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Miami Lakes transportation staff launch Vision Zero safety study, committee signs freight-safety recommendation
Summary
Transportation staff asked Miami Lakes businesses to help map safety problems as part of a Vision Zero study and won committee approval to sign a freight-safety recommendation letter seeking additional funding and a freight study.
Susana Alonso, a Transportation Department staff member, told the Miami Lakes Economic Development Committee that her office has started a Vision Zero-style safety study of the town’s transportation infrastructure and is seeking business input on where to focus audits and freight-route work.
“We're starting to study all of our transportation infrastructure from the point of view of safety,” Alonso said, describing walking and bicycle audits and a public map where businesses can “drop pins” and add short comments such as “the sidewalk is not wide enough here.”
The Transportation Department said it already has funding and a consultant in place for the study and asked the committee and individual businesses for letters of support for a follow-on freight-focused study and additional grant funding. Alonso said the freight study application is time-sensitive and that staff would provide a template letter businesses could adapt.
Committee members discussed coordination with county and regional partners. Transportation staff said they regularly attend county and transit planning meetings, that the county’s transportation organizations (TPO) and the Freight Transportation Advisory Committee (FTAC) have expressed support, and that the project will be used to shape funding requests to agencies such as FDOT and other grant programs.
The committee voted to approve signing a letter titled “Miami Lakes comprehensive freight safety action plan.” A committee member moved to approve the letter; Rudy seconded the motion and members verbally indicated assent. The motion passed.
Following the vote, staff said they would leave a copy of the template letter with committee staff and would email the text so members and individual businesses could adapt and submit letters to support the freight-funding application.
Why it matters: Miami Lakes’ transportation and industrial areas are central to regional freight movement, and the study seeks to align local safety priorities with county and state funding decisions.
Staff next steps include collecting business recommendation letters, conducting on-the-ground audits at pinned locations and coordinating with county and regional agencies on funding applications.
