Recent transformations of transit stops demonstrate the potential to make transit part of the fabric of the community and provide riders with enhanced safety and a pleasant, rewarding experience. He describes the geology and settlement history of Florida – with the state’s first railroad on high ground – and how transportation, development, tourism and storms continue to define the region. He describes how the South Florida Climate Change Compact laid the foundation for collaboration around resiliency. He refers to foundational US law – the Coastal Lands Management Act – and more recent advances in science and policy in response to large events such as Hurricane Sandy. Murley brings long experience to the job – and to the podcast.
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He credits the Rockefeller program with creating a network of CROs (chief resiliency officers) across the United States, changing and elevating the conversation about dealing with everything from storms to pandemics to climate change. Miami-Dade County, the City of Miami and City of Miami Beach created the plan as part of the Rockefeller 100 Cities program. It’s a wide ranging plan, with more than 60 action items, including preserving housing, improving mobility and addressing inequities. Resilient 305 is the comprehensive plan for managing stresses and events. Sea level rise, Murley says, or the model of projected sea level rise, is a stress, that amplifies the impact of events, such as the storm surge from hurricanes. And hear details about the ways that Broward County is building more resilient infrastructure in response to sea level rise. Listen to the podcast to find out more about the history of land use planning in South Florida, from 1970s era models for suburban and urban growth to the vision for 2100. Plans also are moving forward for intercity rail on north-south and east-west corridors, as well as for intermodal stations and bus priority corridors. Some of this already is visible, for example in the coordination of the streetscape with access to Broward County transit and Brightline passenger rail in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Now, thanks to a successful ballot measure to secure a 1% sales tax for transportation, Broward is poised to build out more robust transit options. During the stay-at-home mandates of the pandemic, this bike/ped infrastructure found new users and new fans. Though it may not be immediately visible from the highway, South Florida is changing, with more neighborhoods where it’s possible (and safer) to walk or bike to the grocery, restaurants and other destinations.
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In recent years, as Greg Stuart describes on the podcast, many of these communities have been transformed, with more sidewalks and bicycle lanes, lighting and trees.
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Major development came with highways and growth took off in the 1980s, in the county’s three large cities –Fort Lauderdale, Pompano and Hollywood – and in smaller cities. When Henry Flagler’s railroad first reached south Florida in the early 20 th century, the area we know today as Broward County was primarily agricultural.