MIAMI BEACH TRANSPORTATION PLAN

The Miami Beach Transportation Plan is the development of a Transportation Element (TE) as part of the Miami Beach Comprehensive Plan.  The TE will build from information and data contained in existing multimodal plans; such as the Municipal Mobility Plan, the Coastal Communities Transportation Master Plan and Transit Study, and the Atlantic Greenway Network Master Plan.

In general, the objectives of the TE are to consider roadway, pedestrian and bicycle plans, planned improvements including local street extensions and connections, needed sidewalks, pedestrian crossings, and bicycle facility improvements; local street connectivity plans, street design standards, functional classification, access management standards, financing strategies, and amendments to implementing ordinances; analysis of growth scenarios for transportation impacts, and development of recommended mitigation measures.

There will be three public meetings for this project.  The first was a public workshop held on October 30, 2008 at 6:30pm at the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens.  The next public meeting is an open house, and it is scheduled for February 5, 2009 at 6:30pm the North Shore Youth Center.  The third public workshop will be combined with the Planning Board as a special meeting and is tentatively scheduled in April 2009. 

For project documents, see below or please visit ftp://ftp.corradino.com/ and enter in MBTE as the user name and CMBtrans1 as the password.

Project Documents:

Transportation Element Final Report

Public Workshop Meeting Minutes - October 30, 2008 

Coastal Communities Transportation Master Plan 

Coastal Communities Transit Study

Atlantic Greenway Network Master Plan (for a copy of the plan, please contact the Transportation Division at 305-673-7080)

Project Goals:

• Update the transportation element based on the Evaluation and Appraisal Report recommendations 
• Set multi-modal transportation policies based on previous analysis and develop a cost-feasible capital improvement project bank 
• Implementable transportation projects 
• Will address traffic congestion and multi-modal transportation issues 

Project Approach:

• Develop the transportation element 
• Update traffic data and projections 
• Six-month time frame to complete the project 

Current Status:

1. The Project Management Team has finalized the report titled: “Review Plans and Policies” which consists of the following elements:

• Review of the existing City’s Comprehensive Plan as it relates to transportation needs and land development  
• Previous transportation planning reports  
• Proposed improvements to the roadway system  
• Existing design standards  
• Funding sources for streets and road construction  
• Land use policies and regulations between land use and transportation facilities  
• Determination of state and regional policies affecting the transportation element  

2. The Project Management Team held an Open House on October 30, 2008 and a Public Workshop on February 5^th, 2009 where members of the public attended and provided input on multi-modal issues.

3. The Project Management Team worked on a multi-modal analysis of the existing and future transportation system included in the report titled “Inventory of Transportation Facilities.”

4. The Project Management Team has identified transportation improvements for all modes. These improvements are included in the report titled “Development of Transportation of System Alternatives.”

5. The Project Management Team prepared a Population and Housing Estimates Projections and Methodology that is included in the “Forecast Future Travel Demand” report.

6. The Project Management Team prepared the Goals, Objectives and Policies of the Transportation Element.

7. The Project Management Team has prepared project costs and a financial plan for the resulting multi-modal alternatives.

8. The Project Management Team has presented the Transportation Element to the Land Use Committee and to the Planning Board.