Miami-Dade Transit

Miami-Dade Transit
Metrorail (top), Metromover (middle), and Metrobus (bottom) at Government Center
Overview
Owner	Miami-Dade County
Locale	Greater Miami
Transit type	Bus Bus rapid transit Downtown people mover Rapid transit
Number of lines	2 Metrorail lines 3 Metromover loops 79 Metrobus routes 1 Transitway
Number of stations	Miami Intermodal Center Government Center 23 (Metrorail) 22 (Metromover) 28 (South Dade Transitway)
Daily ridership	266,600 (weekdays, Q3 2024)[1]
Annual ridership	80,168,700 (2023)[2]
Chief executive	Eulois Cléckley
Headquarters	701 NW 1st Court Miami, Florida
Website	www.miamidade.gov/global/transportation/home.page
Operation
Began operation	August 2, 1960[3]
Operator(s)	Miami-Dade Transit
Number of vehicles	817 buses 136 Metrorail cars 42 Metromover cars
System map Legend Brightline to Orlando Amtrak Silver Service to New York Mangonia Park West Palm Beach West Palm Beach Lake Worth Beach Tri-Rail fare zone boundary Boynton Beach Delray Beach Tri-Rail fare zone boundary Boca Raton Boca Raton Palm Beach Broward Deerfield Beach Pompano Beach Tri-Rail fare zone boundary Cypress Creek Fort Lauderdale New River Fort Lauderdale Tri-Rail fare zone boundary Fort Lauderdale Airport Sheridan Street Hollywood Broward Miami-Dade Tri-Rail fare zone boundary Aventura Golden Glades Opa-locka Miami ■ Palmetto Miami Canal ■ Okeechobee ■ Hialeah ■ Tri-Rail and Metrorail Transfer ■ Northside ■ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza ■ Brownsville Hialeah Market Miami River ■■ Earlington Heights ■■ Allapattah ■ Miami Intermodal Center Miami International Airport ■■ Santa Clara ■■ Civic Center ■■ Culmer ■ School Board ■ Adrienne Arsht Center ■ Museum Park ■ Eleventh Street ■ Park West ■ Freedom Tower ■■ Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre ■■■ Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. MiamiCentral ■■ ■■■ Government Center ■■■ College North ■■■ College/Bayside ■■■ First Street ■■■ Bayfront Park ■ Miami Avenue ■■ Third Street ■■■ Knight Center ■ Riverwalk Miami River ■ Fifth Street ■ Brickell City Centre ■ Tenth Street/Promenade ■■ ■ Brickell ■ Financial District ■■ Vizcaya ■■ Coconut Grove ■■ Douglas Road ■■ University ■■ South Miami ■■ Dadeland North ■■ Dadeland South South Dade TransitWay to Florida City Amtrak , Brightline , and Tri-Rail Metrorail Metromover MIA Mover South Dade TransitWay Greyhound All stations are accessible This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram Show static diagram (central part)

Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) is the primary public transit authority of Miami, Florida and the greater Miami-Dade County area. It is the largest transit system in Florida and the 15th-largest transit system in the United States.^[4] As of 2023, the system has 80,168,700 rides per year, or about 266,600 per weekday in the third quarter of 2024. MDT operates the Metrobus with their paratransit STS systems run by LSF. MDT also operates two rail transit systems: Metrorail and Metromover.

Metrobus operates over 93 routes, including the South-Dade Transitway.^[5] MDT's main transit stations are Government Center in Downtown, and the Miami Intermodal Center in Grapeland Heights, which can access the Miami International Airport.^[6]

Metrorail is composed of two rail lines (Green and Orange lines) with 23 stations radiating from the city center towards outlying neighborhoods north and south of Downtown. Metromover operates throughout the Downtown, Omni, and Brickell neighborhoods, and is composed of three rail loops and 22 stations. The opening of the Metrorail Orange Line in July 2012 significantly increased usage of the system.^[7] As of 2013, rail fares collected were $23 million/yr and it cost $78 million/yr to operate the rail system.^[8]

Tri-Rail is a separate entity and not controlled by MDT. Tri-Rail, a commuter rail system in the Miami metropolitan area, is directly connected at the Tri-Rail and Metrorail Transfer station, Miami Intermodal Center, and Government Center station.