Transportation Improvement Program

The goals of Miami-Dade County’s transportation plans are to enhance the mobility of the urban population, achieve a balanced transportation system, meet energy conservation needs, improve air quality, as well as to preserve or enhance the physical and social environment of the community. The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is one of those plans managed by the Miami-Dade TPO to achieve these goals.

What is the TIP?

The TIP:

• Specifies transportation improvements for the next five years, and is updated every year as required by federal government regulations.
• Is a staged multi-year program that sets the priorities of transportation improvement projects with federal, state, and local funding.
• Contains various categories of improvements including: Highway, Transit, Aviation, Seaport, Non-Motorized, Freight, Private Sector, and Regionally Significant Transportation Projects.
• Must contain all transportation projects that receive federal funds.
• Contains other major projects that do not receive federal funds as part of the planning process.
• Lists projects in groups by funding source and implementing responsibility.
• Is the capital improvements element of the current Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP).
• Is consistent with the projects and priorities in the adopted current LRTP.
• May be amended at any time during the program year through the same procedures required for developing and adopting the original program. Proposed amendments may be for the purpose of deleting, adding, revising the funding, or modifying the scope or limits of a project.

Some major TIP activities include:

• Support Facilities for Metrorail, Express Bus Service, Express Transit on Managed Lanes, Additional Bus Transit and Paratransit Improvements
• Interstate Highway Projects and Arterial Street Improvements
• Non-Motorized Projects and Congestion Management
• Aviation and Seaport Facilities
• Construction of Major Intermodal Facilities and Deployment of Intelligent Transportation System Applications

Transportation System Management (TSM) projects are also proposed to be continued or expanded. The Miami-Dade Secondary Road Program and Road Impact Fee Program contains projects that are supportive of the countywide TSM effort, which include:

• Traffic Flow Improvements
• Provisions for Preferential Treatments of High Occupancy Vehicles, where appropriate
• Improvements to Intersection Geometrics
• Lighting Safety Projects
• Other Related Projects that Provide for Greater Safety and Better Management of Traffic Flow.