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Miami-Dade’s 20-mile South Corridor BRT scores gold in design; service targeted for summer launch
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Miami-Dade County’s BRT South Corridor design earned a gold standard rating from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, county officials said, and the transit department is aiming for a phased service launch this summer with electric buses and center-platform stations.
Miami-Dade County officials said the South Corridor bus rapid transit (BRT) project has achieved a preliminary gold-standard rating under the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) and is on track for a summer 2025 service launch with 100% electric buses and center-platform stations.
County officials said the 20-mile corridor will include 14 BRT stations, dedicated right-of-way, level boarding platforms and off-board fare collection. "This corridor is a 0-emission corridor with 100% electric buses," Jose Alvaro Diaz, interim director of the Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW), told the Citizens Independent Transportation Trust on March 19. Diaz said the county’s preliminary ITDP score reflected design elements including signal priority, platform-level boarding and station weather protection.
The county framed the achievement as a policy goal set by a 2018 Board…
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