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Transportation Element The Transportation Element calls for maintaining an integrated multimodal transportation system with an emphasis on public transportation and greenways. The City of Sunny Isles Beach has implemented its own public transportation system in the form of a free community shuttle that runs daily. The Miami-Dade Transit Authority operates five Metrobus transit routes which connect the city to regional activities and to the Metrorail and Metromover, Furthermore, the City is currently planning to provide vehicular as well as pedestrian access and connections along North Bay Road. This would add an alternate parallel facility to Collins Avenue and a substantial pedestrian element to the Greenway, Pedestrian, and Bi'cycle Objective in the Transportation component of the Comprehensive Plan. The City has adopted a level-of-service liE +20" as the standard acceptable LOS. Since all of Sunny Isles Beach is located with a concurrency excepted area, the LOS adopted is appropriate for its roadways, Over the last two years, the City has made significant progress in providing both aesthetic improvements to the Collins Avenue corridor and better pedestrian access and circulation throughout the City, With respect to project related transportation improvements, the City has successfully implemented mechanisms for private participation in the funding of these improvements through the City's development review process and application of project impact fees. As mentioned earlier in Chapter Two, the City has worked very closely with the state to initiate road improvements of its primary roadways-Collins Avenue and Sunny Isles Beach Boulevard, To further address traffic congestion and inadequate parking along the beach, the City will look into public/private partnerships to ensure timely improvements, including development of a public parking garage Addressing the implementation of the TCEA is an ongoing process. The City has made significant strides during the past years through the efforts of the development review process. The City will revise and/or add transportation and capital infrastructure objectives and policies pursuant to the new provisions in Chapter 2005-290 concerning concurrency, particularly as to how mobility will be accomplished within the transportation concurrency exception area. Housina Element The Housing Element is intended to identify and summarize existing and future housing needs and to maintain the affordable housing stock, which has allowed many of its senior residents to live independently. The Housing Element includes the following goals: · Promote housing choice for all of its residents, including opportunities for seniors to live independently and affordable housing provided by the private sector. · Maintain the existing housing stock and eliminate substandard housing. City of Sunny Isles Beach - 2005 Evaluation and Appraisal Report Rev, 9/15/2005 Page 57