Policy Brief · Miami-Dade DTPW · 2026
01  ·  A Policy Proposal

Monetizing the
Autonomous Future in
Miami-Dade.

Autonomous Vehicles are scaling rapidly across Florida. By modernizing curb management, Miami-Dade can turn AV staging and deadheading into a highly profitable, dynamic mobility asset — with zero new hardware required.

Prepared forMiami Dade Department of Transportation and Public Works
Prepared byMeter Feeder, Inc.
Miami-Dade skyline and transit corridor
02  ·  The Approaching Challenge

The Deadheading Problem.

AV fleets do not operate like human drivers. They stage, dwell, and circle between rides. Without designated, monetized staging zones, these empty vehicles will choke major transit corridors and curb space.

"A parked car can't run into anything." - USDOT

44%
Share of operational time AV fleets spend empty — staging, dwelling, repositioning — per industry telemetry.
The Shift

Analog infrastructure cannot scale with autonomous fleets. Curb-time is the new toll lane — and it must be metered.

03  ·  Revenue Projection

Project the
annual yield.

Adjust the three operating assumptions. The projected annual municipal revenue updates instantly — conservative, data-driven, no new hardware required.

AVs in Fleet1,000100 — 10,000
Stops / Day102 — 30
Per 15-min Session$3.75$1.00 — $10.00
Projected Annual Municipal Revenue
$13,687,500
Per year · (vehicles × stops × price) × 365
Nat'l ▸ $25M+

Nationwide, AV fleets are projected to complete approximately 650,000 rides per week. With up to 75% of these trips initiating or staging in city centers, the national municipal revenue opportunity exceeds $25,000,000 annually.

04  ·  The Solution

Digital Out-of-Band Compliance.

Meter Feeder provides the patented machine-to-machine payment API for autonomous fleets. It works exactly like a consumer mobile parking app — without the phone, and without the human.

01 ·  Geofencing

Map the staging zones.

Digital staging zones are drawn around transit hubs, high-traffic corridors, and curb-constrained districts — no signage, no meters, no concrete.

02 ·  M2M Payment

Vehicle pays the curb.

When an AV enters the zone, its telemetry triggers an automatic parking / staging fee through the Meter Feeder API. No human in the loop. No mobile app. No interruption to the ride.

03 ·  Enforcement

Officers work as they do today.

The vehicle's license plate is the digital credential, visible instantly on existing municipal enforcement devices. Zero retraining. Zero new hardware.

Miami skyline at night
05  ·  The Action Plan

Integrating AV payment rails requires no new physical infrastructure, meters, or signage. To capture this revenue, Miami-Dade simply needs to authorize the API integration into existing parking enforcement systems.

Posture

A unified, interoperable payment standard for every AV fleet operating across the county — from day one.

Activating the Unified Digital Curb.

→Greenlight the Meter Feeder API integration

A single policy directive establishes Miami-Dade as the first U.S. county with a unified AV payment standard.

We're how autonomous vehicles pay for parking.

06  ·  Next Step

Let's set the standard together.

We're ready to schedule a 30-minute working session with your parking enforcement leadership and our engineering team.

Primary ContactJim Gibbs · Founder & CEO
Email[email protected]
Direct(844) 463-7275 x700
Webmeterfeeder.com
Thank you, Miami-Dade.