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While more transit options are always welcome, the new link will be of limited use to visitors.
Metrorail is basically a single-line heavy rail system that services places like the Miami-Dade Government Center and the Jackson medical campus, but the track line is not really convenient to places like South Beach, Aventura, Key Biscayne etc.
For destinations such as the hotels in the Brickell area, one must switch to the automated people mover. For South Beach or the Port of Miami and its cruise terminal, one would need to exit the Metrorail station and take a second ride (taxi or a bus).
For destinations such as the hotels in the Brickell area, one must switch to the automated people mover. For South Beach or the Port of Miami and its cruise terminal, one would need to exit the Metrorail station and take a second ride (taxi or a bus).
Actually, I think they will take on the bus instead of going to take on taxi. Because taxi is too extremely expensive. They will pay you more.
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Originally Posted by Non-NonRev
While more transit options are always welcome, the new link will be of limited use to visitors.
Metrorail is basically a single-line heavy rail system that services places like the Miami-Dade Government Center and the Jackson medical campus, but the track line is not really convenient to places like South Beach, Aventura, Key Biscayne etc.
For destinations such as the hotels in the Brickell area, one must switch to the automated people mover. For South Beach or the Port of Miami and its cruise terminal, one would need to exit the Metrorail station and take a second ride (taxi or a bus).
The new link takes you to Brickell in 20 minutes for $2. From there you can take the Metromover or the Miami Trolley, both free, to most hotels in Brickell and Biscayne.
As someone that travels through Miami a lot, this is a great additional transit facility.
Metrorail is still a 'Metro-fail' for me. As was mentioned in the original post, the service is not convenient unless your destination is downtown or south of downtown.
The new extension which I checked out this past Sunday takes you to the transportation center from where you have to take another small train to the terminal and then walk (usually a long way) to the different check in areas.
I would recommend the service only if your origin or destination is convenient to a stop on the orange line.
Agree that while this extension currently has limited use, it is still a big step forward for MIA.
Development tends to follow good transit connections, and there is now a decent incentive for hotels, airport workers etc to locate near the Orange Line stations.
Miami still needs a far more comprehensive mass transit system (connections to South Beach for example) but this is a good start. Not having Metrorail connected to the airport or the beach were the original sin of the whole operation, pretty much dooming it to fail from the beginning.
