Miami-Dade orders 90-day report on Metromover costs and fare options
Miami-Dade's FY 2026-27 budget ordinance calls for a report on Metromover maintenance, costs, digital fare collection and possible rate-based revenue. It does not enact a fare change.
Key Takeaways
- •The ordinance directs a Metromover report within 90 days on maintenance, capital needs, operating costs and possible fare revenue.
- •The report must examine digital fare collection and revenue at potential rates, but the measure adopts no fare level.
- •The county record shows conflicting introduction and final-action dates, while its Effective Date field is blank.
Miami-Dade County’s FY 2026-27 self-supporting budget ordinance directs the mayor or designee to send the Board a report on Metromover within 90 days. The requested report must cover needed maintenance, capital investment and past and future operating costs, plus digital fare collection and estimated revenue at possible rates, according to the adopted ordinance.
The report must also address using surtax money for Metromover capital improvements rather than operations and maintenance.
The directive was added as an amendment to the County’s FY 2026-27 self-supporting budgets, covering Oct. 1, 2026, through Sept. 30, 2027.
The measure orders a study of possible fares; it sets no fare amount or collection start date.
The docket lists final action on Sept. 17, 2026, and an introduction date of Oct. 14, 2026. With the Effective Date field blank, the record does not establish a calendar deadline for the report.
