South Florida Commuter Services
Last month, South Florida Commuter Services (the 1-800-234-RIDE people) held the 2006 Commuter Challenge. greenerMIAMI recently caught up with Jim Udvardy, Project Director, and talked about this year’s Challenge. They estimate that over 10,000 people participated in the Commuter Challenge this year. That number includes over 7,000 people that typically don’t use any sort of shared or...
Read MoreMiami Transit sponsors Summer Challenge
Miami Transit has created a Summer Challenge to encourage the public to ride public transportation at least once a week this summer. After you do ride the transportation, they want to hear about it. First of all, I think this is a great idea, and hope that everyone participates as often as they can. As Miami Transit says, it can be to work, to an event, to a weekend outing…the...
Read MoreTransportation Challenge: 2:39 pm – 6:09 pm
The final in the series. See the Intro, Early AM, & Mid-Day. 2:39 pm – I found it. I almost can’t believe I found it. I got really turned around, which is kind of strange for me. My husband calls me his human GPS. A SW/SE confusion cost me about 5 blocks of walking. 2:42 pm – I’m on my bus. The driver looked in confusion at my Earth Day coupon. I’m sure I was...
Read MoreTransportation Challenge: 11:08 am – 2:22 pm
Continued from previous… 11:08 am – It took me a while to figure out how to go. I decided to take the T route. It seemed like the easiest stop to board would be College North, but the MetroMover still wasn’t working. So I go out to take a shuttle. I was supposed to wait on the Inner Loop bus, but the Omni Loop came around and I decided to just hop on that. I was looking at my...
Read MoreTransportation Challenge 9:21 am – 10:41 am
Today I’m taking the Transportation Challenge. Challenged by myself, I guess…utilizing the fact that Miami "Earth" Dade is celebrating today with free trains and buses. First thing in the morning I head off to the Government Center, because I’m going to need some schedules. 9:21 am – I arrive at the Financial District MetroMover station 9:25 am – Mover...
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