Kittelson & Assoc. presentation- Transportation Initial ObservationsMIAMI BEACH LAND USE
MOBILITY AND ECONOMIC
STUDY
March 2021
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Types of Livable Transportation Work:
PLANNING & SYSTEMS CONTEXT
PLANNING CONTEXT
•Washington Avenue:o Transit (2016 Miami Beach Transportation Master Plan)
o Rapid transit corridor (Miami-Dade County SMART Plan)
o Multimodal connections to job opportunities and business expansion/parklets (Connecting the District)
•Collins Avenue:o Walking, biking, and freight deliveries (2016 Miami Beach Transportation Master Plan)
o Delivery and passenger drop-off (Connecting the District)•Ocean Drive:
o Walking (2016 Miami Beach Transportation Master Plan)
o Close to vehicular traffic (Connecting the District)
Feasibility study found that the elimination of northbound traffic on Ocean Drive, and its redistribution onto Collins Avenue and Washington Avenue, does not negatively affect the area-wide traffic operations
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OCEAN DRIVE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY
2020 Car Show COVID Pedestrian Priority Area
•Aggregates anonymous location data from
•smartphones, connected cars, and smart devices.
•Able to captures bicycle and pedestrian activity and user origin
•For this analysis: Annual 2019 estimates of pedestrian and bicycle
movements were collected in six zones.
Key Findings:
•10th Street and 12th Street are busiest.
•5th Street is the least busy of the six zones.
•Across all zones, weekend days see more pedestrian activity than weekdays
•Late afternoon and evening hours are busiest. AM peak (6-10 AM) is least busy.
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STREETLIGHT DATA ANALYSIS: HOURLY PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY
Source: StreetLight
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EXISTING BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE
•Existing bike lanes, shared use paths, sharrows
•Citi Bike bikeshare and share micromobility
•North-south bicycle corridors:
o Euclid
o Collins
o Washington Source: Miami-Dade County Open Data Hub
•Bicyclist activity is more evenly spread across
zones.
•Midday activity is as high or higher than
afternoon/late night activity.
•Bicycle activity decreases slightly at the
north/south edges of the study area.
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STREETLIGHT DATA ANALYSIS: HOURLY BICYCLE ACTIVITY
Source: StreetLight
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PROPOSED BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE
•Proposed bike lanes, shared use paths, and sharrows
•Proposed shared use path along Ocean Drive
•Proposed facilities from the Miami Transportation
Master Plan
Source: Miami-Dade County Open Data Hub
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WASHINGTON AVENUE PILOT
NO CRASHES REPORTED
POST IMPLEMENTATION
+538 BIKES PER DAY +15 FT PEOPLE SPACE +28% AVERAGE MONTHLY
INCREASE IN REVENUE
Source: Washington Avenue Temporary Road Diet and Mobility Plan (City of Miami Beach Transportation and Mobility Department)
CURBSIDE ACTIVITY
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Curbside activity observations:
•Ocean Drive: Valet parking and activity
•Collins Avenue: Valet activity, hotel pick-up/drop-off
•Washington Avenue: Delivery activity, pick-up/drop-off activity, on-street parking, transit stops
TRANSIT ROUTES
15 Source: Miami-Dade County Metrobus Routes (May 2019), Miami Beach South Beach Trolley (Pre-COVID Route)
TRANSIT RIDERSHIP AND SERVICE FREQUENCY
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Route Frequency Service
103 30 minutes (weekday AM), 45 minutes (weekday evenings), 35 minutes (Saturday), 45 minutes (Sunday)Daily
112 10-20 minutes (weekday AM), 25-30 min (Saturday), 20 minutes (Sunday)Daily
113 30 minutes (weekday), 60 minutes (weekday midday/PM), 60-90 minutes (Saturday/Sunday)Daily
115 50 minutes (weekdays and weekends)Daily
119 10-15 minutes (weekday AM/midday), 30 minutes (weekday PM), 15-20 minutes (Saturday/Sunday AM/midday),
30 minutes (Saturday/Sunday PM)Daily
120 10 minutes (weekday midday), 25-30 minutes (weekday AM/PM), 15-25 minutes (Saturday), 30-60 minutes
(Sunday)Daily
150 20-30 minutes (weekdays and weekend days)Daily
Trolley*30 minutes (weekdays and weekend days)Daily
* Trolley currently operates on Collins Avenue
Peak frequency on
Washington Ave is
about 1 bus every 5
minutes
Source: Miami-Dade County Metrobus Routes (May 2019)
TRAVEL DEMAND
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COMMUTE PATTERNS IN MIAMI BEACH
Inflow In Area Outflow
Workers Aged 29 or younger 30.8%26.2%19.5%
Workers Aged 30 to 54 52.8%59.9%60.6%
Workers Aged 55 or older 16.4%13.9%19.9%
Workers Earning $1,250 per month or less 25.3%19.9%17.6%
Workers Earning More than $3,333 per month 28.6%35.4%50.7%
Workers in the "Goods Producing" Industry Class 1.2%1.0%5.7%
Workers in the "Trade, Transportation, and Utilities" Industry Class 21.6%12.7%22.6%
Total Count 25,031 3,051 10,365
Employed in Study Area 28,082
Employed and Living in Study Area (In Area)3,051
Employed in Study Area, Living Outside Study Area (Inflow)25,031
Living in Study Area 13.416
Living in Study Area, Employed Outside Study Area (Outflow)10,365
SOURCE: LONGITUDINAL EMPLOYER-HOUSEHOLD DYNAMICS
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COMMUTE PATTERNS IN MIAMI BEACH
Distance Travelled from Home to Work by Monthly Income
Distance $1,250 or less $1,251 to $3,333 Greater than $3,333
Less than 10 miles 56.7%60.6%61.2%
10 to 24 miles 23.1%23.3%25.4%
25 to 50 miles 6.6%5.5%5.4%
Greater than 50 miles 13.6%10.6%8.0%
SOURCE: LONGITUDINAL EMPLOYER-HOUSEHOLD DYNAMICS
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WORKER CHARACTERISTICS
SOURCE: LONGITUDINAL EMPLOYER-HOUSEHOLD DYNAMICS (2018)
Worker Race (2018)Count Share
White Alone 20,884 74.4%
Black or African American Alone 5,739 20.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native Alone 134 0.5%
Asian Alone 861 3.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Alone 34 0.1%
Two or More Race Groups 432 1.5%
Ethnicity (2018)Count Share
Not Hispanic or Latino 15,277 54.4%
Hispanic or Latino 12,807 45.6%
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS IN THE STUDY AREA (2018)
ACCOMMODATION AND
FOOD SERVICES (50%)
RETAIL TRADE (19%)
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL
ASSISTANCE (6%)
•StreetLight Data reports on the
demographics of the devices’
inferred home locations.
•About half of residents of
device home locations have
annual household incomes
below $50,000.
•For comparison, the median
household income in Miami-
Dade County is $58,000 and
$82,000 in Miami Beach.
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Income Less than$20K Income $20K to $35K Income $35K to $50K Income $50K to $75K Income $75K to$100K Income $100K to$125K Income $125K to$150K Income $150K to$200K Income More than$200K
Weekday(M-Th)WeekendDay(Sa-Su)
Weekday(M-Th)WeekendDay(Sa-Su)
Weekday(M-Th)WeekendDay(Sa-Su)
Weekday(M-Th)WeekendDay(Sa-Su)
Weekday(M-Th)WeekendDay(Sa-Su)
Weekday(M-Th)WeekendDay(Sa-Su)
Weekday(M-Th)WeekendDay(Sa-Su)
Weekday(M-Th)WeekendDay(Sa-Su)
Weekday(M-Th)WeekendDay(Sa-Su)
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
20%
22%
%
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22%
21%
16%16%
14%14%
17%
17%
11%11%
7%7%
4%4%4%4%
5%5%
Weekday (M-Th)
Weekend Day (Sa-Su)
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN USER INCOME
Source: StreetLight
Less than
$20,000
$20,000 -
$35,000
$35,000 -
$50,000
$50,000 -
$75,000
$75,000 -
$100,000
$100,000 -
$125,000
$125,000 -
$150,000
$150,000 -
$200,000
More than
$200,000
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VEHICLE DEMAND
STUDY AREA PEAK HOURS:
•AM: 11 AM to 12 PM
•PM: 7 to 8 PM
•Saturday, Midday: 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
2019 AADT, STREET VOLUMES (FDOT)
•Washington Avenue: 23,000 vehicles
•Collins Avenue: 12,900 vehicles
The Ocean Drive feasibility study found that the elimination of northbound traffic on Ocean Drive, and its redistribution onto Collins Avenue and Washington Avenue, does not negatively affect the area-wide traffic operations.
Florida Traffic Online (2019)
SYSTEM SAFETY
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CRASHES (2015-2019)
Severity Washington Avenue Crashes
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Injury 35 35 34 22 26
PDO*202 189 206 200 165
Severity Collins Avenue Crashes
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Fatality 1 1 1 0 0
Injury 32 23 29 33 19
PDO*219 204 178 210 199
Severity Ocean Drive Crashes
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Injury 9 6 9 11 11
PDO*98 112 110 147 89
*PDO: Property Damage Only
Source: Miami Beach Police Department (2015-
2019)
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BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CRASHES
Severity Washington Avenue Crashes –Pedestrian (Bicycle)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Injury 5 (6)9 (4)7 (6)6 (2)5 (2)
PDO 0 (2)0 (2)1 (3)3 (0)1 (3)
Severity Collins Avenue Crashes –Pedestrian (Bicycle)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Fatality 1(0)1 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
Injury 9 (3)5 (1)3 (1)8 (3)5 (1)
PDO 2 (1)1 (0)1 (2)1 (0)0 (0)
Severity Ocean Drive Crashes –Pedestrian (Bicycle)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Injury 5 (0)1 (0)2 (2)3 (0)1 (0)
PDO 1 (0)0 (2)1 (1)0 (0)1 (1)
Source: Miami Beach Police Department (2015-
2019)
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SUMMARY OF ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES
•Significant competition for limited space
•Curb space value is increasingly related to direct and indirect economic and mobility opportunities
•Additional dining and retail space; pick up/drop off & delivery
•Dedicated space for faster/reliable transit and/or safer bicycling and dockless shared light vehicles
•Parking has the lowest value
•Place-based priorities should establish which modes are preferred
•Transportation analysis will build from these baseline conditions