Trolley Fragmentation!

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Thanks to Transit Alliance, there's now a (I'm assuming) complete list of all trolley systems in Miami-Dade County.

See list

Now the next steps are to find all the real-time tracker APIs for this horribly fragmented system.

Update: Transit Alliance also has another list of trolley systems here

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Trolley Systems

Sorted by priority, here's the checklist of the ones found so far

• Miami: TSO Mobile (81E39EC9-D773-447E-BE29-D7F30AB177BC)
• Miami Beach: TSO Mobile (825894C5-2B5F-402D-A055-88F2297AF99A)
• Coral Gables: ETASpot (http://cgpublic.etaspot.net/)
• Doral: TSO Mobile (582EB861-9C13-4C89-B491-15F0AFBF9F47)
• North Miami: TSO Mobile (B3AA2632-F410-410A-9D61-3F9B6703F013)
  • Known as the NoMi Express bus
• Aventura: TSO Mobile (ID: 26082)
  • Known as the Aventura Express Shuttle Bus
• Hialeah
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
  • Transit: http://www.hialeahfl.gov/269/Transit
  • ??? Unknown -> Contact Robbie Walker: rlwalker@hialeahfl.gov Unreachable
• Opa-locka
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
  • Express Circulator: http://www.opalockafl.gov/index.aspx?NID=239
  • ??? Unknown -> Contact Airia Austin: aaustin@opalockafl.gov
• Homestead
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
  • Trolley: https://www.cityofhomestead.com/374/Homestead-Trolley
  • ??? Unknown -> Contact Julio A. Brea: jbrea@cityofhomestead.com
• Sweetwater
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
  • Trolley: http://www.cityofsweetwater.fl.gov/transit.html
  • Operated as part of MDT contract w/ LSF Shuttle
  • ??? Unknown -> Contact trolley@cityofsweetwater.fl.gov
• Sunny Isles Beach: TSO Mobile (ID: 31344)
• North Miami Beach: TSO Mobile (25BA742B-1773-4E04-B629-1BA53491123F)
• Miami Gardens
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
  • Miami Gardens Express: https://www.miamigardens-fl.gov/233/Miami-Gardens-Express
  • ??? Unknown -> Contact Natasha Alexander: ncharles@miamigardens-fl.gov
• Cutler Bay
  • Town Circulator: http://cutlerbay-fl.gov/your-community/town-circulator-bus
  • Uses MDT tracking equipment
• Pinecrest: TSO Mobile (ID: 24560)
• Surfside
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
  • Shuttle Bus: https://www8.miamidade.gov/transportation-publicworks/routes_detail.asp?route=9024
  • ??? Unknown: May not actually exist, latest (and only) existing documents haven't been updated in more than a year
• Miami Lakes: TSO Mobile (E78D6842-5EA6-46BD-BD40-F84396F18828)
• Miami Springs
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
  • MS/VG Shuttle Bus: http://www.miamisprings-fl.gov/community/new-shuttle-bus-map-route-timetable
  • ??? Unknown: there's also a Freebee service here, but that's a private, proprietary API
• West Miami
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
• Bal Harbour: TSO Mobile (319FFFB6-1C24-4771-8AE6-7903C75288F7)
• Miami Shores
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
• Bay Harbor Islands
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
  • Operated by LSF Shuttle (should have TSO Mobile service)
  • LSF - Contract.pdf
  • https://www.bayharborislands-fl.gov/shuttle
• Palmetto Bay: TSO Mobile
• North Bay Village
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
• Medley
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records

Other Systems

• Village of Biscayne Park
  • No transit system
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
• City of Florida City: Transit operated by Miami-Dade Transit
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
• Village of El Portal
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
• Town of Golden Beach
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
• City of Hialeah Gardens: Transit operated by City of Hialeah
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
• Indian Creek Village
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
• Village of Key Biscayne
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records
• Village of Virginia Gardens: Transit operated by City of Miami Springs (MS/VG)
  • ✔️ Contacted for public records

Coverage: >91.3% of ridership

[ciolt]

Reopening this because these missing transit systems are bothering me. According to the CITT, there are about 34 municipal transit systems in Miami-Dade County. This is not reflected by Transit Alliance's report. I'll be sending out public records requests to each municipality without a public real-time tracker and/or with missing data.