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FYI Miami: May 12, 2022

Written by on May 10, 2022
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Below are some of the FYIs in this week’s edition. The entire content of this week’s FYIs and Insider sections is available by subscription only. To subscribe click here.

ELECTRIC BUSES: The Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization Governing Board OK’d an amendment to the Fiscal 2022 Transportation Improvement Program to include new federal funding to buy ten battery-powered electric buses. The Department of Transportation and Public Works Discretionary Bus and Bus Replacement Project in June 2021 received $4.75 million in federal funds. The county’s department of transportation is to provide $4.75 million of the $9.5 million total cost. Miami-Dade had already been increasing the fleet of electric buses. In 2019 commissioners unanimously approved buying 33 battery-electric buses and installing depot chargers from Proterra. In June 2021 the county bought 42 more buses, bringing the total to 75 electric Proterra buses, a transit department press note details.

CLIMATE TECH INITIATIVES: Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced this week, on the opening day of Aspen Ideas: Climate, three new partnerships and climate tech initiatives to build a more resilient and sustainable county. The first is an AI-Powered Smart Water pilot program with Olea Edge that will deploy smart technology to over 25 large, commercial water meters in the area to identify when water is being wasted or miscounted, which could save millions of taxpayer dollars and lead to significant water savings. The second is a partnership with Blue Action Lab, a new Miami-based blue tech accelerator led by Founders Factory and Blue Action Ventures in the Bahamas to bring companies with proven technology to prototype, test, and deploy solutions to Biscayne Bay health and resilient buildings. The third is a Miami-Dade County’s first startup in residence with Seaworthy Collective, a venture studio cohort with 10 teams building regenerative ocean businesses from the ground up, a press note from the county details. “Our goal is to make Miami-Dade the best place to build, test, and scale innovative solutions to major climate challenges. Innovators and entrepreneurs are stepping up to tackle climate and resilience challenges and we welcome their initiatives,” she said.

CRIME RISES: Crime rose more than 10% in areas patrolled by the Miami-Dade Police Department in the first quarter of the year, newly released county figures show. The department listed 7,922 Part 1 crimes, the most serious charges. On those, 1,616 were violent crimes, up more than 21% year over year. Homicides declined from 32 to 15 from the first quarter of 2021 to the first quarter of this year, but most other crime categories rose, many by double-digit percentages. Rapes increased more than 24% to 159, robberies increased by two-thirds to 243, aggravated assaults rose nearly 17% to 1,142, burglaries rose 50% to 639, shoplifting rose 14% to 1,069 reports, thefts from motor vehicles rose 31% to 1,620, and theft of motor vehicles rose 27% to 881. Areas where municipal police patrol are not included in the statistics.

GAS KEEPS RISING: Gasoline prices in Miami rose 3.4 cents per gallon in the past week to average $4.25, according to GasBuddy. Prices in Miami are 8.6 cents per gallon higher than a month ago.

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