Metromover
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Transit type | Automated people mover | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of lines | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of stations | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daily ridership | 22,800 (weekdays, Q4 2023)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annual ridership | 6,982,500 (2023)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Began operation | April 17, 1986 (Inner Loop) May 26, 1994 (Outer Loops) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operator(s) | Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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System length | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrification | Third rail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average speed | 9 mph (14 km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top speed | 31 mph (50 km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Metromover is a
The Metromover serves primarily as an alternative way to travel within the greater
Out of only three downtown people movers in the United States, the other two being the Jacksonville Skyway and the Detroit People Mover, the Metromover is by far the most successful in terms of ridership, the only completed system of the three,[3] and considered to be a catalyst for downtown development.[4]
History
In 1987, the then-one-year-old people mover system set a record in daily ridership of 33,053 on a Saturday, attributed to the new
Operations
There are 21
Running clockwise, the Downtown (Inner) Loop serves all Downtown stations except Third Street station. The Outer Loop (Brickell and Omni Loops) runs counterclockwise and share tracks around the downtown area, serving all stations except for Miami Avenue Station. The Brickell loop runs a line into the Brickell area to the south of downtown, while the Omni Loop contains a line with stations in the Arts & Entertainment District neighborhood north of Downtown. This unusual pattern, a circular central loop where the trains running counterclockwise are those running from and back to destinations outside the loop, whereas trains in the opposite clockwise direction are only running a tight inner circular route, is also followed by the New York JFK Airport AirTrain system. The inner loop generally runs tandem two car trains while the outer loops only run with single cars. Each car can carry over 90 passengers.
The Metromover car maintenance base, unusual for a maintenance yard, is a building located downtown, at SW 1st Ave and SW 1st St, which lies between Government Center and 3rd St stations on the outer counterclockwise loop, at the point where the two loops split to run in adjacent parallel streets.
All loops run from 5 am to midnight, seven days a week.[11] This schedule is adjusted during events. Trains on the Inner Loop run in tandem and arrive every 90 seconds during rush hours and every three minutes otherwise. Outer Loop trains arrive every 5 to 6 minutes; every 2.5 to 3 minutes where the track is shared.[7]
The cost of building the system was about $153.3 million. The operating budget for the Inner and Outer (Brickell and Omni) loops in FY 2007 was $8,888,794. Ridership total for FY 2007 was 8.7 million.[12] Not including capital costs, this gives an approximate cost of $1.02 per ride. Metromover does not charge for rides; however, a $2.25/1.1 fee is charged if transferring to Metrorail or Metrobus.
Stations
The Metromover currently operates 21 stations, all within the Miami city limits.
Station | Lines | Connections | Opened |
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Government Center | Miami Trolley: Coral Way : 95, 595
Broward County Transit |
May 20, 1984 | |
Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. | Metrobus: 7, 7A, 836 Express Brightline (at MiamiCentral) |
April 17, 1986 | |
College North | Metrobus: 7, 7A, 9, 120 | April 17, 1986 | |
College/Bayside
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Metrobus: 9, 93, 119 (S), 120 | April 17, 1986 | |
First Street | None | April 17, 1986 | |
Bayfront Park | Metrobus: 3, 93, 119 (S), 120 | April 17, 1986 | |
Knight Center | Metrobus: 119 (S), 120, 836 Express | April 17, 1986 | |
Third Street | None | April 17, 1986 | |
Miami Avenue | Metrobus: 7, 7A, 9, 11, 77, 93, 119 (S), 120,
836 Express |
April 17, 1986 | |
School Board | Metrobus: 9, 10 | May 26, 1994 | |
Adrienne Arsht Center | Metrobus: 3, 10, 16, 32, 93, 101 (A), 113 (M), 119 (S), 120 | May 26, 1994 | |
Museum Park | Metrobus: 3, 93, 95, 119 (S), 120 | May 26, 1994 | |
Eleventh Street | Metrobus: 9, 119 (S) | May 26, 1994 | |
Park West | Metrobus: 9, 119 (S), 120 | May 26, 1994 | |
Freedom Tower | Metrobus: 7, 9, 119 (S), 120 | May 26, 1994 | |
Riverwalk | None | May 26, 1994 | |
Fifth Street | None | May 26, 1994 | |
Brickell City Centre | Metrobus: 95
Miami Trolley : Brickell Key & Mercy Hospital
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May 26, 1994 | |
Tenth Street Promenade | Metrobus: 95, 595
Miami Trolley : Brickell Key & Mercy Hospital
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May 26, 1994 | |
Brickell | Metrorail: Green Line, Orange Line
Miami Trolley : Biscayne, Brickell, Coral Way
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May 20, 1984 | |
Financial District | Metrobus: 102 (B) | May 26, 1994 |
Rolling stock
Metromover mainly uses 29
Ridership
Sortable chart detailing monthly weekday ridership averages by Calendar Year; right hand chart giving annual averages may use "fiscal year" without disclosure, where the FY begins in October and has 75% of its time in the next year with only 25% in the starting year. Note the large jump in ridership in 2002 when the fare was removed after the passing of the half-penny tax. Yearly averages are rounded to the nearest 500, and the highest month is also in bold. After years of growth, Metromover ridership began falling in 2017, following years of sharp declines in Metrobus and Metrorail ridership. Ridership peaked again in early 2020 at over 30,000 per weekday before crashing during the years long covid pandemic.
# | Month | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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1 | January | 27,900 | 29,700 | 28,000 | 31,800 | 32,200 | 32,800 | 34,400 | 32,600 | 28,700 |
2 | February | 25,600 | 30,700 | 31,000 | 32,700 | 34,700 | 33,200 | 35,300 | 32,900 | 30,100 |
3 | March | 25,600 | 30,500 | 32,400 | 32,500 | 35,300 | 35,000 | 36,400 | 34,100 | 31,100 |
4 | April | 26,300 | 30,700 | 29,700 | 30,400 | 31,100 | 32,400 | 34,700 | 31,700 | |
5 | May | 26,800 | 29,200 | 28,900 | 28,900 | 30,300 | 29,700 | 32,200 | 29,300 | |
6 | June | 25,800 | 29,600 | 29,500 | 32,500 | 30,200 | 30,100 | 31,300 | 28,100 | |
7 | July | 25,500 | 29,400 | 29,000 | 29,100 | 30,400 | 30,600 | 32,100 | 29,800 | |
8 | August | 26,800 | 29,000 | 27,200 | 28,700 | 31,100 | 31,100 | 30,600 | 28,900 | |
9 | September | 28,100 | 30,100 | 29,900 | 31,400 | 31,800 | 32,000 | 32,000 | 24,700 | |
10 | October | 30,000 | 31,100 | 31,100 | 33,000 | 33,900 | 35,000 | 31,500[15] | 29,300 | |
11 | November | 30,000 | 30,100 | 32,200 | 33,900 | 32,900 | 35,200 | 34,100 | 30,000 | |
12 | December | 27,700 | 27,200 | 29,600 | 31,400 | 32,300 | 33,200 | 32,000 | 29,200 | |
13 | Year Average | 27,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 31,000 | 32,000 | 32,500 | 33,000 |
Average Weekday Passengers (Metromover loops only) | ||
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Fiscal Year | Ridership | %± |
1995 | 12,700 | |
1996 | 12,000 | -0.6% |
1997 | 13,500 | +12.5% |
1998 | 13,269 | -1.7% |
1999 | 13,880 | +4.6% |
2000 | 14,383 | +3.6% |
2001 | 16,849 | +17.1% |
2002 | 16,444 | 0.0% |
2003 | 25,521 | +55.2% |
2004 | 28,192 | +10.5% |
2005 | 28,473 | +1.0% |
2006 | 27,042 | -5.0% |
2007 | 28,058 | +3.8% |
2008 | 26,682 | -4.9% |
2009 | 25,883 | -3.0% |
2010 | 27,175 | +5.0% |
2011 | 29,775 | +9.6% |
2012 | 31,000 | +4.1% |
2013 | 32,800 | +5.8% |
Average weekday passengers
This table includes Metrorail ridership as the two systems were built together and are mutually reliant on the thousands of daily transfers at Government Center and Brickell stations.
Year | Annual passengers (with Green & Orange lines)[16] |
Average weekday passengers (with Green & Orange lines)[17]
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1995 | 18,614,000 | 63,100 |
1996 | 18,092,400 | 60,100 |
1997 | 18,098,900 | 60,800 |
1998 | 17,363,800 | 58,140 |
1999 | 17,839,100 | 60,654 |
2000 | 18,280,100 | 61,639 |
2001 | 18,629,800 | 63,514 |
2002 | 19,103,800 | 63,508 |
2003 | 21,297,400 | 76,769 |
2004 | 24,673,900 | 83,486 |
2005 | 25,538,500 | 88,173 |
2006 | 25,777,600 | 85,400 |
2007 | 26,510,800 | 87,767 |
2008 | 27,799,600 | 90,392 |
2009 | 25,778,200 | 85,875 |
2010 | 25,559,400 | 87,075 |
2011 | 27,515,100 | 92,334 |
2012 | 28,498,500 | 104,000 |
2013 | 30,531,100* | 105,500* |
*Record high
Incidents
- On September 10, 2008, a man was trying to reach his hat that was blown off his head by a gust of wind. While doing so he was struck and killed by a Metromover car.[18]
- On July 21, 2010, two northbound cars collided, causing minor injuries to 16 passengers.[19]
- On February 5, 2014, a man was struck and killed at the Riverwalk Station. Witnesses reported that the man jumped in front of the approaching Metromover car.[20][21]
Expansion
Port of Miami
In May 2011, a study was proposed to analyze the idea of extending the Metromover to the PortMiami. This, with Metrorail and the new MIA Mover would create a direct rail transit link from the airport to the seaport. However, the study, which would take at least a year and cost about $120,000, was only a proposal to be voted on and the idea has not been reported on since 2014.[22]
South Beach
There have been multiple proposals for a Metromover service to southern Miami Beach. One was as part of the proposed
Miami-Dade originally planned to have a monorail along the southern edge of MacArthur Causeway from Downtown Miami to South Beach.[26] However, in November 2022, the original plan would be changed to Metromover because the budget did not allow for the proposed monorail and it would not provide a one-seat ride from Downtown Miami to South Beach.[27]
Northward Expansion
A county plan unveiled in March 2021 shows an extension north from the current School Board station along North Miami Avenue, connecting the system to
See also
- Transportation in Miami
- Metrorail (Miami-Dade County)
- Tri-Rail
- MIA Mover
- Bukit Panjang LRT
References
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ^ Jaffe, Eric (December 8, 2011). "Whatever Happened to the Downtown People Mover?". The Atlantic Media Company. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- ^ a b "Miami Metromover – The First Automated Downtown Peoplemover in the U.S." University of Washington. June 29, 2008. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ^ Jean Thompson (April 15, 1987). "Bayside Boosts Metromover Ridership". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
- ^ Tom Lassiter (November 4, 1987). "Metromover Extension Ok'd". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^ a b Gena Holle. "Two of a Kind: Miami's Metrorail & Metromover" (PDF). Archived from the original on November 7, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ^ Claudio Mendonça (December 22, 2005). "Metromover ridership doubles in three years". Miami Today. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
- ^ Ashley D. Torres (February 10, 2011). "Bus and rail use dropped in Miami-Dade County as jobs fell off". Miami Today. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
- ^ Fabiola Santiago (April 18, 2011). "As gas costs climb, ridership on Metrorail is rising". Miami Herald. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
- ^ "Metromover". Miami-Dade County. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ^ "Metromover Facts". Archived from the original on December 15, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
- ^ Blake, Scott (March 19, 2014). "Transit tax path still debated". Miami Today News. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
- ^ Miami Metromover (Bombardier Transportation) Archived November 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ridership Technical Report (October 2016)" (PDF). Miami-Dade County. January 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- ^ "Ridership Report Archives". Apta.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ^ "Ridership Technical Reports". Miami-Dade County. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^ "Man killed trying to get hat off tracks". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. September 11, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
- ^ "Inquiry launches into Metromover crash". SunSentinel. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
- ^ "Person Killed By Metromover In Downtown Miami". CBSMiami. February 5, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
- ^ "Man killed after fatal Metromover accident". 7 News WSVN. Archived from the original on December 30, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
- ^ Alfonso Chardy (May 15, 2011). "Metromover extension to Port of Miami proposed". Miami Herald. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
- ^ "Beach Taxpayer's Association features forum on casino plan | Belle Isle Blog". Belleisleblog.wordpress.com. October 4, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ^ Garvin, Glenn (July 8, 2014). "Rail link between Miami, Miami Beach likely to be private-public affair". Miami Herald. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ^ Blake, Scott (June 4, 2014). "Public-private transit projects planned". Miami Today. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ^ "Smart Plan - Beach Corridor". www.miamidade.gov. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
- ^ Gothner, Chris (November 2, 2022). "Metromover to Miami Beach? It's finally coming, officials say". WPLG. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
- ^ "Metromover Extension To The Design District: Here's Exactly Where Every New Station Is Proposed". thenextmiami.com. March 17, 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
External links
- Media related to Metromover at Wikimedia Commons
- Metromover on Miami-Dade County's official website