Editing Miami (section)

==Transportation==
{{Main|Transportation in South Florida}}
{{See also|Brightline|Tri-Rail}}
In the 2016 [[American Community Survey]], 72.3% of working city of Miami residents commuted by driving alone, 8.7% carpooled, 9% used public transportation, and 3.7% walked. About 1.8% used all other forms of transportation, including taxicab, motorcycle, and bicycle. About 4.5% of working city of Miami residents worked at home.<ref name="transittable">{{Cite web |title=Means of Transportation to Work by Age |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B08101&geo_ids=16000US1245000&primary_geo_id=16000US1245000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519033026/https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B08101&geo_ids=16000US1245000&primary_geo_id=16000US1245000 |archive-date=May 19, 2018 |publisher=Census Reporter}}</ref> In 2015, 19.9% of city of Miami households were without a car, which decreased to 18.6% in 2016. The national average was 8.7 percent in 2016. Miami averaged 1.24 cars per household in 2016, compared to a national average of 1.8 per household.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=December 9, 2014 |title=Car Ownership in U.S. Cities Data and Map |url=http://www.governing.com/gov-data/car-ownership-numbers-of-vehicles-by-city-map.html |journal=Governing |access-date=May 18, 2018 |archive-date=May 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511162014/http://www.governing.com/gov-data/car-ownership-numbers-of-vehicles-by-city-map.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Expressways and roads===
[[File:Venetian Causeway South Beach.jpg|thumb|[[Venetian Causeway]] (left) and [[MacArthur Causeway]] (right) connect [[Greater Downtown Miami|Downtown]] and [[South Beach]].]]
[[File:A306, Skyline at twilight, Miami, Florida, USA, 2010.JPG|thumb|[[Florida State Road 886|State Road 886]], also known as Port Boulevard, connects [[Greater Downtown Miami|Downtown Miami]] and [[PortMiami]] over [[Biscayne Bay]].]]
Miami's road system is based along the numerical Miami grid where [[Flagler Street]] forms the east–west [[Baseline (surveying)|baseline]] and [[Miami Avenue]] forms the north–south [[Meridian (geography)|meridian]]. The corner of Flagler Street and Miami Avenue is in the middle of Downtown in front of the Downtown [[Macy's]] (formerly the [[Burdine's]] headquarters). The Miami grid is primarily numerical so that, for example, all street addresses north of Flagler Street and west of Miami Avenue have "NW" in their address. Because its point of origin is in Downtown, which is close to the coast, the "NW" and "SW" quadrants are much larger than the "SE" and "NE" quadrants. Many roads, especially major ones, are also named (e.g., [[Tamiami Trail|Tamiami Trail/SW 8th St]]), although, with exceptions, the number is in more common usage among locals.

With few exceptions, within this grid north–south roads are designated as Courts, Roads, Avenues or Places (often remembered by their acronym), while east–west roads are streets, Terraces, Drives or occasionally Ways. Major roads in each direction are located at one mile intervals. There are 16 [[City block|blocks]] to each mile on north–south avenues, and 10 blocks to each mile on east–west streets. Major north–south avenues generally end in "7" – e.g., 17th, 27th, 37th/Douglas Aves., 57th/Red Rd., 67th/Ludlam, 87th/Galloway, etc., all the way west beyond 177th/Krome Avenue. One prominent exception is 42nd Avenue, LeJeune Road, located at the half-mile point instead.

Major east–west streets to the south of Downtown are multiples of 16, though the beginning point of this system is at SW 8th St, one half-mile south of Flagler ("zeroth") Street. Thus, major streets are at 8th St., 24th St./Coral Way, 40th St./Bird, 56th/Miller, 72nd/ Sunset, 88th/N. Kendall, 104th (originally S. Kendall), 120th/Montgomery, 136th/Howard, 152nd/Coral Reef, 168th/Richmond, 184th/Eureka, 200th/Quail Roost, 216th/Hainlin Mill, 232nd/Silver Palm, 248th/Coconut Palm, etc., well into the 300s. Within the grid, odd-numbered addresses are generally on the north or east side, and even-numbered addresses are on the south or west side.

All streets and avenues in [[Miami-Dade County]] follow the Miami grid, with a few exceptions, most notably in [[Coral Gables, Florida|Coral Gables]], [[Hialeah]], Coconut Grove and [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]]. One neighborhood, [[The Roads]], is named as such because its streets run off the Miami grid at a 45-degree angle, and therefore are all named roads.

[[Miami-Dade County]] is served by four Interstate Highways ([[Interstate 75 (Florida)|I-75]], [[Interstate 95 in Florida|I-95]], [[Interstate 195 (Florida)|I-195]], [[Interstate 395 (Florida)|I-395]]) and several U.S. Highways including [[U.S. Route 1 (Florida)|U.S. Route 1]], [[U.S. Route 27 (Florida)|U.S. Route 27]], [[U.S. Route 41 (Florida)|U.S. Route 41]], and [[U.S. Route 441 (Florida)|U.S. Route 441]].

<div style="float:right;" class="right">
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=3|Miami Causeways
|-
! Name
! Termini
! Year built
|-
|[[Rickenbacker Causeway]]
|[[Brickell]] and [[Key Biscayne, Florida|Key Biscayne]]
|1947
|-
|[[Venetian Causeway]]
|[[Greater Downtown Miami|Downtown]] and [[South Beach]]
|1912–1925
|-
|[[MacArthur Causeway]]
|[[Greater Downtown Miami|Downtown]] and [[South Beach]]
|1920
|-
|[[Julia Tuttle Causeway]]
|[[Wynwood, Miami, Florida|Wynwood]]/[[Edgewater, Miami, Florida|Edgewater]] and [[Miami Beach]]
|1959
|-
|[[Florida State Road 934|79th Street Causeway]]
|[[Upper Eastside, Miami, Florida|Upper East Side]] and [[North Beach (Miami Beach)|North Beach]]
|1929
|-
|[[Broad Causeway]]
|[[North Miami, Florida|North Miami]] and [[Bal Harbour, Florida|Bal Harbour]]
|1951
|}
</div>

Some of the major [[Florida State Roads]] (and their common names) serving Miami are:<!--these don't all serve Miami!-->
* [[State Road 112 (Florida)|SR 112]] (Airport Expressway): [[Interstate 95 in Florida|Interstate 95]] to [[Miami International Airport|MIA]]
* [[Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike]] (SR 821): [[Florida's Turnpike]] mainline (SR 91)/[[Miami Gardens, Florida|Miami Gardens]] to [[U.S. Route 1 (Florida)|U.S. Route 1]]/[[Florida City, Florida|Florida City]]
* [[State Road 826 (Florida)|SR 826]] (Palmetto Expressway): [[Golden Glades Interchange]] to U.S. Route 1/[[Pinecrest, Florida|Pinecrest]]
* [[State Road 836 (Florida)|SR 836]] (Dolphin Expressway): Downtown to SW 137th Ave via [[Miami International Airport|MIA]]
* [[State Road 874 (Florida)|SR 874]] (Don Shula Expressway): 826/Bird Road to Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike/[[Kendall, Florida|Kendall]]
* [[State Road 878 (Florida)|SR 878]] (Snapper Creek Expressway): SR 874/[[Kendall, Florida|Kendall]] to U.S. Route 1/Pinecrest & [[South Miami, Florida|South Miami]]
* [[State Road 924 (Florida)|SR 924]] (Gratigny Parkway) [[Miami Lakes, Florida|Miami Lakes]] to [[Opa-locka, Florida|Opa-locka]]

Miami has six major [[causeway]]s that span over Biscayne Bay connecting the western mainland, with the eastern barrier islands along the Atlantic Ocean. The [[Rickenbacker Causeway]] is the southernmost causeway and connects Brickell to [[Virginia Key]] and [[Key Biscayne, Florida|Key Biscayne]]. The [[Venetian Causeway]] and [[MacArthur Causeway]] connect [[Greater Downtown Miami|Downtown]] with [[South Beach]]. The [[Julia Tuttle Causeway]] connects [[Midtown Miami|Midtown]] and [[Miami Beach]]. The [[Florida State Road 934|79th Street Causeway]] connects the [[Upper Eastside, Miami, Florida|Upper East Side]] with [[North Beach (Miami Beach)|North Beach]]. The northernmost causeway, the [[Broad Causeway]], is the smallest of Miami's six causeways and connects [[North Miami, Florida|North Miami]] to [[Bay Harbor Islands]] and [[Bal Harbour, Florida|Bal Harbour]].

In 2007, Miami was identified as having the rudest drivers in the United States, the second year in a row to have been cited, in a poll commissioned by automobile club AutoVantage.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Reaney |first=Patricia |date=May 15, 2007 |title=Miami drivers named the rudest |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL1413867020070515 |access-date=September 2, 2007 |archive-date=September 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070923051721/http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL1413867020070515? |url-status=live }}</ref> Miami is also consistently ranked as one of the most dangerous cities in the United States for pedestrians.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 2, 2004 |title=Dangerous Pedestrian Cities |work=CBS News |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dangerous-pedestrian-cities/ |access-date=September 2, 2007 |archive-date=January 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125191414/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/02/national/main658846.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Public transportation===
{{See also|Metrobus (Miami-Dade County)|Metromover|Miami-Dade Transit}}
[[File:Miami Metrorail Hitachi train 20190117.jpg|thumb|Miami's [[Metrorail (Miami-Dade County)|Metrorail]] is the city's [[rapid transit]] system and connects Miami with its outlying suburbs.]]
[[File:Tri Rail 616 Opa-locka Station (8439701464).jpg|thumb|[[Tri-Rail]] is Miami's [[commuter rail]] that runs north–south from Miami's suburbs in [[West Palm Beach, Florida|West Palm Beach]] to [[Miami International Airport]].]]
[[Public transportation]] in Miami is operated by [[Miami-Dade Transit]] and [[South Florida Regional Transportation Authority|SFRTA]], and includes [[commuter rail]] ([[Tri-Rail]]), heavy-rail [[rapid transit]] ([[Metrorail (Miami-Dade County)|Metrorail]]), an elevated [[people mover]] ([[Metromover]]), and buses ([[Miami-Dade Transit#Metrobus|Metrobus]]). Miami has Florida's highest transit ridership as about 17% of Miamians use transit on a daily basis.<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Community Survey |url=https://www.census.gov/acs/www/ |access-date=June 27, 2009 |publisher=Census.gov |archive-date=June 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625162107/http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The average Miami public transit commute on weekdays is 90 minutes, while 39% of public transit riders commute for more than 2 hours a day. The average wait time at a public transit stop or station is 18 minutes, while 37% of riders wait for more than 20 minutes on average every day. The average single trip distance with public transit is {{convert|7.46|mi|km|0|abbr=on}}, while 38% travel more than {{convert|8.08|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} in each direction.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facts and usage statistics about public transit in Miami, US |url=https://moovitapp.com/insights/en/Moovit_Insights_Public_Transit_Index_USA_Miami_FL-742 |access-date=June 19, 2017 |publisher=Global Public Transit Index by Moovit |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824180631/https://moovitapp.com/insights/en/Moovit_Insights_Public_Transit_Index_USA_Miami_FL-742 |url-status=live }} [[File:CC BY icon.svg|50x50px]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [[creativecommons:by/4.0/|Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]].</ref>

Miami's heavy-rail rapid transit system, [[Metrorail (Miami-Dade County)|Metrorail]], is an elevated system comprising two lines and 23 stations on a {{convert|24.4|mi|km|adj=on}}-long line. Metrorail connects the urban western suburbs of [[Hialeah, Florida|Hialeah]], [[Medley, Florida|Medley]], and inner-city Miami with suburban [[The Roads]], [[Coconut Grove]], [[Coral Gables, Florida|Coral Gables]], [[South Miami]], and urban [[Kendall, Florida|Kendall]] via the central business districts of [[Miami International Airport]], the [[Health District (Miami)|Health District]], and Downtown. A free, elevated [[people mover]], [[Metromover]], operates 21 stations on three different lines in greater Downtown Miami, with a station at roughly every two blocks of Downtown and Brickell. Several expansion projects are being funded by a transit development sales tax surcharge throughout Miami-Dade County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.miamidade.gov/global/transportation/metrorail.page|title=Metrorail Information|website=Miamidade.gov|access-date=November 19, 2023|archive-date=December 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206145302/https://www.miamidade.gov/global/transportation/metrorail.page|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Tri-Rail]], a commuter rail system operated by the [[South Florida Regional Transportation Authority]] (SFRTA), runs from [[Miami International Airport]] northward to [[West Palm Beach, Florida|West Palm Beach]], making eighteen stops throughout [[Miami-Dade County|Miami-Dade]], [[Broward County|Broward]], and [[Palm Beach County|Palm Beach]] counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tri-rail.com/|title=Tri-Rail Homepage|website=tri-rail.com|access-date=November 19, 2023|archive-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120183540/https://www.tri-rail.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Miami Intermodal Center]] is a massive transportation hub servicing [[Metrorail (Miami-Dade County)|Metrorail]], [[Amtrak]], [[Tri-Rail]], [[Brightline]], [[Miami-Dade Transit#Metrobus|Metrobus]], [[Greyhound Lines]], [[Taxicab|taxis]], [[rental cars]], [[MIA Mover]], private automobiles, bicycles and pedestrians adjacent to Miami International Airport. Miami Intermodal Center was completed in 2010, and is serving about 150,000 commuters and travelers in the Miami area. Phase I of [[MiamiCentral]] Station was completed in 2012, and the Tri-Rail part of Phase II was completed in 2015, but the construction of the Amtrak part remains delayed.

Two new light rail systems, Baylink and the Miami Streetcar, have been proposed and are currently in the planning stage. BayLink would connect Downtown with [[South Beach]], and the Miami Streetcar would connect Downtown with [[Midtown Miami|Midtown]].

Miami is the southern terminus of [[Amtrak]]'s Atlantic Coast services, running two lines, the [[Silver Meteor]] and the [[Silver Star (Amtrak train)|Silver Star]], both terminating in New York City. The Miami Amtrak Station is located in the suburb of [[Hialeah]] near the [[Tri-Rail and Metrorail transfer station|Tri-Rail/Metrorail Station]] on NW 79 St and NW 38 Ave. Current construction of the Miami Central Station will move all Amtrak operations from its current out-of-the-way location to a centralized location with [[Miami Metrorail|Metrorail]], [[MIA Mover]], [[Tri-Rail]], [[Miami International Airport]], and the [[Miami Intermodal Center]] all within the same station closer to Downtown. The station was expected to be completed by 2012,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Projects: Miami Central Station |url=http://www.micdot.com/miami_central_station.html |access-date=October 30, 2010 |website=Miami Intermodal Center |publisher=Micdot.com |archive-date=February 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212114414/http://www.micdot.com/miami_central_station.html |url-status=live }}</ref> but experienced several delays and was later expected to be completed in late 2014,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Miami airport transit hub on the way to bringing planes, trains, automobiles under one roof |work=Miami Herald |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/05/25/4137303/miami-airport-transit-hub-on-the.html |access-date=August 28, 2014 |archive-date=May 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526024921/http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/05/25/4137303/miami-airport-transit-hub-on-the.html |url-status=live }}</ref> again pushed back to early 2015.<ref name="MICjanuary">{{Cite web |last=Turnbell |first=Michael |date=October 15, 2014 |title=Tri-Rail station at Miami airport delayed until January |url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-tri-rail-miami-airport-20141015-story.html |access-date=October 30, 2014 |website=Sun Sentinel |archive-date=October 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031055324/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-tri-rail-miami-airport-20141015-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Airports===
{{See also|Miami International Airport|Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport|Palm Beach International Airport}}
[[File:Miami International Airport (KMIA-MIA) (8204606870).jpg|thumb|[[Miami International Airport]], the nation's 10th-largest airport]]
[[Miami International Airport]] serves as the primary international airport of the Greater Miami Area. One of the busiest international airports in the world because of its centric location, Miami International Airport caters to over 45&nbsp;million passengers a year. The airport is a major hub and the largest international gateway for [[American Airlines]].<ref name="miami-airport.com">{{Cite web |title=The official website of the Miami International Airport |url=https://www.miami-airport.com/ |access-date=October 23, 2022 |website=[[Miami International Airport]] |archive-date=October 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023022256/https://miami-airport.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Miami International is the second busiest airport by passenger traffic in Florida, the United States' third-largest international port of entry for foreign air passengers, behind New York's [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] and [[Los Angeles International Airport]]. The airport's extensive international route network includes non-stop flights to over seventy international cities in North and [[South America]], [[Europe]], [[Africa]], [[Asia]], and the [[Middle East]].<ref name="miami-airport.com"/>

Nearby [[Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport]] and [[Palm Beach International Airport]] also serve commercial traffic in the Miami area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Southwest Airlines Cities |url=http://www.southwest.com/travel_center/routemap.html |access-date=October 30, 2008 |website=Southwest Airlines |archive-date=September 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919010027/http://www.southwest.com/travel_center/routemap.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport]] in [[Opa-locka, Florida|Opa-locka]] and [[Miami Executive Airport]] in an unincorporated area southwest of Miami serve general aviation traffic in the Miami area.

===Cycling and walking===
The city government under former mayor [[Manny Diaz (Florida politician)|Manny Diaz]] took an ambitious stance in support of [[bicycling]] in Miami for both recreation and commuting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cycling and walking |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/1460/story/1263994.html |access-date=October 7, 2009 |website=miamiherald.com |publisher=Miami Herald}}</ref> In 2010, Miami was ranked as the 44th-most bike-friendly city in the U.S., according to ''[[Bicycling Magazine]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 6, 2010 |title=Miami becoming more bike friendly {{pipe}} South Florida Business Journal |publisher=Southflorida.bizjournals.com |url=http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2010/04/05/daily16.html |access-date=October 30, 2010 |archive-date=April 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412050525/http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2010/04/05/daily16.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

A 2011 study by [[Walk Score]] ranked Miami the eighth-most walkable of the 50 largest cities in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2011 |title=2011 City and Neighborhood Rankings |url=http://www.walkscore.com/rankings/cities/ |access-date=August 28, 2011 |publisher=Walk Score |archive-date=August 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804175531/http://www.walkscore.com/rankings/cities/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Public safety===
{{Main|Miami Fire-Rescue Department|Miami Police Department}}