People's Transportation Plan half penny surtax

county transit sales surtax · Outside South Dade

Started

2002

Community

Outside South Dade · outside South Dade

Status as of 11 September 2026

active

Historical state

post Andrew

Connections

5 edges, 5 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.004 (rank 69 of 371) · moves and capital only 0.000 (rank 156)

Confidence

High · sources: [R12], [R9], [R2], [R34], [R38] (register)

Miami-Dade voters approve a half cent charter county transportation surtax on 5 November 2002, with the Citizens' Independent Transportation Trust created to oversee it. The plan promises more buses, expanded rapid transit and, for South Dade, a Metrorail extension along the busway corridor that is later replaced by bus rapid transit. Surtax funds supply $100 million of the South Corridor BRT project and pay for municipal circulators such as the Homestead Trolley and Palmetto Bay IBus.

Connections

Lineage

• spawnedCitizens' Independent Transportation TrustThe Trust is created by the 2002 vote to oversee surtax proceeds2002

Plans, funding, partners

• fundedSouth Dade TransitWaySurtax is the local share for the corridor; the 2002 plan promised rapid transit on the busway corridor2002 to present
• fundedPalmetto Bay IBusVillage says the IBus is funded by the PTP surtax2006 to present
• fundedHomestead TrolleyCity trolley is paid for from PTP surtax, Community Newspapers2010 to present
• fundedSouth Corridor Rapid Transit Project$100 million of the BRT project comes from the half penny surtax2020 to 2025