Metromover

{{Short description|People mover system in downtown Miami, Florida}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox public transit | name = Metromover | image = Metromover double-unit train Omni 2012-04.jpg | alt = Metromover train in Omni | imagesize = 250px | caption = A double-unit Metromover train in the Arts & Entertainment District | transit_type = Automated people mover | locale = Greater Downtown Miami, Florida, U.S. | began_operation = April 17, 1986 (Inner Loop) May 26, 1994 (Outer Loops) | system_length = {{convert|4.4|mi}} | lines = 3 | annual_ridership = {{American transit ridership|FL Miami AG annual}} ({{American transit ridership|annualdate}}){{American transit ridership|annualcitation}} | daily_ridership = {{American transit ridership|FL Miami AG daily}} ({{American transit ridership|dailydate}}){{American transit ridership|dailycitation}} | el = Third rail | stations = 21 | operator = Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) | average_speed = {{convert|9|mph|km/h|0|abbr=on}} | top_speed = {{convert|31|mph|km/h|0|abbr=on}} | website = {{URL|miamidade.gov/transit}} | map = {{switcher | {{maplink-road|from=Metromover.map}} Metromover highlighted in blue <hr /> | Show interactive map | 275px | Show static map | {{Metromover|inline=yes}} | Show route diagram }} }}

The '''Metromover''' is a fare-free automated people mover system operated by Miami-Dade Transit in Miami, Florida, United States. Metromover serves the Downtown Miami, Brickell, Park West and Arts & Entertainment District neighborhoods. Metromover connects directly with Metrorail at Government Center and Brickell stations. It also connects to Metrobus with dedicated bus loops at Government Center and Adrienne Arsht Center station. It originally began service to the Downtown/Inner Loop on April 17, 1986, and was later expanded with the Omni and Brickell Loop extensions on May 26, 1994.

The Metromover serves primarily as an alternative way to travel within the greater Downtown Miami neighborhoods. The system is composed of three loops and 21 stations. The stations are located approximately two blocks away from each other, and connect near all major buildings and places in the Downtown area. As of {{American transit ridership|annualdate}}, the system has {{American transit ridership|FL Miami AG annual}} rides per year, or about {{American transit ridership|FL Miami AG daily}} per day in {{American transit ridership|dailydateasof}}.

Out of three downtown people movers in the United States, the other two being the Jacksonville Skyway and the Detroit People Mover, the Metromover is by far the busiest in terms of ridership, the only completed system of the three,<ref name="whathappened">{{cite web|url=http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2011/12/whatever-happened-people-mover/672/|title=Whatever Happened to the Downtown People Mover?|publisher=The Atlantic Media Company|date=December 8, 2011|author=Jaffe, Eric|access-date=January 11, 2012}}</ref> and considered to be a catalyst for downtown development.<ref name="washingtonedu">{{cite web|url=http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/miami.htm|title=Miami Metromover – The First Automated Downtown Peoplemover in the U.S.|publisher=University of Washington|date=June 29, 2008|access-date=January 14, 2012}}</ref>

==History== {{stack|[[File:Miami - panoramio (6).jpg|thumb|An Adtranz C-100 Metromover train in its original livery]]}} In 1987, the then-one-year-old people mover system set a record in daily ridership of 33,053 on a Saturday, attributed to the new Bayside Marketplace.<ref name="SunSentinel1987">{{cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-04-15/news/8701240264_1_ridership-metromover-people-mover-system|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820020815/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-04-15/news/8701240264_1_ridership-metromover-people-mover-system|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 20, 2012|title=Bayside Boosts Metromover Ridership|date=April 15, 1987|publisher=Sun Sentinel|author=Jean Thompson|access-date=April 2, 2011}}</ref> That same year was when the planning began to extend the system to Brickell and Arts & Entertainment District (then ''Omni''),<ref name="sunsentinel1987extension">{{cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-11-04/news/8702030646_1_transit-system-metrorail-downtown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918111326/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-11-04/news/8702030646_1_transit-system-metrorail-downtown|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 18, 2012|title=Metromover Extension Ok'd|author=Tom Lassiter|publisher=Sun Sentinel|date=November 4, 1987|access-date=September 18, 2011}}</ref> which would not be completed until 1994. Until November 2002 when the half-penny transit tax was approved, the Metromover had a fare of 25 cents. The fare was lifted because it was realized that the cost of collecting the fare nearly exceeded the revenue generated from the fare, as well as the fact that the eliminated fare would likely lead to more Metrorail ridership.<ref name="pdf">{{cite web|url=http://web1.ctaa.org/webmodules/webarticles/anmviewer.asp?a=634|title=Two of a Kind: Miami's Metrorail & Metromover|author=Gena Holle|access-date=August 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107185250/http://web1.ctaa.org/webmodules/webarticles/articlefiles/rail/rail19/Miami_Metrorail_Metromover.pdf|archive-date=November 7, 2018}}</ref> After becoming free, from 2002 to 2005, along with a large increase in population, rising gas prices and booming downtown development, Metromover ridership nearly doubled from 4.7 million in 2002 to about 9 million in 2005.<ref name="miamitoday">{{cite news|url=http://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/051222/story1.shtml|title=Metromover ridership doubles in three years|author=Claudio Mendonça|date=December 22, 2005|publisher=Miami Today|access-date=April 2, 2011}}</ref> However, ridership fell with the subsequent economic downturn and high unemployment in the latter half of the decade. By 2012, ridership had once again increased with downtown population, high gas prices and a recovering economy. In early 2011, Metromover saw an increase in ridership during a sharp peak in gas prices, at the same time as there was a decrease in Metrorail and Metrobus ridership as well as a decrease in employment.<ref name="miamitoday2">{{cite news|url=http://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/110210/story6.shtml|title=Bus and rail use dropped in Miami-Dade County as jobs fell off|author=Ashley D. Torres|date=February 10, 2011|publisher=Miami Today|access-date=April 2, 2011}}</ref> However, from January 2010 to January 2011, Metrorail saw a 7% increase in ridership, and both Metrorail and Metromover were expected to see additional ridership increases throughout 2011 due to rising fuel prices.<ref name="miamiheraldApril18">{{cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/17/2172753/as-gas-costs-climb-ridership-on.html|title=As gas costs climb, ridership on Metrorail is rising|author=Fabiola Santiago|date=April 18, 2011|publisher=Miami Herald|access-date=April 19, 2011}}</ref> When the Omni and Brickell extensions were first planned, it was estimated that ridership on the fared system would reach 43,000 daily by 2000,<ref name="washingtonedu"/> a number the now free system has yet to reach.

== Operations == There are 21 accessible Metromover stations located throughout Downtown Miami and Brickell roughly every two blocks. The Metromover links all of Downtown and Brickell's major office buildings, residential buildings, hotels, and retail centers. Major attractions such as the Stephen P. Clark Government Center, American Airlines Arena, Arsht Performing Arts Center, the Cultural Plaza (Miami Art Museum, Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami Main Library), Bayside Marketplace, Mary Brickell Village, Miami-Dade College, Museum Park (which services Perez Art Museum Miami as well as the Frost Science Museum) and the Brickell Financial District can all be reached by the Metromover. thumb|right|Rare double cars on the Brickell loop late at night. Running clockwise, the Downtown (Inner) Loop serves all Downtown stations except Third Street station. The Outer Loop (Brickell and Omni Loops) runs counterclockwise and share tracks around the downtown area, serving all stations except for Miami Avenue Station. The Brickell loop runs a line into the Brickell area to the south of downtown, while the Omni Loop contains a line with stations in the Arts & Entertainment District neighborhood north of Downtown. This unusual pattern, a circular central loop where the trains running counterclockwise are those running from and back to destinations outside the loop, whereas trains in the opposite clockwise direction are only running a tight inner circular route, is also followed by the New York JFK Airport AirTrain system. The inner loop generally runs tandem two car trains while the outer loops only run with single cars. Each car can carry over 90 passengers.

The Metromover car maintenance base, unusual for a maintenance yard, is a building located downtown, at SW 1st Ave and SW 1st St, which lies between Government Center and 3rd St stations on the outer counterclockwise loop, at the point where the two loops split to run in adjacent parallel streets.

All loops run from 5 am to midnight, seven days a week.<ref name="MMgov2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.miamidade.gov/global/transportation/metromover.page |title=Metromover |publisher=Miami-Dade County |access-date=December 25, 2023}}</ref> This schedule is adjusted during events. Trains on the Inner Loop run in tandem and arrive every 90 seconds during rush hours and every three minutes otherwise. Outer Loop trains arrive every 5 to 6 minutes; every 2.5 to 3 minutes where the track is shared.<ref name="pdf"/>

The cost of building the system was about $153.3 million. The operating budget for the Inner and Outer (Brickell and Omni) loops in FY 2007 was $8,888,794. Ridership total for FY 2007 was 8.7 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/about_metromover.asp |access-date=December 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215022053/http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/about_metromover.asp |title=Metromover Facts |archive-date=December 15, 2011 }}</ref> Not including capital costs, this gives an approximate cost of $1.02 per ride. Metromover does not charge for rides; however, a $2.25/1.1 fee is charged if transferring to Metrorail or Metrobus.

==Stations== {{Main|List of Miami-Dade Transit metro stations}} The Metromover currently operates 21 stations, all within the Miami city limits. {| class="wikitable" ! Station ! Lines ! Connections ! Opened |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|Government Center}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Omni|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Brickell|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Inner|inline=box}} |Metrorail: Green Line, Orange Line Metrobus: 2, 7, 7A, 9, 11, 51, 77, 93, 95, 119 (S), 120, 207, 208, 246, 277, 500, 836 Express Miami Trolley: Coral Way Broward County Transit: 95, 595 |{{dts|1984|05|20}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Omni|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Brickell|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Inner|inline=box}} |Metrobus: 7, 7A, 836 Express Brightline (at MiamiCentral) |{{dts|1986|04|17}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|College North}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Omni|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Brickell|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Inner|inline=box}} |Metrobus: 7, 7A, 9, 120 |{{dts|1986|04|17}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|College/Bayside}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Omni|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Brickell|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Inner|inline=box}} |Metrobus: 9, 93, 119 (S), 120 |{{dts|1986|04|17}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|First Street||Miami}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Omni|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Brickell|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Inner|inline=box}} |None |{{dts|1986|04|17}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|Bayfront Park}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Omni|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Brickell|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Inner|inline=box}} |Metrobus: 3, 93, 119 (S), 120 |{{dts|1986|04|17}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|Knight Center}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Omni|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Brickell|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Inner|inline=box}} |Metrobus: 119 (S), 120, 836 Express |{{dts|1986|04|17}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|Third Street||Miami}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Omni|inline=box}} {{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Brickell|inline=box}} |None |{{dts|1986|04|17}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|Miami Avenue}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Inner|inline=box}} |Metrobus: 7, 7A, 9, 11, 77, 93, 119 (S), 120, 836 Express |{{dts|1986|04|17}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|School Board}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Omni|inline=box}} |Metrobus: 9, 10 |{{dts|1994|05|26}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|Adrienne Arsht Center}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Omni|inline=box}} |Metrobus: 3, 10, 16, 32, 93, 101 (A), 113 (M), 119 (S), 120 |{{dts|1994|05|26}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|Museum Park}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Omni|inline=box}} |Metrobus: 3, 93, 95, 119 (S), 120 |{{dts|1994|05|26}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|Eleventh Street||Miami}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Omni|inline=box}} |Metrobus: 9, 119 (S) |{{dts|1994|05|26}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|Park West}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Omni|inline=box}} |Metrobus: 9, 119 (S), 120 |{{dts|1994|05|26}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|Freedom Tower}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Omni|inline=box}} |Metrobus: 7, 9, 119 (S), 120 |{{dts|1994|05|26}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|Riverwalk}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Brickell|inline=box}} |None |{{dts|1994|05|26}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|Fifth Street||Miami}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Brickell|inline=box}} |None |{{dts|1994|05|26}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|Brickell City Centre}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Brickell|inline=box}} |Metrobus: 95 Miami Trolley: Brickell Key & Mercy Hospital |{{dts|1994|05|26}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|Tenth Street Promenade}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Brickell|inline=box}} |Metrobus: 95, 595 Miami Trolley: Brickell Key & Mercy Hospital |{{dts|1994|05|26}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|Brickell}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Brickell|inline=box}} |Metrorail: Green Line, Orange Line Metrobus: 8, 8A, 24, 102 (B), 207, 208, 500 Miami Trolley: Biscayne, Brickell, Coral Way |{{dts|1984|05|20}} |- |{{stl|Miami-Dade Transit|Financial District}} |{{rcb|system=Miami-Dade Transit|line=Brickell|inline=box}} |Metrobus: 102 (B) |{{dts|1994|05|26}} |}

==Rolling stock== [[File:Knight Center Downtown Skyscrapers.jpg|thumb|A Bombardier Innovia APM 100 Metromover train at Knight Center]] thumb|Bombardier Innovia APM 100 interior Metromover mainly uses 29 Bombardier Innovia APM 100 vehicles, the first 12 of which were delivered during the summer and fall of 2008.<ref name="taxdebatedmiamitoday">{{cite web|url=http://www.miamitodaynews.com/2014/03/19/transit-tax-path-still-debated/|title=Transit tax path still debated|publisher=Miami Today News|author=Blake, Scott|date=March 19, 2014|access-date=March 22, 2014}}</ref> These newer vehicles replaced the first 12 Westinghouse C-100 cars which were built by Westinghouse Electric in 1984, and include a more aerodynamic design, as well as an onboard CCTV system.<ref>[http://www.bombardier.com/en/transportation/products-services/transportation-systems/driverless-systems/automated-people-movers/miami--usa?docID=0901260d800140cd Miami Metromover (Bombardier Transportation)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122201418/http://www.bombardier.com/en/transportation/products-services/transportation-systems/driverless-systems/automated-people-movers/miami--usa?docID=0901260d800140cd |date=November 22, 2008 }}</ref> Deliveries of an additional 17 cars from Bombardier Transportation began in July 2010, and as of early 2014 have largely replaced the second order of 17 Adtranz C-100 vehicles, built by Adtranz predecessor AEG-Westinghouse in 1992.

==Ridership== Sortable chart detailing monthly weekday ridership averages by '''Calendar Year'''; right hand chart giving annual averages may use "fiscal year" without disclosure, where the FY begins in October and has 75% of its time in the next year with only 25% in the starting year. Note the large jump in ridership in 2002 when the fare was removed after the passing of the half-penny tax. Yearly averages are rounded to the nearest 500, and the highest month is also in bold. After years of growth, Metromover ridership began falling in 2017, following years of sharp declines in Metrobus and Metrorail ridership. Ridership peaked again in early 2020 at over 30,000 per weekday before crashing during the years long covid pandemic.

{|class="wikitable sortable" |- !# !class="unsortable"| Month ! 2010 ! 2011 ! 2012 ! 2013 ! 2014 ! 2015 ! 2016 ! 2017 ! 2018 |- |1 |align="center"| January |align="center"| 27,900 |align="center"| 29,700 |align="center"| 28,000 |align="center"| 31,800 |align="center"| 32,200 |align="center"| 32,800 |align="center"| 34,400 |align="center"| 32,600 |align="center"| 28,700 |- |2 |align="center"| February |align="center"| 25,600 |align="center"| 30,700 |align="center"| 31,000 |align="center"| 32,700 |align="center"| 34,700 |align="center"| 33,200 |align="center"| 35,300 |align="center"| 32,900 |align="center"| 30,100 |- |3 |align="center"| March |align="center"| 25,600 |align="center"| 30,500 |align="center"| 32,400 |align="center"| 32,500 |align="center"| 35,300 |align="center"| 35,000 |align="center"| '''36,400''' |align="center"| 34,100 |align="center"| 31,100 |- |4 |align="center"| April |align="center"| 26,300 |align="center"| 30,700 |align="center"| 29,700 |align="center"| 30,400 |align="center"| 31,100 |align="center"| 32,400 |align="center"| 34,700 |align="center"| 31,700 |- |5 |align="center"| May |align="center"| 26,800 |align="center"| 29,200 |align="center"| 28,900 |align="center"| 28,900 |align="center"| 30,300 |align="center"| 29,700 |align="center"| 32,200 |align="center"| 29,300 |- |6 |align="center"| June |align="center"| 25,800 |align="center"| 29,600 |align="center"| 29,500 |align="center"| 32,500 |align="center"| 30,200 |align="center"| 30,100 |align="center"| 31,300 |align="center"| 28,100 |- |7 |align="center"| July |align="center"| 25,500 |align="center"| 29,400 |align="center"| 29,000 |align="center"| 29,100 |align="center"| 30,400 |align="center"| 30,600 |align="center"| 32,100 |align="center"| 29,800 |- |8 |align="center"| August |align="center"| 26,800 |align="center"| 29,000 |align="center"| 27,200 |align="center"| 28,700 |align="center"| 31,100 |align="center"| 31,100 |align="center"| 30,600 |align="center"| 28,900 |- |9 |align="center"| September |align="center"| 28,100 |align="center"| 30,100 |align="center"| 29,900 |align="center"| 31,400 |align="center"| 31,800 |align="center"| 32,000 |align="center"| 32,000 |align="center"| 24,700 |- |10 |align="center"| October |align="center"| 30,000 |align="center"| 31,100 |align="center"| 31,100 |align="center"| 33,000 |align="center"| 33,900 |align="center"| 35,000 |align="center"| 31,500<ref name="RTR2016Oct">{{cite web|url=http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/library/rtr/2016-10-Ridership-Technical-Report.pdf |title=Ridership Technical Report (October 2016) |publisher=Miami-Dade County |date=January 2017 |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> |align="center"| 29,300 |- |11 |align="center"| November |align="center"| 30,000 |align="center"| 30,100 |align="center"| 32,200 |align="center"| 33,900 |align="center"| 32,900 |align="center"| 35,200 |align="center"| 34,100 |align="center"| 30,000 |- |12 |align="center"| December |align="center"| 27,700 |align="center"| 27,200 |align="center"| 29,600 |align="center"| 31,400 |align="center"| 32,300 |align="center"| 33,200 |align="center"| 32,000 |align="center"| 29,200 |- |align="center"| '''13''' |align="center"| '''Year Average''' |align="center"| '''27,000''' |align="center"| '''30,000''' |align="center"| '''30,000''' |align="center"| '''31,000''' |align="center"| '''32,000''' |align="center"| '''32,500''' |align="center"| '''33,000''' |align="center"| '''30,000''' |} {| class="toccolours" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="float: right; clear: both; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; text-align:right;" |- ! colspan="3" style="background-color:#ccf; background-color:#ccf; padding-right:3px; padding-left:3px; font-size:110%; text-align:center;"| Average Weekday Passengers (Metromover loops only) |- style="font-size:95%; text-align:center" ! style="border-bottom:1px solid black" | Fiscal Year || style="border-bottom:1px solid black"| Ridership || style="border-bottom:1px solid black;" | {{abbr|%±|Percent change}} |- style="text-align:center;" | '''1995''' || {{formatnum: 12700 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| |- style="text-align:center;" | '''1996''' || {{formatnum: 12000 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| -0.6% |- style="text-align:center;" | '''1997''' || {{formatnum: 13500 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| +12.5% |- style="text-align:center;" | '''1998''' || {{formatnum: 13269 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| -1.7% |- style="text-align:center;" | '''1999''' || {{formatnum: 13880 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| +4.6% |- style="text-align:center;" | '''2000''' || {{formatnum: 14383 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| +3.6% |- style="text-align:center;" | '''2001''' || {{formatnum: 16849 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| +17.1% |- style="text-align:center;" | '''2002''' || {{formatnum: 16444 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| 0.0% |- style="text-align:center;" | '''2003''' || {{formatnum: 25521 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| +55.2% |- style="text-align:center;" | '''2004''' || {{formatnum: 28192 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| +10.5% |- style="text-align:center;" | '''2005''' || {{formatnum: 28473 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| +1.0% |- style="text-align:center;" | '''2006''' || {{formatnum: 27042 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| -5.0% |- style="text-align:center;" | '''2007''' || {{formatnum: 28058 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| +3.8% |- style="text-align:center;" | '''2008''' || {{formatnum: 26682 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| -4.9% |- style="text-align:center;" | '''2009''' || {{formatnum: 25883 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| -3.0% |- style="text-align:center;" | '''2010''' || {{formatnum: 27175 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| +5.0% |- style="text-align:center;" | '''2011''' || {{formatnum: 29775 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| +9.6% |- style="text-align:center;" | '''2012''' || {{formatnum: 31000 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| +4.1% |- style="text-align:center;" | '''2013''' || {{formatnum: 32800 }} ||style="text-align:right; padding-right:15px"| +5.8% |}

===Average weekday passengers=== This table includes Metrorail ridership as the two systems were built together and are mutually reliant on the thousands of daily transfers at Government Center and Brickell stations. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" ! Year !! Annual passengers (with Green & Orange lines)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Pages/RidershipArchives.aspx |title=Ridership Report Archives |publisher=Apta.com |access-date=July 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213031926/http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Pages/RidershipArchives.aspx |archive-date=December 13, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> !! Average weekday passengers (with Green & Orange lines)<ref name="RTRs">{{cite web|url=http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/ridership-technical-reports.asp|title=Ridership Technical Reports|publisher=Miami-Dade County|access-date=March 6, 2017}}</ref> |- | 1995 || 18,614,000 || 63,100 |- | 1996 || 18,092,400 || 60,100 |- | 1997 || 18,098,900 || 60,800 |- | 1998 || 17,363,800 || 58,140 |- | 1999 || 17,839,100 || 60,654 |- | 2000 || 18,280,100 || 61,639 |- | 2001 || 18,629,800 || 63,514 |- | 2002 || 19,103,800 || 63,508 |- | 2003 || 21,297,400 || 76,769 |- | 2004 || 24,673,900 || 83,486 |- | 2005 || 25,538,500 || 88,173 |- | 2006 || 25,777,600 || 85,400 |- | 2007 || 26,510,800 || 87,767 |- | 2008 || 27,799,600 || 90,392 |- | 2009 || 25,778,200 || 85,875 |- | 2010 || 25,559,400 || 87,075 |- | 2011 || 27,515,100 || 92,334 |- | 2012 || 28,498,500 || 104,000 |- | 2013 || 30,531,100* || 105,500* |} <nowiki>*</nowiki>Record high

==Incidents== * On September 10, 2008, a man was trying to reach his hat that was blown off his head by a gust of wind. While doing so he was struck and killed by a Metromover car.<ref>{{cite news|title=Man killed trying to get hat off tracks|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=alMhAAAAIBAJ&pg=3515%2C247897|access-date=December 27, 2015|publisher=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|date=September 11, 2008}}</ref> * On July 21, 2010, two northbound cars collided, causing minor injuries to 16 passengers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Inquiry launches into Metromover crash|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-07-21/news/fl-metromover-crash-20100721_1_metromover-cars-brickell-station|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229180001/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-07-21/news/fl-metromover-crash-20100721_1_metromover-cars-brickell-station|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 29, 2015|website=SunSentinel|access-date=December 27, 2015}}</ref> * On February 5, 2014, a man was struck and killed at the Riverwalk Station. Witnesses reported that the man jumped in front of the approaching Metromover car.<ref>{{cite web|title=Person Killed By Metromover In Downtown Miami|url=http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/02/05/person-killed-by-metromover-in-downtown-miami/|website=CBSMiami|date=February 5, 2014 |access-date=December 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Man killed after fatal Metromover accident|url=http://www.wsvn.com/story/24643261/man-killed-after-fatal-metromover-accident|website=7 News WSVN|access-date=December 27, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230231539/http://www.wsvn.com/story/24643261/man-killed-after-fatal-metromover-accident|archive-date=December 30, 2015}}</ref>

==Expansion== ===Port of Miami=== In May 2011, a study was proposed to analyze the idea of extending the Metromover to the PortMiami. This, with Metrorail and the new MIA Mover would create a direct rail transit link from the airport to the seaport. However, the study, which would take at least a year and cost about $120,000, was only a proposal to be voted on and the idea has not been reported on since 2014.<ref name="miamiheraldmay2011">{{cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/15/2217591/metromover-extension-to-port-of.html|title=Metromover extension to Port of Miami proposed|publisher=Miami Herald|author=Alfonso Chardy|date=May 15, 2011|access-date=September 17, 2011}}</ref>

===South Beach=== There have been multiple proposals for a Metromover service to southern Miami Beach. One was as part of the proposed Resorts World Miami megaproject in Miami's Arts & Entertainment District neighborhood, announced in mid-2011, a Metromover expansion from Downtown Miami to South Beach was being pushed as recompense for building a casino. The line could potentially run from the Arts & Entertainment District across the Venetian Causeway to 17th Street in South Beach ending at the Miami Beach Convention Center. The line could have three stations in South Beach along 17th Street- Alton Road, Meridian Avenue and Washington Avenue. This would connect Miami Beach to rail mass transit for the first time, and provide a direct rail connection into one of the Miami area's most visited neighborhoods. The line would also allow for future expansions later across South Beach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://belleisleblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/beach-taxpayers-association-features-forum-on-casino-plan/ |title=Beach Taxpayer's Association features forum on casino plan | Belle Isle Blog |publisher=Belleisleblog.wordpress.com |date=October 4, 2011 |access-date=July 26, 2013}}</ref> More recently, proposals for a separate, most likely at-grade, light-rail system known as BayLink have been revived.<ref name="mhbaylinkprivate">{{cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/07/08/4225349/rail-link-between-miami-miami.html|title=Rail link between Miami, Miami Beach likely to be private-public affair|work=Miami Herald|date=July 8, 2014|author=Garvin, Glenn|access-date=August 29, 2014}}</ref><ref name="miamitodayprivatetransit">{{cite news|url=http://www.miamitodaynews.com/2014/06/04/public-private-transit-projects-planned/|title=Public-private transit projects planned|date=June 4, 2014|work=Miami Today|author=Blake, Scott|access-date=August 29, 2014}}</ref>

Miami-Dade originally planned to have a monorail along the southern edge of MacArthur Causeway from Downtown Miami to South Beach.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Smart Plan – Beach Corridor |url=https://www.miamidade.gov/global/transportation/smart-plan-beach-corridor.page |access-date=November 2, 2022 |website=www.miamidade.gov |language=en}}</ref> However, in November 2022, the original plan would be changed to Metromover because the budget did not allow for the proposed monorail and it would not provide a one-seat ride from Downtown Miami to South Beach.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gothner |first=Chris |date=November 2, 2022 |title=Metromover to Miami Beach? It's finally coming, officials say |url=https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/11/02/metromover-to-miami-beach-its-finally-coming-officials-say/ |access-date=November 2, 2022 |website=WPLG |language=en}}</ref>

===Northward expansion=== A county plan unveiled in March 2021 shows an extension north from the current School Board station along North Miami Avenue, connecting the system to Midtown, Wynwood, and The Design District. An infill station called Herald Plaza would also be added on the site of the former Miami Herald building, eventually connecting the Metromover system to Miami Beach.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.thenextmiami.com/metromover-extension-to-the-design-district-heres-exactly-where-every-new-station-is-proposed/ |title=Metromover Extension To The Design District: Here's Exactly Where Every New Station Is Proposed |publisher=thenextmiami.com |date=March 17, 2021 |access-date=June 20, 2021}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} * {{Commonscat-inline}} * [http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/metromover.asp Metromover] on Miami-Dade County's official website

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