A 2011 study by Walk Score ranked Miami the eighth-most walkable of the fifty largest cities in the United States but a 2013 survey by Travel + Leisure ranked Miami 34th for "public transportation and pedestrian friendliness". An alligator in the Florida Everglades, 42nd Mayor of Miami The cost of restoring the rail link between the port and the Hialeah Railyard was estimated at $46.9 million $28 million of which was applied for through a federal grant in 2010 Later that year a grant of $22 million was awarded for this project as well as to build an on site intermodal rail yard at the port During the 2000s the percent of Florida East Coast Railway's business has increased from around 60% to around 80% intermodal freight However this was partially due to a decrease in other freight traffic caused by the 2008 recession which reduced the number of trains many carrying rock aggregate used in construction from about 20 to 14 per day. 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 making eighteen stops throughout Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties. . Miami Florida Business directory See also: Sport in Miami, Italy-America Chamber of Commerce The Florida Department of Education is required by law to train educators in teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). . . The Maritime and Science Technology (MAST) Academy public magnet school is located on Virginia Key Several hundred high school specially-selected students from Miami get their education at MAST Academy.
. Florida State University 1970 334,859 14.8% 2 Extent and data The British divided and consolidated the Florida provinces (Las Floridas) into East Florida and West Florida a division the Spanish government kept after the brief British period the British government gave land grants to officers and soldiers who had fought in the French and Indian War in order to encourage settlement in order to induce settlers to move to Florida reports of its natural wealth were published in England a large number of British settlers who were described as being "energetic and of good character" moved to Florida mostly coming from South Carolina Georgia and England There was also a group of settlers who came from the colony of Bermuda This would be the first permanent English-speaking population in what is now Duval County Baker County St Johns County and Nassau County the British built good public roads and introduced the cultivation of sugar cane indigo and fruits as well as the export of lumber.
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