§ 31-101. Transportation policy.

To assure the development and maintenance of a safe, healthy and efficient passenger transportation system for Miami-Dade County, the Commission, County Manager and County staff, in carrying out the duties and responsibilities prescribed in this article, shall consider the following as being in the public interest:

(1)

Reliance on market forces and on actual and potential competition among all transportation modes, so as to provide transportation services at competitive prices.

(2)

Coordination of regulatory decision-making with the transportation improvement plan, and the orderly development of an integrated transportation/transit system for Miami-Dade County so as to ensure the development and maintenance of a transportation/transit system responsive to the needs of the public, in which regulatory decisions are reached fairly and expeditiously, and with consideration of their costs and benefits.

(3)

Improvement of motor vehicle safety.

(4)

Achievement of County, national and State energy conservation goals.

(5)

Reduced concentration of market power, and prevention of unfair, deceptive, predatory or anticompetitive practices.

(6)

Reduction of restrictive regulatory barriers to entry into the industry and promotion of equal opportunities.

(7)

Promotion of the safety and welfare of the residents and visitors of Miami-Dade County who use the services of passenger motor carriers to meet their transportation needs.

(8)

Recognition that a strong, viable, private sector passenger motor carrier industry has a role in efforts to improve transportation mobility.

(Ord. No. 81-17, § 2, 2-17-81; Ord. No. 85-20, § 1, 4-16-85)

Editor's note

See editor's note at section 31-99.