What Is Public Involvement?
As a Miami-Dade County department, Miami-Dade Transit encourages public involvement and participation in the development of the People's Transportation Plan and other transportation-related issues, conducting interactive presentations with communities across the county.

Our mission is to monitor and help develop a proactive public involvement process that provides complete information, timely public notice, full public access to key decisions, and supports early and continuing involvement of the public in developing transit issues.

A Federal Mandate
The Federal Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century requires transit agencies to involve the public to a much greater extent in the planning and implementation of transportation projects. Miami-Dade Transit has adopted an involvement plan in an effort to foster two-way communication and trust between the county government and the citizens of Miami-Dade County.

Goal of Transit Public Involvement
To ensure that the People's Transportation Plan and other public transit programs reflect community values and benefit all segments of the community equally.

Public Involvement Objectives

• Inform the public, to the maximum extent possible with available resources, of opportunities to participate in the transportation decision-making process and of their role in transportation planning and/or implementation.
• Involve the public by providing opportunities early and often in the transportation planning and decision-making processes.
• Reach out to all demographic communities that make up the PTP planning area, so that everyone has the opportunity to participate in the development of transportation and services.
• Improve the public involvement process.

How We Will Accomplish This:

• Form and maintain a public involvement Advisory Board.
• Publish a quarterly newsletter, "On Track."
• Organize and manage a speakers bureau.
• Maintain well-documented and updated web pages.
• Hold public workshops, meetings, forums, town hall meetings, etc.
• Involve the entire community throughout the planning and implementation process of projects and issues.