Miami is facing a new era of mobility, and our bus system has failed to keep up. Instead of improving service, our County is progressively dismantling the system.

Riders are facing longer wait times, unreliable service, and a poorly designed route network facing haphazard cuts – sending the system into a death spiral of plunging ridership.

On average, trolley ridership has grown 10% each year, demonstrating a clear desire (and unmet demand) for transit.

Paradoxically, free municipal trolleys compete against (and sometimes replace) county bus services — but almost never cross municipal lines, fragmenting the overall system.

From 2013 to 2016 — household vehicles increased by over 250,000 — far outpacing population growth. This matches similar findings in California.

Increased car ownership is not something to be celebrated. More cars make for longer commute times, less livable neighborhoods, and more fatal crashes.

A transportation plan that relies entirely on cars — shared, or private — isn't a transportation plan — it's a congestion plan. Pervasive ridesharing slows down our cities while failing to significantly reduce car ownership.

Buses make far more efficient use of scarce urban space, and cities that are investing to improve their bus systems are winning back riders.

But wait, won't autnomous vehicles fix... everything? No.