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Your ultimate guide for all things Art Week Miami Beach
GETTING AROUND
Free water taxi service connecting Miami Beach with the City of Miami.
Water taxis will operate every 15 minutes from:
Wednesday, Dec. 4 to Saturday, Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to midnight.
Sunday, Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.The route will run between Maurice Gibb Memorial Park in Miami Beach and the Venetian Marina & Yacht Club in Miami.
Free dedicated shuttles linking the water taxi, several art fairs and parking garages in Miami Beach and Miami.
Dedicated shuttles will operate every 15 minutes from:
Wednesday, Dec. 4 to Saturday, Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to midnight.
Sunday, Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Track the shuttles during the hours of operation, Dec. 4 - Dec. 8.
Park & Ride
Miami Beach is providing free shuttles and water taxi service to and from designated pickup and drop-off locations in the immediate vicinity of various parking garages in Miami Beach and Miami.
Designated shuttle pickup and drop-off locations in Miami Beach:
- Royal Palm Ave. between 41 and 42 streets serving the 42 St. Garage (4049 Royal Palm Ave.)
- Convention Center Dr. between 17 and 18 streets serving the 17 St. Garage (640 17 St.), Pennsylvania Ave. Garage (1661 Pennsylvania Ave.) and Miami Beach City Hall Garage (1755 Meridian Ave.)
- Purdy Ave. and 18 St. serving the Sunset Harbour Garage (1900 Bay Rd.)
Designated shuttle pickup and drop-off location in Miami:
- NE 38 Street and NE 1 Ave. serving the City View Garage (25 NE 38 Street), Palm Court Garage (155 NE 38 St.) and Public Parking Lot (3630 NE 1 Ct.)
Designated water taxi pickup and drop-off locations in Miami Beach/Miami:
- Miami Beach - Maurice Gibb Memorial Park (1790 Purdy Ave.) serving the Sunset Harbour Garage (1900 Bay Rd.)
- Miami - Venetian Marina & Yacht Club (1635 North Bayshore Dr.) serving the Omni Garage (453 NE 15 St.)
Free Miami Beach Trolley
Enhanced frequency of service from 8 a.m. to midnight each day:
Connects various neighborhoods, as well as Freebee services. Download the Transit app to track specific trolleys in real-time.
Biking and micro-mobility enthusiasts will find miles of beachwalk, green bike lanes and convenient bike parking in Miami Beach.
View the city’s bicycle parking maps or check out Citi Bike to see where bike sharing stations are located throughout the city.
Miami-Dade Transit offers service to and from the mainland.
Check out the Metrobus service for routes and information.
Hours of Operation:
Wednesday, Dec. 4 - Saturday, Dec. 7 | 10 AM - MIDNIGHT
Sunday, Dec. 8 | 10 AM - 10 PM
Frequency of Service: 15 min.
For additional transportation options around Miami Beach, download these apps:
Transit App
Citi Bike
Freebee
PEAK TRAVEL TIMES
The heaviest traffic during Art Week Miami Beach typically occurs on weekday afternoons with congestion increasing closer to the weekend. Traffic congestion leaving Miami Beach can be exacerbated by traffic or incidents on major thoroughfares outside of the city, including I-395, I-195 and I-95. The Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) ongoing road work and lane reductions near the Biscayne Boulevard off-ramp in downtown Miami is expected to impede westbound traffic leaving Miami Beach along the MacArthur Causeway. A citywide construction moratorium will suspend all construction-related activities within the City’s right of way throughout the week — prohibiting road, sidewalk and lane closures.
To reduce congestion along the Venetian Causeway connecting downtown Miami and Miami Beach, the east Venetian Causeway drawbridge will be on lockdown and will not open to vessels from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Dec. 4 through Dec. 7, and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Dec. 8 and Dec 9, except emergency vessels and vessels in distress.
The city plans to implement special event signal timing changes and other traffic management measures, as needed, along major thoroughfares with an enhanced level of traffic monitoring for Art Week Miami Beach. This will include 17 hours of traffic monitoring each day and coordination with the Miami Beach Police Department to enforce traffic regulations at intersections while keeping motorists informed of delays through digital message signs. The city will proactively communicate with Waze, Google and Inrix to accurately reflect all street closures on their respective mobile platforms in real-time.
In addition, the city will issue traffic text alerts as warranted to notify the public of major roadway incidents. Subscribe to receive traffic text message alerts by texting MBAlert to 888777.
City staff will work closely with the FDOT SunGuide Traffic Management Center to program traffic messages on overhead digital message signs along I-95, SR 112/I-195 and SR 836/I-395 regarding any major incidents affecting traffic flow on Miami Beach causeways.
Building Department Services
In order to reduce and mitigate traffic congestion in key locations throughout the city, in- person Building Department services at City Hall will be suspended from Wednesday, Dec. 4 through Friday, Dec. 6. During that time period, building services will only be available at the Building Department’s North Beach walk-in center located at 962 Normandy Drive, open from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Construction Moratorium
The City of Miami Beach Public Works Department will suspend ALL construction related activities within the public right-of-way from Monday, Dec. 2 until Sunday, Dec. 8. No lane, sidewalk or road closures nor any construction activity will be permitted.
