies according to the scope for each PD&E study. I am placing a SMART Plan report on future agenda’s for the appointed members to provide feedback to the committee. The following CTAC members are now appointed to the SMART Plan PAT: o Beach Corridor - Alan Fishman o East-West Corridor - Susana Guasch o Kendall Corridor - Dr. Danilo Lopez o North Corridor - Marlon Kelly, Sr. o Northeast Corridor - Albert Protash o South Dade Corridor - Daniel Yglesias
• On June 27 th there was a North Corridor PAT meeting of which Marlon Kelly attended and provided the committee with a brief update on the meeting including the various transportation mode options.
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• Staff passed out a list of upcoming SMART Plan Public Meetings, which I encourage each assigned members to attend. These meetings can also found on the TPO’s website at www.miamidadetpo.org • Everyone received a little yellow booklet, “On the Move…” the citizens’ pocket guide to transportation, which was designed to be user-friendly, with up-to-date information on all transportation modes within Miami-Dade County. The booklet was translated and distributed in Spanish and Creole to reach a broader audience and can be found on the TPO’s website. Contact the CTAC Coordinator know if you need extra booklets. • I encourage members to use their social media outlets to promote CTAC meetings. • Please send potential CTAC members to our CTAC Coordinator. • New members please be reminded to attend the mandatory sunshine/ethics training. If members have not taken the training course in over 5 years, I suggest that they consider retaking it to stay up to date with the sunshine law. Please contact Paul Chance for further details. • The CTAC Coordinator is working with Marlon Kelly for us to meet in Miami Gardens on October 4 th . Since the City Hall closes at 7 pm, would the committee would be willing to begin the meeting at 5 pm? • There will be no meeting held in July. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, August 30 th at the Stephen P. Clark Center.
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SMART Plan Beach Corridor Rapid Transit PD&E Study Kick-off Meetings
General Public Kick-off Meeting July 25, 2017 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Culmer Community Action Center 1600 NW 3rd Avenue Miami, FL 33136
General Public Kick-off Meeting July 27, 2017 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM New World Symphony 500 17th Street, Miami Beach, FL 33139
SMART Plan Flagler Premium Transit PD&E Study Alternatives Public Workshops
East Segment West Segment Central Segment September 14, 2017 September 27, 2017 September 28, 2017 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Manuel Artime Theater Central Church Miami West End Park 900 SW 1 Street 1300 SW 87 Avenue 250 SW 60 Avenue Miami, FL 33130 Miami, FL 33174 Miami, FL 33144
XI ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 7:50 PM.
***MINUTES ARE IN SUMMARY FORM*** FOR VERBATIM TRANSCRIPTIONS OF THIS MEETING, PLEASE REQUEST COPIES OF THE TAPE FROM THE MIAMI-DADE MPO AT (305) 375-4507
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