The People’s Transportation Plan (PTP) is in action and Miami-Dade made it happen at the ballot box on November 5, 2002. By a margin of two to one, Miami-Dade voters approved the People’s Transportation Plan and the half-penny transportation surtax, paving the way for a dedicated funding source exclusively for the improvement of transportation.

Many improvements have been made to Miami-Dade County’s bus and rail service. Since passage of the surtax, the following programs and services have been implemented:

• Golden Passport program - which provides free public transportation to all senior citizens 65 years of age and older and to those who receive Social Security benefits.
• Free Metromover service - for all in downtown Miami.
• 24-hour Metrobus service - on 21 routes, 7 new bus routes, the execution of over 358,000 additional hours of bus service and the implementation of 4,500,000 additional bus service miles.

• North Corridor Metrorail Extension –
  http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/corridor/n_corridor/n_home.asp
• MIC – Earlington Heights Connector -
  http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/MIC_ConnectorNewsv0016.pdf 
• Douglas Corridor –
  http://www.miamidade.gov/citt/rail-douglas.asp

Additionally, the funding of major highway and road improvements undertaken by Miami-Dade County Public Works through 2014 is among the many long-term benefits of the People’s Transportation Plan.  These projects include: 

• Creating viable reverse flow lanes on major thoroughfares
• Construction of NW 87th Avenue between NW 154th Street and Miami Gardens Drive ( NW 183rd Street)
• Accelerating program to provide ADA accessibility to bus stops throughout the County
• Constructing major ingress/egress improvements in downtown Miami, from SW 8th Street to SW First Avenue
• Upgrading the County’s traffic signalization system
• Funding grade separation of intersections where appropriate

For Public Work’s progress on PTP projects go to http://www.miamidade.gov/pubworks/peoples_transportation.asp