11 Transportation (31.4) 90.8 Tampa: Tampa and its surrounding area use the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority system ("HART") in addition downtown Tampa has continuous trolley services in the form of a heritage trolley powered by Tampa Electric Company Pinellas County and St Petersburg provide similar services through the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority or "PSTA" the beaches of Pinellas County also have a continuous trolley bus Downtown St Petersburg has a trolley system, MTV Latin America is based in Miami serving residents in Mexico Argentina Venezuela and other Latin American countries since 1993. . . Wildlife and preservation 3 Twenty-first century Miami Seaquarium Miami See also: 1968 Miami riot Gold Coast 2 History Bay Harbor Islands; . . . 9 References Miami Florida Business directory raising awareness of the inter-relatedness of one country's political policies and economic practices on another; The Miami Herald sponsors several community involvement projects such as those detailed below.
. A series of biennial reports from the U.S National Research Council have reviewed the progress of CERP the fourth report in the series released in 2012 found that little progress has been made in restoring the core of the remaining Everglades ecosystem; instead most project construction so far has occurred along its periphery the report noted that to reverse ongoing ecosystem declines it will be necessary to expedite restoration projects that target the central Everglades and to improve both the quality and quantity of the water in the ecosystem to better understand the potential implications of the current slow pace of progress the report assessed the current status of ten Everglades ecosystem attributes including phosphorus loads peat depth and populations of snail kites birds of prey that are endangered in South Florida Most attributes received grades ranging from C (degraded) to D (significantly degraded) but the snail kite received a grade of F (near irreversible damage) the report also assessed the future trajectory of each ecosystem attribute under three restoration scenarios: improved water quality improved hydrology and improvements to both water quality and hydrology which helped highlight the urgency of restoration actions to benefit a wide range of ecosystem attributes and demonstrate the cost of inaction Overall the report concluded that substantial near-term progress to address both water quality and hydrology in the central Everglades is needed to reverse ongoing degradation before it is too late, Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Before the construction of routes under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 Florida began construction of a long cross-state toll road Florida's Turnpike the first section from Fort Pierce south to the Golden Glades Interchange was completed in 1957 After a second section north through Orlando to Wildwood (near present-day the Villages) and a southward extension around Miami to Homestead it was finished in 1974. In 1891 a Cleveland woman named Julia Tuttle decided to move to South Florida to make a new start in her life after the death of her husband Frederick Tuttle She purchased 640 acres on the north bank of the Miami River in present-day downtown Miami, School of Professional and Career Education Florida Keys Jacksonville JAX Jacksonville International Airport Medium Hub 2,701,861 North Miami! Orlando: Orlando is served by the SunRail commuter train which runs on a 32 miles (51 km) (61 miles (98 km) when complete) line including four stops in downtown Lynx bus serves the greater Orlando area in Orange Seminole and Osceola counties. . Miami Florida Business directory Florida Reef; Florida's economy ranks among the largest in the world as of 2018 the gross state product (GSP) is about $1.0 trillion the fourth largest economy in the United States Florida is responsible for 5.0 percent of the United States' approximate $20.9 trillion gross domestic product (GDP) as of 2018 Florida's nominal GDP is larger than all but 15 countries in terms of Purchasing Power Parity it is larger than all but 24 countries in the 20th century tourism industry construction international banking biomedical and life sciences healthcare research simulation training aerospace and defense and commercial space travel have contributed to the state's economic development.
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