The Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization ("TPO”) is pursuing transit expansion through the Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit ("SMART") Plan, prioritizing the Northeast corridor and urging the TPO and Miami-Dade County to pursue creative funding solutions to implement the SMART plan. The TPO, through its Transit Solutions Committee, received and considered input from transportation partner agencies, elected officials, and the public at large in order to designate six (6) rapid transit corridors as high priorities.
On February 16, 2016, the TPO's Governing Board unanimously approved a policy to set as the "highest priority" for Miami-Dade County (“County”), the advancement of six (6) Rapid Transit Corridors and transit supportive projects throughout the County. The SMART Plan intends to advance six (6) of the rapid transit corridors, along with a network system of bus enhanced rapid transit service, and further approves the advancement of all six (6) corridors to the Project Development and Environment phase, which will finalize the technology and cost estimates for each corridor and enable each project to move to final design and construction.
The Northeast Corridor, connecting Aventura to Downtown Miami, has been calculated to be the least expensive and most development-ready rapid transit corridor to implement. The municipalities located in Northeast Miami-Dade County do not have mass transit alternatives.
The Mayor and City Commission of the City of North Miami Beach support the Northeast Corridor as a priority to provide alternatives to their residents, businesses and commuters to link up to the various stops along the way.
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