Transportation Master Plan Final Report City of Miami Beach Mayor and Commissioners City of Miami Beach Management Team Mayor Philip Levine Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager Commissioner John Elizabeth Alemán Kathie G. Brooks, Assistant City Manager Commissioner Ricky Arriola Jose R. Gonzalez, P.E., Transportation Director Commisioner Michael Grieco Josiel Ferrer-Diaz, E.I., Transportation Manager Commissioner Joy Malakoff Milosh Majstorovic, M.S.C.E.,Transit Operations Supervisor Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez Xavier R. Falconi, P.E., Bicycle & Pedestrian Coordinator Commissioner Micky Steinberg 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY(SUBMITTED AS SEPARATE DOCUMENT) .................................... I 2. INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 1 TMP GOALS .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 THE TMP PROCESS .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 3. EXISTING CONDITIONS ......................................................... 5 STUDY AREA ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 DEMOGRAPHICS ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 ENVIRONMENTAL ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS ................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Existing Bicycle Facilities ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Existing Pedestrian Facilities ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 TRANSIT .................................................................................................................................................................................................11 Existing Transit Network .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 AUTOMOBILES ........................................................................................................................................................................................18 Existing Roadway Network .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Forecasted Traffic Volumes ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Parking within the City ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 51 FREIGHT .................................................................................................................................................................................................59 Existing Loading Zones ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 60 TRANSPORTATION POLICIES ....................................................................................................................................................................69 Transportation Element ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 69 Concurrency Management .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 71 EXISTING MODE SHARE ...........................................................................................................................................................................75 Transit Mode Split ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 77 City Visitors Mode Split ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 81 ONGOING EFFORTS ..................................................................................................................................................................................83 4. MODE PRIORITIZATION ...................................................... 87 COMMUNITY OUTREACH ..........................................................................................................................................................................88 Public Feedback .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 89 Network Evaluation (Public Input Results) .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 91 MODE PRIORITY ......................................................................................................................................................................................94 5. TRANSPORTATION MODE SHARE 2035 VISION ...................... 96 PEDESTRIAN MODE .................................................................................................................................................................................97 Pedestrian Safety ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 97 Pedestrian Accessibility ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 98 Pedestrian Mobility ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 99 Pedestrian Connectivity ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 99 Pedestrian Count Stations ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 100 South Beach Pedestrian Priority Zone (PPZ) ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 100 BICYCLE MODE .................................................................................................................................................................................... 104 Management of Bicycle Facilities .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 104 TRANSIT MODE .................................................................................................................................................................................... 107 Transit Infrastructure.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................