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Miami Streetcar Efficient Transportation A Discussion on Future Transportation Opportunities

Discussion Item | City Commission Meeting | September 29th, 2014 Streetcar has been supported through the years

Spring Spring Summer Fall Spring Fall Summer 2004 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2014

Feasibility Study Alternatives Analysis & Environmental Assessment

MPO adds Streetcar to LRTP Priority I list City initiates request City Commission for FDOT Funding Accepts Feasibility FDOT approves funding for AA Study Findings & Preliminary Engineering 1 Locally Preferred Alternative • FDOT permitted to fund up to 50 percent of capital costs from New Starts Transit Program • A program designed to fund major transit improvements in metropolitan areas • Focused on connecting Downtown to the Miami Design District and areas • In 2006, Miami Streetcar viewed as a competitive candidate project with the projections • 8yrs later projections are a Fact Downtown Miami

2 Growth is a Fact 74,015

2012

Projected to increase to 2000 89% 85,000 by 2016 Compared to: 15% County 13% City No additional capacity has been added to downtown streets

DOWNTOWN MIAMI

3 1000 Museum 1010 240 SW 9 Street 444 Continuous Growth 801 Brickell 888 Biscayne Aloft Hotel Atton Hotel • Neighborhoods surrounding Bayview Market Downtown experiencing a Brickell Bayview similar growth pattern Brickell View Terrace • 20,000+ residential Broadstone Lofts Capital Brickell Centro • 10 million+ sqft retail City Crossings City Heights DACRA • Residents look for a Walkable DACRA Amendment II Lifestyle Flagler on the River Flatiron Gables Brickell • More than 25 cranes in Met Square Miami WorldCenter Downtown and Brickell Midtown III Midtown IV 29 Midtown 36 Midtown illecento MyBrickell Nine Tower Paraiso One Paraiso Bay Patricia & Philip Frost Museum of Science Perez Art Museum Miami Resorts World Miami Riverside Tower SLS Hotel & Residences SLS Lux The Bond Villa Magna 4 Estimated daytime downtown population over 220,000 Need mobility options to avoid congestion

DOWNTOWN MIAMI

5 Moving Forward • Transition to a World Class City • Transition from auto-oriented to multimodal • AirportLink Transit Connection • Intercity Rail All Aboard • Commuter Tri-Rail Coastal Link • Beach Corridor Transit • Transit ridership increasing • Freedom of Mobility • Car- and Bicycle-Sharing 6 Miami Design District Connecting the Dots

Midtown • Mobility between dense Miami neighborhoods • An assembly of short trips

Wynwood • Urban Circulator, not express Art District • Feed other modes of transportation • Provide access to the Downtown Intermodal Terminal • Enhance access to jobs • Promote an active lifestyle Historic Overtown • Supported by Downtown Livable Transportation Plan

Downtown • Accessible transportation Intermodal Terminal @ Government Center Downtown Miami options to reduce dependency on automobile

7 Operational Details

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• Preliminary Capital Cost estimates $200 million • 50 percent from the FDOT’s New Starts Transit Program • Other funding may include Public-Private Partnership (P3) • Operational Costs are estimated at $7.5 million per year • 7-mile One-Way Loop • 8 to 12 vehicles • 15 to 25 stations • Approximately 14,000 riders on a typical weekday • High-frequency service with easy access for all users MiamiStreetcar • Exclusive right-of-way or Mixed-Traffic • Off-Wire Technology with On-Board Energy Storage • Promotes better air quality and conservation of our natural resources

8 Why Streetcar ?

Attractive, high-quality transit service that provides circulation along corridors, connects to and enhances the existing transit network, and link our neighborhoods with commercial districts and employment centers

United States moving towards this type of transportation mode.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx praised a streetcar project, saying the rail line would connect a “burgeoning central business district” to an “under-served” part of the city.

He said the streetcar would create a new “mobility choice” and would create “significant economic impact.” 9 Why Streetcar ?

easy access for all users with level boarding efficient with off-board fare collection encourages ridership fixed-guideway electrically-powered zero-emission vehicles quieter operation and smoother ride spacious interior and higher capacity 10 Request for Endorsement

Support for this project will improve the City’s ability to develop as a truly multimodal urban center and further nurture the lifestyle our residents are seeking • The resurgence of Downtown Miami encourages the development of a urban premium transit service to improve mobility • A high-frequency premium transit will support ongoing development and foster further economic development in the City’s urban core • The addition of an intercity rail connection to Orlando and the forthcoming premium transit connection to Miami Beach promises to support the development of a transit oriented Downtown Miami • The Miami Streetcar is in the MPO’s 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan as Priority IV – needs to be Priority I 11 LET’S START BY CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION

thanks. Carlos Cruz-Casas, P.E. Chief Transportation Manager

Alice N. Bravo, P.E. smart transportation Deputy City Manager-Chief of Infrastructure

Mark Spanioli, PE. Director of Capital Improvements and Transportation Program