ADDITIONAL LINKS
SAE Miami Links:
The following are contact information for utility providers:
Florida Power and Light (electricity)
305.442.8770
www.fpl.com
Teco Peoples Gas
305.940.0139
www.peoplesgas.com
Supratelecom (telephone and internet)
305.443.3710
www.supratelecom.com
Bell South (telephone and internet)
1.888.757.6500
www.bellsouth.com
Comcast (cable television)
1.800.266.2278
www.comcast.com
Atlantic Broadband (cable television)
305.861.1564
www.atlanticbb.com
Crime Statistics
One of your concerns maybe “how nice and how safe is the area?” If you have safety concerns or questions about the communities where you are considering living please contact the respective police department to find or request neighborhood crime statistics and other information.
Miami Dade County www.mdpd.com
Broward County www.sheriff.org
City of Hollywood www.hollywoodpolice.org
City of Fort Lauderdale http://info.ci.ftlaud.fl.us/police
Area Descriptions
If you are researching cities in the Miami area then please check out the following links for detailed descriptions about the area of interest.
If you don't see a city you are searching then for additional Florida Cities please visit: http://www.this-town.com/florida_website_links.htm
Area Hospitals
In case of an emergency please refer to this list of area hospitals for further assistance.
Aventura Hospital and Medical Center - Aventura , FL
305.682.7000
www.aventurahospital.com
Cedars Medical Center - Miami , FL
305.325.5511
http://www.cedarsmedicalcenter.com/cpm/splashpage.htm
Columbia Miami Heart Institute - Miami , FL
305.674.3004
Hialeah Hospital - Hialeah, FL
305.835.4463
Hollywood Medical Center -Hollywood, FL
954.966.4500
http://www.hollywoodmedicalcenter.com
Holycross Hospital - Ft. Lauderdale , FL
954.492.5787
Jackson Memorial Hospital - Miami , FL
305.381.9998
Kendall Medical Center - Miami , FL
305.223.0702
Mercy Hospital - Miami , FL
305.643.1420
305.285.5085
Miami Children's Hospital - Miami , FL
305.666.6511
Mount Sinai Medical Center of Greater Miami -Miami Beach , FL
305.674.2396
North Ridge Medical Center- Ft. Lauderdale , FL
954.202.4814
North Shore Medical Center- Miami, FL
305.694.3680
305.835.6150
Pan American Hospital -Miami, FL
305.264.1000
Parkway Regional Medical Center- North Miami Beach , FL
305.651.1100
Airports
Planning a trip? To make travel arrangements, find hotel accommodations or for car rental information, please contact the following airports for assistance.
Miami International Airport http://miaairport.com
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood - International Airport http://www.broward.org/airport
Palm Beach International Airport http://www.pbia.org
Public Transportation
If you plan on commuting to and from school via public transportation, here is some information about commuter services.
Metro Bus
www.miamidade.gov/transit
305.770.3131
More than 19 of the 84 Miami-Dade County routes service Greater Miami and the Beaches daily. Fares are $1.50 each way, exact change only. Bus-to-rail transfers cost .50 cents each. Metro buses operate Monday-Friday 4:30am to 2:13 am. Two routes, the Night Owl and Airport Owl, operate between 11pm and 6am daily. Call for specific routes and weekend/holiday schedules. Metro-Dade Transit operates the bus system in Miami Dade County planning a trip? Use the trip planner to plan your trip a day in advance. Need information now? Locate bus routes by area with the Ride Guide, get descriptions of all bus routes in Miami-Dade County from their route list and learn how to transfer to cities and areas outside of Miami-Dade County Full-Time college students must present a valid ID to purchase a discounted monthly bus pass.
Metromover
www.miamidade.gov/transit
Individual motorized cars run atop a 4.4 mile elevated track looping around Downtown Miami and the Brickell and Omni business districts. Connecting with Metrorail at the Government Center and Brickell Avenue stations, metromover stops include Bayside Marketplace, Miami Arena, the Miami-Dade Cultural Center , some Downtown Miami hotels and the Miami Convention Center . Metromover is free! The metromover inner and outer loops run from 5:15 am to midnight on weekdays and from 5:30am to midnight on Saturday and Sunday. The outer loop servicing Brickell and Omni operates as one continuous loop from 7pm to midnight daily.
Metrorail
www.miamidade.gov/transit
This 21-mile elevated rail system serves Downtown Miami and extends west to Hialeah and south to Kendall , with stops approximately every mile. Stations include Dadeland South, Dadeland North, South Miami, University, Douglas Road , Coconut Grove, Vizcaya, Brickell Avenue , Government Center , Overtown/Årena, Culmer, Civic Center , Santa Clara , Allapattah, Earlington Heights , Brownsville , Martin Luther King Jr., Northside, Tri-Rail, Hialeah and Okeechobee. The trains connect to metromover, Metro bus and Tri-Rail. Fares are $1.25 each way, exact change only. Riders can transfer directly to metromover free of charge at the Government Center and Brickell Avenue stations. Metrorail runs 24 hours daily. Trains arrive every six minutes during weekday rush hours, every 10 minutes at midday, and every 15-30 minutes after 6pm, weekday and weekend service after midnight is hourly. Weekend service runs every 15 minutes until approximately 8pm, then every 30 minutes until midnight. Tri-Rail
www.tri-rail.com :
305.874.7245/305.885.9281
South Florida's only commuter rail system providing convenient transportation between; the Greater Miami area and West Palm Beach . Passengers with a valid Tri-Rail ticket may transfer to Metrorail at no additional cost, for convenient access to or from Downtown Miami and to South Miami . Tri-rail buses provide low-cost connections to Miami , Fort-Lauderdale/Hollywood and Palm Beach International Airports . Fares are based on distance traveled and range from $2 for a one-way ticket to $9.25 for a round trip ticket. Tri-Rail provides a 50% discount to senior's age 65 or older, children (5-12), students, person with disabilities and Medicare recipients. Tri-Rail operates daily including holidays and also services many South Florida special events. Tri-Rail provides rail service from Palm Beach to Miami with many stops in between. The rail service runs along I-95.
|
