The M-Path Park Project is a grassroots initiative to bring a multi-modal park to the Downtown Dadeland community.  The core elements of this project involve community organizing, community planning, and a pop-up park event, all culminating in an eventual self-sustaining M-Path Park.  All elements within the M-Path Park vision sketches are interchangeable. These are all just concepts made to provoke thought. Most of the elements in this sketch are modifications that are not expensive, but would require time and commitment to change current land use policies.

The effort to reduce the ill effects of suburban sprawl serves as the challenge that awaits the next generation of society.  Fortunately, through new research in transportation planning and New Urbanism principles, cities are beginning to better understand the intricate roles they can play in the complex issue of urban sustainability and quality of life.  Today, Transit Oriented Design/Development is understood to have certain core principles which include wide sidewalks, increased density, increased building heights, mixed use zoning and most importantly, accommodating and efficient transit infrastructure.  The M-Path Project is essentially an experiment in transit oriented development for Greater Miami. 

In order to reach the ultimate vision of M-Path Park becoming a self-sustaining multi-modal park that serves thousands of visitors, it must first journey through a complex process of community organizing, project planning, fundraising, programming and ultimately, community buy-in and municipal support to sustain the park.