The Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved an ordinance last week requiring that all municipal transportation data be integrated into the county’s transit tracker app.
According to Miami-Dade Transit’s most recent Moving Forward Together report, 31 municipalities operate a circulator, partner with another municipality or work with the county’s Department of Transportation and Public Works to offer transportation services.
To put this into perspective, the collective ridership of these circulators exceeded 9.5 million passenger trips in 2022, with the annual ridership of the three largest circulator systems — (1) city of Miami, (2) city of Miami Beach and (3) city of Coral Gables, totaling 7.5 million.
Currently, each municipality collects its own data, and some, like Miami Beach and Doral, even have individual trolley tracker apps.
As a result, Ordinance No. 240884, sponsored by District 5 Commissioner Eileen Higgins, will require municipal transit data to be provided to the county monthly starting Jan. 1, 2025, so it can be integrated into Miami-Dade’s Transit Tracker App.
“These changes will allow for greater accessibility of on-demand transit service information for the county and its residents, thereby enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the transit system,” the ordinance reads.
More information about the ordinance and a recording of the county commissioners meeting can be found online.
Miami-Dade Votes to Consolidate Municipal Transit Data into Single App
The county’s Board of County Commissioners recently approved an ordinance requiring municipalities to provide circulator route and on-demand transportation services data for integration into the county’s transit tracker app.
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