1. TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT: MIAMI Anna Bielawski, Laura LaLiberte, Kelly Paluck

2. “Florida has an established history of pushing transportation issues to the forefront of city and regional planning.” REALLY?

3. MIAMI DADE COUNTY Currently three forms of mass transit Advantages of TOD: MPO takes the lead on planning and zoning at transit stations and along transit rights-of-way. Joint development and public-private partnerships. TOD and joint development as a revitalization strategy for inner city. CDMP places an emphasis on developments around stations. International hub, fairly strong office market; small inventory of retail space; high-rise, high-density living supply, but high vacancy rates. RAIL MOVER BUS

5. Managing growth, dealing with traffic congestion, encouraging TOD.

6. Raised local taxes by 0.5%

7. Metrobus improvements

8. Rapid transit improvements

9. Major highway and road improvements

10. Less than 5% of revenue to be spent for administrative costs.

11. 20% will go for local infrastructure including bikelanes.

12. Citizens’ Independent Transportation Trust: NGO, use of revenues. Each of the 13 districts will have a representative

13. County Office of Public Transportation Management: Construction, planning, engineering and management of new projects and expansions. RAIL MOVER BUS

15. Compatibility with the Rapid Transit System.

16. County and municipality will work together for a station area design and development process.

17. Provides single jurisdiction to developers to work with.

18. Important asset for joint development.

19. Specific to each project, no fixed rules for developers to follow.

20. Disagreements between county and municipality can cause delays in the project.RAIL MOVER BUS

22. Terminates at Hialeah Gardens in the North and Kendall at the South

23. Major points of interest:

24. Downtown Miami

25. Jackson Hospital

26. Tri-Rail Connection

27. University of Miami

28. 22 total stations

31. About 10,000 residents reside in Overtown

32. A historical and cultural center of African-American community in Miami

33. Entertainment and Art Hub in the 1930s

34. Neighborhood Declines in the 1960s

35. Construction of I-95 and I-395 further deteriorates Overtown

36. Poorest Neighborhood in one of the country’s poorest cities

37. 40% of population displaced

38. Home ownership declines by 60 %

40. Overtown/Lyric Theater Station

41. Little TOD-like development has actually occurred on site

42. Proximity to the Government Center Metrorail/Metromover is the primary cause because most major locations can be reached from this station

44. Overtown Transit Village – a joint development

45. 14 unit townhouse project, 80 unit single family home for sale project, an affordable 40 unit single family home for sale project

46. 9th Street Pedestrian Mall- walkway connecting Historic Overtown Folk life Village, Lyric Theater and housing within vicinity

49. 17-story, 341,000 sq. ft. County office building

50. 8 ½ story, 596-space parking garage

52. Over 190,000 office employees work in Brickell and Miami

53. Largest concentration of international banks in the United States

54. Highest residential and commercial rates in Miami

56. Ridership remains low despite growing numbers of residents and employees (only 2,000 boardings per day)

57. Poor land use and transportation integration

58. Area considered transit-adjacent and not transit-oriented

60. Adjacent to Coral Gables and Coconut Grove

61. Miami Dade Water and Sewer HQ

63. Completed Summer 2002

64. 150,000 sq. ft. 5-story County office space

67. Upscale lifestyle center

68. Mixed-Use

69. Over 100 stores in “outdoor mall” setting

70. Condominiums

72. Market-rate rental apartments

73. 160,000 square feet of office

74. and 20,000 square feet of retail

77. Outdoor shopping mall – across US-1 from South Miami Metrorail station

78. Three levels of retail

80. Phase 1 completed in 1996

81. Phase B occupied in 2000, Phase 2 in 2005

82. 320,000 sq. ft. of big-box retail

83. 9,600 sq. ft. of TOD retail space

84. 158 market-rate rental units

85. 127,000 sq. ft. of office space

86. 1,975 garage parking spaces

87. 2007 Annual Revenue: $ 458,000

89. Designed by Robin Bosco Architects & Planners.

90. Target, Best Buy, Michaels, Sports Authority, Bed Bath & Beyond

91. Mall developed by the Joseph Meyerhoff Company of Baltimore

94. Phases 1-3 in operation since 1984

95. Phase 4a in 2005, Phase 4b in 2008

96. 600,000 sq. ft. of office space

97. 35,000 sq. ft. of retail space

98. 305 room hotel

99. 1,060 garage / 200 surface parking spaces

100. 2007 Annual Revenue: $ 1,092,000

102. Southern terminus of metro system

103. Connects to Dadeland Marriot & Dadeland Centre

106. Connect to MIA International Airport (in progress)

107. Extend west to county fairgrounds/FIU South

108. Extend North through Opa-Locka

109. Extend existing blue line south along busway

110. Extend orange line east to downtown and south to Kendall

112. TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT: MIAMI