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Important Messages

  • On Saturday, Dec. 14 and Dec. 21, all Metromover stations will open at 2 p.m. while we continue to work on upgrading the Metromover system. Learn more.
  • To enhance safety for drivers, cyclists, pedestrians and transit riders, new, rail-like gate arms have been activated at various roadway intersections along the South Dade TransitWay. Learn more.
  • Elevators & Escalators Status - Find out if an elevator or escalator is out of service.

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Read service updates & rider alerts, plan your route, and track buses & trains in real time.

Online & Mobile Services

Confirm and cancel trips online. Customers can access the system by entering their customer ID number and password.

Download the GO Connect app on your phone today. Plan your trip, track your ride, purchase a mobile pass and more.

Sign up for alerts about service issues that could affect your transit commute.

Accommodations are made for people with disabilities to access and rideTransit. Any individual who believes that he or she has been subject to discrimination based on their disability may file a formal complaint with the department.

The compilation of files is used to provide schedule information.

The DBE is a federal program that ensures equal opportunity and participation in Department of Transportation assisted contracts.

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Licenses

Information about licenses, inspections and trainings for For-Hire chauffeurs and vehicles. Also learn about state legislation for a Transportation Network Company (TNC) vehicle.

Miami-Dade County regulates private ambulance companies and public sector ambulance (municipal 911 fire rescue) services.

The Passenger Transportation Regulatory Division licenses and regulates taxicabs, limousines, passenger motor carriers, school buses and more.

All for-hire drivers must obtain a chauffeur registration from the County and meet eligibility qualifications.

Providers of jitney service must be issued a Passenger Motor Carrier Certificate of Transportation. Drivers must have a for-hire chauffeur registration, and the vehicles must be inspected.

Providers must have a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and includes the transportation of persons on stretchers, using wheelchairs, or whose incapacitated and makes it impractical for them to need medical attention en route.

Vehicles providing limousine service are required to have a for-hire license. Limousines are not equipped with meters.

Provides contract, charter, jitney and special operation passenger services.

Anyone who is in a contract with the County to perform special transportation services for compensation must obtain a STS Certificate of Transportation.

Transports no more than 8 passengers and provides pre-arranged or street hail service. Must be equipped with a taximeter and the passenger decides on the route and destination.

Drivers of private school vehicles must have a chauffeur's registration (License) from the Miami-Dade County Passenger Transportation Regulatory Division.

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modern art

Miami-Dade Transit unveils a roadmap to various artwork pieces on display throughout the county’s Transit system in time for Miami Art Week. 

bus in intersection

Drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians should be informed of new gate arms activated at various roadway intersections along the TransitWay.

school crosswalk

This new system will start on Nov. 4 and offer a simple, effective, and inexpensive way to protect students and help reduce accidents.

person filling a pothole

Get involved and help us identify potholes that need to be repaired throughout Miami-Dade County.

people talking about transit

Residents and Transit riders now have more access to the latest information about public transportation services, a conduit for ongoing feedback and much more through TransitConnections.

Tony the bus driver and a Metrobus

The Better Bus Network is being improved with increased frequency, additional connections, updated running times, and adjustments to some routes to provide more service for more people with more frequency.

construction workers performing maintenance on Metrorail tracks at night

DTPW is actively working on maintaining and upgrading Metrorail’s tracks and guideway to improve safety and reliability for Miami-Dade Transit riders. Single-tracking allows the work to be performed safely on weekends and after 8 p.m. on weekdays.

Metrobus operators' graduation ceremony

Be a part of the team that moves Miami-Dade County. The next application period starts Nov. 18.

Miami-Dade County GO Connect car in black

The MetroConnect app is powered by Via and is available to download from iTunes and Google Play.

orange line ad

Take the Orange Line and go to and from the Miami International Airport station for only $2.25 each way.

MDPD officer standing by the Metrorail

Keep in mind these important safety guidelines when riding Miami-Dade Transit. We are all in it together.

a wheelchair

Program enhancements have been implemented to improve service and reliability.

About Us

We connect people to places by providing a high-quality, safe, reliable, clean, and efficient mass transit system that meets the travel needs of the County's growing population and we provide vital transportation infrastructure systems and services.

Our mass transit system includes:

We provide all traffic signals countywide, along with all traffic control signs, street signage and pavement markings and all County and State-owned street lights. We build, operate and maintain movable and fixed bridges, swales, roadway surface repairs, guardrails, and along County road rights-of-way. We also operate and maintain the Rickenbacker and Venetian Causeways.

We manage the County Stormwater Utility for flood and water quality protection and maintain the secondary canal system.

Permits for all work within rights-of-way and code enforcement of unpermitted work is also handled by our Public Works division.

Read more about our local policies and Administrative Orders for equal employment opportunity, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, accessible Transit services, and filing a discrimination complaint (Title VI) on Transit.