Before Your Vacation - Basic Facts about Miami Public Transportation

When planning for a vacation in Miami, you should also be familiar with the public transportation system in the city especially if you opt not to avail the car rental service available in the area. You can learn how to go around the city through public transportation. That way you'll save money on car rental.

Miami Public Transportation on Trip Advisor

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g34438-s303/Miami:Florida:Public.Transportation.html

If you want the cheapest and the most scenic way to go around South Beach, then you should ride on the South Beach Local Bus. The bus goes around the area every ten to fifteen minutes with various bus stops around town. The fare is only 25 cents for this air conditioned ride.

South Beach Local Bus Shuttle

http://www.miamibeach411.com/trans_electrowave.html

The Miami-Dade Transit is the largest transit agency in the State of Florida. Aside from the South Beach Local Bus Shuttle, it also operates the Metrorail, the Downtown Miami Metromover, Metrobus and the Paratransit.

Miami-Dade Transit uses an EASY Card system that can be purchased for $2 at any EASY Card sales outlets across Miami. You can reload money to it once your balance goes down. Bus-to-bus transfers are free.

Miami-Dade Transit on Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami-Dade_Transit

There are many buses that operate 24 hours a day. You can view the Metrobus routes and schedules by clicking on the link below.

Miami-Dade County Metrobus Routes and Schedules

http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/routes.asp

The Paratransit is a special transportation service for people with mental or physical disability that can't ride the different public transportations in Miami-Dade County. This service is available for $3 for every one-way trip throughout most parts of Miami-Dade County, parts of south Broward and middle and northern Keys.