1. District 6 Public Transportation Office Commuter Assistance Program ACTIVITY REPORT 2003 - 2004

2. Presentation Overview South Florida Commuter Services Miami Beach Transportation Management Association (MBTMA) South Florida Vanpool Program Park & Ride Lot Program

3. South Florida Commuter Services Formerly known as “Gold Coast Commuter Services” Miami-Dade County –Project also includes Broward and Palm Beach Counties Project started in 1988 FY04 Funding: $1,685,000 (District 6 only) Currently operated by Parsons Brinckerhoff

4. South Florida Commuter Services Dedicated outreach staff –TMIs in Downtown Miami & Airport West Plus county-wide outreach person focused on areas not covered by the Miami Beach TMA or one of the TMIs Installed six new commuter assistance signs on the Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike (SR 821) between Hialeah and Homestead. 14,641 active participants (represents 62% of the total) in rideshare database reside in Miami-Dade County

5. SFCS Cooperative Partnerships Miami-Dade Transit: I-95 Express Campaign & joint outreach events Citizen’s Independent Transportation Trust: Assisting municipalities with individual TDM plans City of Coral Gables: Roll- out of City’s new trolley system Barry University: Working towards being the regional University TDM Model

6. SFCS Cooperative Partnerships South Florida Vanpool Program: Cooperative marketing campaigns Miami Beach TMA: Rebranding of Electrowave Miami-Dade County Schools: Promote TDM to all employees

7. SFCS Miami-Dade Marketing Campaigns Miami Dolphins Campaign Hispanic/Creole Campaign

8. Miami Beach TMA City of Miami Beach Created May 1995 FY04 Funding: $175,000 –FDOT District 6 = $125,000 –City of Miami Beach = $50,000 Operates Electrowave Transit Circulator and conducts employer outreach in the City of Miami Beach FY 2004 Ridership: 751,708 boardings (net increase of 105,872 or over 16.4% from FY 2003.

9. Miami Beach TMA Rebranding of shuttle bus system from “Electrowave” to “The Local” Improved system-wide headways to 8-12 minutes (depending on time of day) Reduced road calls by 21% (112 from 142)

10. Miami Beach TMA Installed 37 informational kiosks with system map at bus stop locations Distributed system information on a regular basis to 85 hotels and resorts (up from 62 last year) Installed brochure racks throughout Miami Beach Convention Center

11. South Florida Vanpool Program Managed by Miami-Dade MPO Serves Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties Time Period –Miami-Dade: since January 1998 –Broward: since July 2002 –Palm Beach County: July 2004 FY04 Funding: $435,750 (D6 – Miami-Dade only) Broward demonstration funding ran out – will be using state and federal highway funding to continue service.

12. South Florida Vanpools Currently operates 88 vanpools in South Florida as of September 2004 Averaging 18 new vans per year Most vans originate in Broward County and travel to Miami-Dade County

13. Park & Ride Lot Program Miami-Dade & Monroe Counties Work closely with Miami- Dade Transit on site location District 6 uses Transit Urban Capital and Intermodal Program funding to augment Park & Ride Program funds

14. Park & Ride Lot Program Funding for projects along the busway in South Miami- Dade County: SW 200 th Street & US1 and SW 296 th Street & the Busway Updated District 6 Park & Ride study to start soon

15. QUESTIONS Ed Carson D6 – Public Transportation Office edward.carson@dot.state.fl.us (305) 470-5255