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MOBILITY &
INFRASTRUCTURE.
Downtown Fort Lauderdale is the region’s main transportation hub with connections to
Brightline/Virgin USA Trains, the Broward County Transit Terminal, the Greyhound Bus Depot, the
Downtown FXE Helistop, the Sun Trolley, Water Trolley, and the Water Taxi. The urban core is also
just a few miles from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), Port Everglades,
Tri-Rail, and Amtrak, making accessibility to and from DowntownFTL convenient and seamless.
Transportation and mobility options continue to evolve as demographic shifts occur, proving that
getting around DowntownFTL without a car is getting better each day.
In November 2018, voters approved a one cent increase to the local sales tax to increase mobility
and address transportation challenges in Broward County. The surtax will generate $3.3 Billion
over a 30-year timeframe, providing much needed local funding to reduce congestion, enhance
traffic light timing, develop safe sidewalks and bike paths, and expand mass transit. Over the
next five years, the City of Fort Lauderdale’s “Go Big. Go Fast” infrastructure program will carry
out nearly a half billion dollars of utilities work, funded by a $200 million revenue bond and the
proceeds from annual water-sewer funds each year.
4.1 Million
Port Everglades
Cruisers
28.
32.5 Million
Ft Lauderdale-
Hollywood Intl Airport
(FLL) Passengers
100,000
Scooter rides
each month
89
Walkscore