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Metrobus Facts
Miami-Dade Transit provides bus service throughout Miami-Dade County 365 days a year. Service is available from Miami Beach and Key Biscayne to West Miami-Dade, as far north as Diplomat Mall in Broward County, and as far south as Homestead, Florida City, and the Middle Keys.
The Metrobus system, designed to intersect with Metrorail and Metromover, serves all major business, shopping, entertainment, and cultural centers, as well as major hospitals and schools. Buses travel over 29.2 million scheduled miles throughout Miami-Dade each year.
| Fleet: |
741 directly-operated 40 ft. buses and 75 minibuses. Peak vehicle requirements (weekday morning): 702; peak vehicle requirements (weekday evening): 681. |
| Routes: |
More than 90 routes, including lifeline services, traveling throughout Miami-Dade, plus special events Park & Ride service. |
| Service Hours: |
Service provided 24 hours a day on routes 3, 11, 27, 38 (Busway MAX), L and S. Many other MDT routes begin service at 5 a.m. and end at 1 a.m. the following day. Miami-Dade Transit also offers two routes (Night Owl and Midnight Owl) operating approximately between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. |
| Ridership: |
FY 2007 total annual ridership was 83,458, 376. |
| Budget: |
Total operating budget for FY 2006 is $158,366,000. |
| Revenues: | Total budgeted revenue for FY 2006 is $79,619,000. |
South Miami-Dade Busway
The South Miami-Dade Busway is a convenient way to get to Metrorail. The first of its kind in Florida, the Busway was built just for buses. A state-of-the-art alternative to traffic congestion, the Busway runs parallel to (and separate from) US 1. Express buses travel the exclusive lanes, swiftly shuttling passengers to Metrorail. A one-way trip on the Busway between SW 344 Street and the Dadeland South Metrorail station is about an hour.
| Opening Date: |
February 2, 1997 (Phase I) |
| Completion Date: |
December 16, 2007 (Phase II) |
| Cost: |
$129 million |
| Length: |
20 miles |
| Stations: |
45 bus stations |
Busway Phase I
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) built the $21 million roadway on an abandoned Florida East Coast Railroad right-of-way.
Busway Phase II
The Miami-Dade Transit Busway Extension to Florida City, financed with state and federal funding, completes Phase II of the Busway. From the end of Phase I of the Busway in Cutler Ridge, the extension continues south an additional 11.5 miles to Florida City. Segment 1 of Phase II, the northern five miles of the project, opened April 24, 2005 and extended the Busway to SW 264 Street. Segment 2, the southern 6.5 miles of the project, reaches all the way to SW 344 Street in Florida City. Construction of this extension includes landscaping the length of the project with plants native to Florida and continuation of the South Florida Greenway, a bike path spanning the southern end of the state. The total investment for construction of this transportation project is an estimated $108 million.
| Segment: |
SW 112th Ave. to SW 264th St. |
| Opening Date: |
April 24, 2005 |
| Length: |
5 miles Stations: 6 |
| Segment: |
SW 264th St. to SW 344th St. |
| Opening Date: | December 16, 2007 |
| Length: |
6.5 miles Stations: 7 |
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