South Dade Transit Operations Center

Electrification of Miami-Dade County’s Metrobus fleet is advancing the County’s climate action strategy, which is focusing on ways to reduce emissions and ultimately building a resilient and sustainable community and as part of the strategy, DTPW is expanding its fleet of electric buses to include 100 brand new 60-ft articulated battery-electric-buses. 

DTPW’s existing bus maintenance facilities are unable to meet the needs for energization, service, storage, operations and maintenance of the newly purchased 60-ft battery-electric-buses.  

Given this need, DTPW started construction in 2024 of a new cutting-edge, future-ready and first-of-its-kind in the nation bus operations facility, the South Dade Transit Operations Center (SDTOC). This transit investment is being built in Homestead. The new facility will energize, store, service, maintain and operate the zero-emissions bus fleet that will service the new Metro Express Bus Rapid Transit connection from Florida City to the Dadeland South Metrorail Station. 

Running along the 20-mile TransitWay in the South Dade Corridor of the SMART Program, Metro Express BRT is designed to better serve the transit needs of one of the fastest-growing areas in Miami-Dade County. 

Located in a 20-acre site in Homestead, the center is being built in two phases. Phase 1 has been completed, marking a major milestone in this transformative project. This phase included the installation of the electrical vault to power the facility, construction of the parking garage, maintenance and operations building, bus service and wash building, security features and more. Phase 2 is scheduled to be completed in 2026. 

The new operations center includes green energy features such as solar power and a water reclaim system for the bus washing area. SDTOC will help bring more than 270 jobs to South Dade. More details about the project benefits are found below. 

New Flyer, an industry leader in public transportation, has already delivered to DTPW a large portion of the new zero-emissions, all electric 60-ft buses. This project exemplifies how DTPW can work to be thoughtful, innovative, and streamlined to deliver results that will benefit the community and provide a facility that our DTPW employees, including hundreds of bus operators, will be proud to call their workplace home.

For general project information, please contact [email protected].