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Miami Beach reports 3.5 million annual trolley riders, expands micro-mobility tracking and studies water taxi pilot
Summary
City of Miami Beach officials told the Citizens Independent Transportation Trust the municipal trolley saw about 3.5 million annual riders and the city is expanding micro-mobility reporting, supplementing service costs from city funds and drafting an RFQ for a future water taxi route.
City of Miami Beach officials told the Citizens Independent Transportation Trust on March 19 that the city’s free Miami Beach trolley recorded roughly 3.4–3.5 million riders in the most recent reporting period and that the city will soon expand its micro-mobility and on-demand services reporting and pursue a water-taxi pilot.
"We have about 3.4, almost 3,500,000 riders per year," Assistant Director Oney Rodriguez said during a municipal update presented to the trust. Rodriguez described the trolley’s evolution from an Alton Road reconstruction shuttle into a citywide system with four routes and five loops and a fleet of 33 vehicles (21 in operation, 12 spare).
Why it matters: Miami Beach receives an estimated $5 million in PTP surcharge distribution for FY2025 and uses those funds to support the trolley. At the meeting Rodriguez said the trolley’s…
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