How good is public transporation in Miami, FL?
I will be traveling to Miami next month and want to know if it is necessary to rent a car for the week or if public transportation is good enough. My hotel is in South Beach, however, for half of the week I will be staying at a friends house. No car will be available to me if I don't rent one. Is the bus system, metro system, taxi service pretty good or is a car necessary? I found cars online to rent for $23 a day plus taxes and fees. Would public transportation be cheaper?
Miami - 3 Answers
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Answer 1 :
Rent the car. Miami and the rest of Florida has lousy public transportation. The only decent public transportation in South Florida is the tri-rail, a north/south rail line. But is mostly for commuters.
Answer 2 :
It all depends on where your friend's house is & where you want to go. Miami-Dade has a pretty good public transport system in downtown Miami and on Miami Beach and along the South Dade Metro-Rail Busway route. You can get a 1 day "EZ-pass" for $5.00 that covers all rail & buses or a 5 day pass for $26.00. On South Beach a car is worse than useless. Anywhere other than the above or if you want to go anywhere else you will probably find a car more convenient. You should also know that there are so many "fees," "taxes" and "insurance" options loaded on to rental cars in So Fla. that you should get a firm quote on the total package cost BEFORE you are standing in front of the rental clerk initialing 3 or 4 paragraphs of unreadable 8 pt. type.
Answer 3 :
When I went to Miami, my family was able to get around pretty well by public transportation. We went to Miami twice and the first time, the only time we used a taxi was to get from Fort Lauterdale Airport to Downtown Miami and to get from Downtown Miami to Miami Airport to take the Tri-Rail to Fort Lauterdale Airport. The second time, when we flew into Miami, we only used a taxi to get from Downtown Miami to the Miami Airport, and that was because we were traveling at 3 AM. To put it simply, the public transportation is very good within Downtown Miami and on the Miami Beach island. In certain areas, however, the bus service is kind of sparse. However, those areas are generally far-off areas. Public transportation is much cheaper than a car. An unlimited daily pass costs $5, and a weekly pass costs $26. A monthly pass costs $100. The per-ride fare for the buses and MetroRail is $2, and $2.35 for express buses. The MetroMover in Downtown Miami is free. See where your friend lives. Like I said, unless he lives really far out of the way, he should be fairly easy to reach by public transportation
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