Art Week brings free water taxi, shuttles and a construction freeze Nov. 30–Dec. 6
The city's Art Week plan: free water taxi and shuttles, a later trolley, Park and Ride garages and Venetian drawbridge limits.
Miami Beach will run a free water taxi and four free shuttle routes during Art Week, Monday, Nov. 30, through Sunday, Dec. 6. It will also halt private construction work in city streets all week, the city announced Monday. Art Basel Miami Beach holds preview days Dec. 2 and 3 and opens to the public Dec. 4 to 6 at the Convention Center, with 272 galleries from 40 countries and territories, the city said.
No digging in the streets. A citywide moratorium suspends non-city construction in the right-of-way for the week, so no road, sidewalk or lane closures for that work, according to the announcement.
Water taxi. Free boats run every 7 to 9 minutes between Maurice Gibb Memorial Park, 1790 Purdy Ave., and Venetian Marina & Yacht Club, 1635 N. Bayshore Drive, in Miami. Hours are 10 a.m. to midnight Nov. 30 through Dec. 5, and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Dec. 6. The city’s suggested parking is the Sunset Harbour Garage, 1900 Bay Road.
Shuttles. Free shuttles every 10 to 15 minutes, on the water taxi’s hours, link the Convention Center with: Maurice Gibb Park; Collins Avenue between 10th and 11th streets; Collins at 22nd, 32nd and 46th streets and Royal Palm Avenue between 41st and 42nd streets; and the Design District in Miami, using the Julia Tuttle Causeway’s inside shoulders. The 42nd Street Garage, 4049 Royal Palm Ave., and the 17th Street, Pennsylvania Avenue and City Hall garages serve as Park and Ride lots, the city said.
Trolley. The free Miami Beach Trolley runs 8 a.m. to midnight Dec. 2 to 5.
Boats and bridges. The East Venetian Causeway drawbridge won’t open for boats from 3 to 9 p.m. daily Nov. 30 to Dec. 6, except for emergency vessels and boats in distress.
Traffic. The city expects the heaviest traffic on weekday afternoons, building toward the weekend, and warned that FDOT work near the Biscayne Boulevard off-ramp in downtown Miami may slow westbound MacArthur Causeway traffic. Police will add staff Dec. 2 to 6 at key intersections, around the Convention Center and along 41st Street, and will work to cut down on cut-through traffic in neighborhoods. Residents are asked to stick to main roads.
Other dates. No Vacancy, the city’s hotel art competition, runs Nov. 12 to Dec. 19. Public voting in the Legacy Purchase Program, which chooses among three works from Art Basel’s Positions and Nova sections, is Nov. 20 to 23, with the winner unveiled Dec. 1.
E-bikes and e-scooters aren’t allowed on the beachwalk, sidewalks or other shared paths. Traffic alerts: text MBAlert to 888777. Details are at artweekmb.com.
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