Jacobs selected as provider by Broward County Transportation Department

Jacobs was selected to provide program management services for Broward County Transportation Department’s first-ever public transit expansion. The 30-year, $4.4B program will transform the county’s transportation infrastructure into a multimodal transit system with a new light rail route connecting Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to Port Everglades in Florida, U.S. Leveraging experience from similar complex infrastructure programs, Jacobs will manage all program services under its five-year, $17.5M contract with the county, from developing design criteria for the initial rail transit project to identifying ways to optimize system maintenance and operations. In addition to light rail, the program includes bus rapid transit and commuter rail as well as transit-oriented development and affordable housing. In 2018, county residents approved a one-percent transportation surtax to fund the program.