

But in doing so, it lost its ability to count how many people were boarding trains, said Carlos Cruz-Casas, an assistant director at the county’s Department of Transportation and Public Works. Miami-Dade Transit signed a temporary contract with Unleash Live, an Australian analytics company, in April to initially monitor ridership, but as the health crisis has gone on, the partnership has started to take other forms.Īt the onset of the pandemic, the agency indefinitely opened gates and suspended fare collection at 23 stations on its Metrorail system.

Read more about our local policies and Administrative Orders for equal employment opportunity, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, accessible Transit services, and filing a discrimination complaint (Title VI) on Transit.Officials in Miami-Dade County, Florida, are testing an artificial intelligence-powered camera system to both track ridership levels and, as the coronavirus pandemic drags on, monitor whether passengers are practicing appropriate social distancing. Permits for all work within rights-of-way and code enforcement of unpermitted work is also handled by our Public Works division.

We manage the County Stormwater Utility for flood and water quality protection and maintain the secondary canal system. We also operate and maintain the Rickenbacker and Venetian Causeways. We build, operate and maintain movable and fixed bridges, swales, roadway surface repairs, guardrails, and along County road rights-of-way.

We provide all traffic signals countywide, along with all traffic control signs, street signage and pavement markings and all County and State-owned street lights. We connect people to places by providing a high-quality, safe, reliable, clean, and efficient mass transit system that meets the travel needs of the County's growing population and we provide vital transportation infrastructure systems and services.
