Metrobus (Miami-Dade County)

Metrobus

S (now 100) Route at Adrienne Arsht Center Metromover station
Parent	Miami-Dade County
Founded	August 2, 1960
Headquarters	Overtown Transit Village
Locale	Miami, Florida
Service area	Greater Miami, Broward, and Monroe Counties
Service type	Bus Bus rapid transit
Alliance	Broward County Transit
Routes	93 (including 2 contracted routes)
Stops	over 8,000
Fleet	846 buses: 40ft and 60ft NABI 30ft and 40ft Gillig 40ft Proterra (2022) 40ft and 60ft New Flyer Buses
Daily ridership	198,400 (weekdays, Q2 2024)[1]
Annual ridership	58,282,300 (2023)[2]
Fuel type	Diesel Diesel-electric Electric CNG
Operator	Miami-Dade Transit
Website	miamidade.gov/transit

The Metrobus network provides bus service throughout Miami-Dade County 365 days a year, operated by Miami-Dade Transit. It consists of about 79 routes and 771 buses, which connect most points in the county and part of southern Broward County as well. As of 2023, the system has 58,282,300 rides per year, or about 198,400 per day in the second quarter of 2024.

Seven routes operate around the clock: Routes 3, 11, 27, 38, 77, 79 (No 24-hour service to Hialeah, all trips terminate at Northside Station) and 100. Routes 246 Night Owl & Route 500 Midnight Owl operate from midnight to 5 am. Other routes operate from 4:30 am to 1:30 am. All Metrobuses are wheelchair accessible, in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and equipped with Bicycle racks.

Bus route 301 (Dade-Monroe Express) extends into Monroe County, reaching Marathon, where a transfer is available to a Key West Transit bus proceeding further into the Keys. With the appropriate bus transfers, one can travel all the way from Key West to Jupiter entirely on public-transit buses. Metrobus has many connections to Metrorail and Metromover, also operated by Miami-Dade Transit, mainly in the city of Miami.

Added to the Metrorail on August 21, 2019, and Metrobus on December 23, 2019, Miami-Dade Transit riders are able to use their smartphones/smartwatches to pay (Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, Fitbit Pay, Garmin Pay) and be able to use their credit or debit card that is contactless enabled (Amex, Visa, Mastercard). As of the 2019 implementation of tap to pay, Discover cards via tap to pay, are not accepted systemwide.