Civic - Services - Miami, Florida, USA
Support for human needs and infrastructure
- Human: Health and human services
- Alliance for Aging: Information for seniors in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties; for a better, healthier life
- Childrens Trust: funding programs; goal is to improve the lives of children and families; dial 211 for the Children’s Trust Helpline
- HFSF: Health Foundation of South Florida; philanthropy giving grants and program support to advance the health of people in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties
- -USA Human-: National Health and Human services; you can use these directories to find doctors, hospitals, dentists, and other health and human services
- Facilities: Institutions, units, organizations, or systems that build, distribute, plan, or and keep area resources or infrastructure working
- FL P&L: Florida Power & Light; electric utilities
- MPO: Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization; plan transportation facilities and services
- SFRPC: South Florida Regional Planning Council; works for sustainability, connectivity, and responsibility for the region
- Transport: Miami offers a variety of transit options
- Airports: Miami-Dade Aviation Department airports; Miami International Airport (MIA) (principal airport), Opa-locka Airport (OPF), Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (TMB), Homestead General Aviation Airport (X51), and Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport (TNT)
- FLL Airport: Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport; about 30 km north of downtown Miami in Broward County
- Port: Port of Miami-Dade; facilities for cargo shipping and cruise lines
- SF RTA: South Florida Regional Transportation Authority; serving Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties
- MD Transit: Miami-Dade County transit services; includes Metrobus, Metrorail (county-wide fixed-rail), Metromover (downtown-specific fixed rail), and Paratransit
- Tri-Rail: commuter rail; South Florida Regional Transportation Authority
- Metromover: downtown automated people-mover system; connects with Metrorail at Government Center and Brickell stations; 20 Metromover stations
- Metrorail: elevated rapid transit system; runs through South Miami, Coral Gables, and downtown Miami; connections to Broward and Palm Beach counties at the Tri-Rail/Metrorail transfer station
- Commuter Svs: Florida Commuter Services; commuter assistance programs; and information
- Amtrak: Passenger rail; Miami station is at 8303 NW 37th Ave
- Greyhound: National, commercial bus transit company; offers connections throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico
- GotoBus: Bus reservation system; buses connecting many cities including Miami
- TPO: Miami-Dade Transporation Planning Organization; plan transportation facilities and services; transportation studies
- FDOT: Florida Department of Transportation
- GO: Miami Dade Transportation information; shows links relevant to travel by air, land, sea, and accessible services
- Car Free: Possible in Miami; with some walkability and some transit systems, you could easily live without a car in Miami
- Car Sharing: Avoid owning a car; be car-free as much as possible, but keep the idea that you can rent or borrow a car only when you need it--for a big project or trip to far-out areas, for example
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