Florida’s Miami-Dade County is seeking bids for a Beach Corridor development project, one of six rapid transit corridors in a Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit (SMART) Plan.
The transit authority issued a request for proposals for the opportunity to design, permit, build, finance, manage, operate, and maintain a rapid mass transit solution on the Beach Corridor, according to InfraPPP.
The Beach Corridor runs from Midtown Miami to the Miami Beach Convention Center area, according to the county.
The Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) considered seven rapid transit modes, which were narrowed down to four: automated gateway transit, monorail, light rail and bus rapid transit, according to a fact sheet published in spring. The DTPW also completed a Miami Corridor Analysis report to analyze north-south corridors that connect Midtown to Downtown Miami.
Under the contract, the concessionaire could deliver two multimodal hub and transit stations and at least one maintenance facility to service transit vehicles, according to InfraPPP.
