{"id":440930,"date":"2026-10-28T23:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T23:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/440930\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T23:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T23:06:07","slug":"miami-dade-mayor-warns-amendment-3-could-cost-transit-more-than-29-million-cut-routes-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/440930\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade mayor warns Amendment 3 could cost transit more than $29 million, cut routes, hours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is warning that Amendment 3<\/a>, a proposed state property tax measure, could force cuts to bus routes and service hours, because property taxes are a critical source of money for local transit.<\/p>\n

“We are subsidizing it at a rate that is not sustainable,” Levine Cava said.<\/p>\n

The amendment<\/a>\u00a0would lower the taxable value of primary homes in Florida by $150,000 in 2027 and by $250,000 in 2028. The county estimates it could cost the Department of Transportation and Public Works more than $29 million in 2027 and more than $24 million in 2028.<\/p>\n

Levine Cava said the state recently took transit funding away from the county, which barely saved 13 bus routes from elimination in its latest budget. That budget also included a 50-cent increase in Metrorail fares.<\/p>\n

“With Amendment 3, for sure we will see cuts<\/a>\u00a0in routes, cuts in hours for service,” Levine Cava said.<\/p>\n

Florida International University<\/a>\u00a0senior Tiago Abad-Sanchez rides the bus at least six times a week to get to and from class. He said transit is one of the main reasons he voted no on the amendment.<\/p>\n

“It’s a public good, and if we invest in it right and if we continue to make investments and improvements to infrastructure. Then it really does serve society as a whole,” Abad-Sanchez said.<\/p>\n

Cathy Dos Santos of Transit Alliance Miami said possible cuts could hit commuters who use more than one kind of transit.<\/p>\n

“It’s about removing a whole form of moving or arguably 3 different forms of moving from the table,” Dos Santos said.<\/p>\n

Levine Cava said the transportation department also maintains local roads, where the county already has an $18 million backlog of pothole repairs.<\/p>\n

Supporters of the amendment say tax<\/a> relief will help the local economy. Aaron Brill, a Brickell condo owner, supports it and said he expects the savings to be spent locally and to generate sales tax revenue.<\/p>\n

“That puts more money in people’s pockets. Especially people who have been living here a long time,” Brill said.<\/p>\n

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