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Alice N. Bravo, P.E., President & CEO of Alice Bravo & Assoc. LLC, is a veteran engineer with 25+ years experience in transportation planning and design. She previously served as Sr. VP at a global engineering firm, Director at Miami-Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works, Director at the Florida Department of Transportation and Deputy City Manager for the City of Miami. Her leadership modernized Miami’s transportation, introducing smart signals, autonomous vehicles, urban air mobility and the Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit (SMART) Plan. She has also overseen significant projects, including the Port of Miami Tunnel Public-Private Partnership (P3), the 95 Express Lanes, the reconstruction of major Palmetto Expressway interchanges and several transit oriented development projects. Ms. Bravo holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Miami and an MBA from Florida International University.

Advancing Transportation: Insights from the Palm Beach TPA Roundtable

At the recent Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency (TPA) South Florida Roundtable event, I had the privilege of participating alongside esteemed colleagues from Broward, Miami-Dade Counties, and transportation authorities like South Florida Regional...

Miami I-395 Signature Bridge Project

Miami I-395 signature bridge project Alice Bravo played a pivotal role in the planning, community coordination, and project funding for the I-395 signature bridge project. As a key figure in the project's initial stages, her leadership and expertise were...

How Would You Improve Miami Transit? The Quickbuild Challenge Seeks Ideas

In Miami, a city of drivers who pride themselves on outracing and outspending those in the next lane, public transportation is often underused. Alice Bravo, the director of Miami-Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW), has set out to change that fact. Together with the Transit Center Agency, a New York-based nonprofit that […]

Three finalists vie for top transportation job

The Florida Transportation Commission has sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis the names of three finalists to become secretary of the state Department of Transportation. The commission last week recommended Department of Transportation District Five Secretary Jared Perdue, former Miami-Dade County Transit Director Alice Bravo and Marcus Lemon, a former chief counsel for the Federal Highway […]

Transportation & Public Works – Alice N. Bravo, P.E.

Transportation & Public Works, Miami-Dade County Alice N. Bravo, P.E., was appointed Director of Miami-Dade Transit in July 2015. In February 2016, Ms. Bravo was appointed Director of the of the Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW), which merged the County’s Transit and Public Works functions under one department. Throughout her career, Ms. Bravo […]

Alice Bravo to Lead Florida District at WSP USA

Miami native joins firm after more than five years directing transportation and public works for Miami-Dade County. Friday, April 16, 2021 – United States MIAMI — Alice N. Bravo has joined WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, as the Florida District leader as part of the leadership team in the firm’s Southeast Region. […]

56 new ‘smart’ signals speeding traffic flow

Fifty-six more Miami-Dade traffic signals have been updated to be ‘smart’ signals that adjust red-green timing in a blink to flow traffic as fast as possible. County officials inked a $150 million contract with Siemens Mobility last summer to upgrade all 2,600 signals to adapt to traffic, a process geared to take about seven years. […]

South Dade TransitWay

Miami-Dade County's SMART Program Miami-Dade County's ambitious SMART Program is transforming the region's transportation landscape with its visionary approach and integration of cutting-edge technology. Among the program's notable initiatives is the South...

Smart Plan’s South Corridor ranks high for federal funds

The South Corridor of the Miami-Dade Smart Plan has received high marks from the federal investment arm for local public transit systems, bolstering confidence that the route will yield a maximum funding infusion. The county transportation department announced Feb. 11 that the South Corridor, the longest of six routes targeted for transit upgrades through the […]

South Dade Transitway rapid bus service rolls ahead

With local and state dollars committed, a shortlist of developers on hand and confirmation of federal funds due early next year, Miami-Dade’s upgrade of the South Dade Transitway for rapid bus service is rolling ahead, Transportation Director Alice Bravo said. Ms. Bravo said the county expects an answer for its request of $100 million in […]