Miami-Dade 2040 LRTP - Oct. 23, 2014

G-2| MOBILITY OPTIONS Project Limits From Limits To Description Purpose and Needs Statement East-West Corridor (Flager Enhanced Bus) Miami Downtown Terminal FIU-MMC (SW 112 Ave) PTP Corridor Project I-395 I-95 MacArthur Causeway Bridge Modify interchange Need for improvements is based on a combination of substandard traffic conditions, urban planning objectives and the interaction with other planned facility improvements impacting the proposed project area. The following benefits are anticipated: increased capacity to mitigate existing and future traffic congestion; improved safety by alleviating existing deficiencies; improved access; and, better lane continuity. Provide an expressway link between I-95/SR-836 (Dolphin) and the MacArthur Causeway. Provide local access by ramps. Two of the needs for the proposed improvements are to improve capacity and geometrics. Implementation of Quiet Zones for All Aboard Florida Miami-Dade Broward County Line Downtown Miami In Miami-Dade County, FDOT-6 has identified 19 intersection for quiet zones Miami River Intermodal Center Capacity Improvement Study Double track remaining single track of Tri-Rail near Miami River This project will add a second track between the MIC and Hialeah Market stations, including a new rail bridge over the Miami River. This heavily traveled segment serves as a bottleneck, as it is utilized by freight trains, regularly scheduled Tri-Rail trains, and deadhead Tri-Rail trains moving to and from the Hialeah Yard. The project will relieve train delays and add needed corridor capacity in future years for additional Tri-Rail service and eventual extension of Amtrak service to the MIC. Quiet zones are sections of rail lines with one or more public roadway/rail crossings, at which locomotive horns are not sounded. To become a quiet zone, it must comply with a Federal Rail Administration safety checklist which requires enhanced safety measures to alleviate the need for horns to be sounded. To reduce the risk of auto/rail and pedestrian/rail accidents, quiet zones require an assessment of each crossing, determination of safety improvements and implementation of the approved safety measures. All Aboard Florida, will spend approximately $60 million on safety upgrades for roadway/rail crossings. Public funding in Miami-Dade will be provided by a $1 million from the Federal government. Priority I Existing incremental improvement on PTP corridor