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MapQuest
MapQuest, a wholly owned subsidiary of America Online, Inc., is a world leader in online Mapping and Driving Directions, providing destination information solutions to business partners and consumers anytime, anywhere. MapQuest.com is the #1 mapping site on the Internet, according to Media Metrix (September 2001). MapQuest.com is consistently ranked among the top 30 Web properties, with one in four Internet users accessing MapQuest content every month. On a monthly basis, MapQuest serves up more than 300 million maps and more than 40 million sets of driving directions. To use the service, simply enter an address on MapQuest and they can easily access millions of locations around the world, obtain detailed Maps and accurate Driving Directions, locate places of interest, customize Road Trip Plans, and create, save, download or email Personalized Maps. You can also access a City Map (i.e. Fort Lauderdale, Miami, West Palm Beach, etc.), the MapQuest Road Atlas, or a World Atlas.
Maps On Us
Maps On Us is one of two popular Web sites provided by Switchboard Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Infospace. Switchboard owns one of the internet's premium residential (White Pages) and business (Yellow Pages) online service directories. Consistently ranked as one of the top 20 most visited travel sites on the Web, Maps On Us provides advanced Mapping and Driving Directions throughout the United States. In addition to offering Maps On Us as a destination Web site, Switchboard leverages Maps On Us technology to tightly integrate mapping services directly into its White and Yellow Pages directories. They also offer a Reverse Search, useful for acertaining who or what business belongs to what telephone number.
Yahoo! Maps
Yahoo! Maps (maps.yahoo.com) is the internationally respected Yahoo! superportal's highly flexible map and directions service. You can edit a locations module to quickly enter the "to" or "from" components of the Driving Directions service. If you don't know an exact address, you can input an Airport Code or an intersection. To use an intersection as the starting point or destination in Yahoo! Driving Directions, simply enter the two street names separated by the word "and." Yahoo! Maps, a free service using NAVTECH technology, also offers the turn by turn text directions to the destination.
MSN Maps & Directions
Microsoft's entry into the "Maps & Directions" arena is MSN Maps & Directions. Operating through its MSN (The Microsoft Network) web presence, MSN Maps & Directions uses Microsoft's proprietary "MapPoint" technology to offer both its Find a Map entry and it Driving Directions service. Microsoft combined its Expedia - Streets driven MapPoint technology with the acumen gained through its acquisition of MapBlast! from the Vicinity Corporation to arrive at the current free service.
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Take the Bus!
 December 20, 2006 - Car being fixed? Stuck in the house? You don’t have to hang about, waiting for someone to take you to Targets, the Beach Community Center or the Fort Lauderdale Beach area. For a quarter, you can comfortably travel to these locations all day during the week. The City of Fort Lauderdale and Broward County Transit provide inexpensive bus service to a host of local destinations. A product of the Downtown Fort Lauderdale Transportation Management Association (DFLTMA), the service formerly operated by City Cruiser is now called Sun Trolley. Their mission is “to allow the continued growth and economic development of downtown Fort Lauderdale while avoiding traffic congestion.” It was incorporated in 1992 to combine business resources and expertise with government efforts to solve local transportation problems. TMA funding comes from the public and private sectors, including grants from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Broward County, the City of Fort Lauderdale and the Downtown Development Authority, as well as dues and in-kind contributions from the private sector.
 The DFLTMA targeted certain neighborhoods for inexpensive or free local shuttle service. Each of its 9 routes is designed to relieve traffic congestion in a specific area. The Sun Trolley provides transportation to and from Las Olas and the beaches, connecting the Performing Arts Center to the west and Vista Mar to the North. The Tri-Rail Weekend Connector runs from the Galt Ocean Mile to the Broward County Transit Central Terminal, Beach Place, Las Olas Boulevard, Broward Boulevard and the Tri-Rail. Our local Galt Ocean Mile / North Beach route connects Galt Ocean Drive with the Coral Ridge Towers complex, the Beach Community Center, the Coral Ridge Mall and the North Beach neighborhood. The NW Circulator connects the Broward County Transit Central Terminal with the Mizell Center and Regal Trace along Sistrunk Boulevard. The Lauderdale Manors route connects Lauderdale Villas and Hillmont Heights. The Weekday North - South Downtown Circulator and the Weekend North - South Downtown Circulator loops hits most major downtown attractions. The Lunchtime Route runs every ten minutes from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM during the week along Las Olas Boulevard and the Las Olas Riverfront. The Broward East-West Express connects Government Center West on University Drive with the Broward Sheriff’s Office and Government Center East along Broward Boulevard. The new Convention Connection hits Beach Place, the Swimming Hall of Fame, the Greater Fort Lauderdale Broward County Convention Center and Harbor Shops.
All Sun Trolleys are air-conditioned, wheelchair accessible, have double doors for easy access, and bike racks. The trolleys use bio-diesel fuel. The service pauses when a hurricane warning has been issued. As stated, our route services Galt Ocean Drive, the Coral Ridge Towers complex and North Beach to the Palms. For the 25¢ fare (exact change), it will zip you over to the Fort Lauderdale Beach Community Center or the Coral Ridge Mall - and back! The Galt Ocean Mile Sun Trolley leaves every 40 to 45 minutes from 8:30 AM until 4:30 PM on weekdays. While there is no regular service on Saturday, Sunday or the 6 holidays observed by the City, the Sun Trolley Tri-Rail Weekend Connector service runs from the Galt Mile to the beaches, Las Olas Boulevard and the Tri-Rail.
You can catch the shuttle at the Galt Mile Reading Center at 3403 Galt Ocean Drive, Fort Lauderdale. The Trolley heads north along Galt Ocean Drive to 41st Street, where it cuts left to A1A and turns south to NE 36th Street. It heads west on 36th Street to Coral Ridge Towers North, returns to A1A, heads south to 34th Street and turns west to the Beach Community Center. After the Center, it travels south on NE 32nd Avenue to NE 32nd Street, where it turns east to A1A. It hops over the Oakland Park Boulevard Bridge to the Coral Ridge Mall at Middle River Drive (a block before Federal Highway). After the Mall, the Trolley returns east on NE 32nd Street to Bayview Drive, where it jogs south to Oakland Park Boulevard and east over the Bridge to NE 33rd Avenue. It heads south to 23rd Street and east to A1A by the Palms and Ireland’s Inn. It returns North up A1A, passing the Bridge to NE 32nd Street and turns west. It turns north at NE 32nd Avenue and turns east at the Beach Community Center on NE 34th Street, arriving at A1A. It proceeds one block north on A1A before turning east on NE 35th Street to Galt Ocean Drive and the Galt Mile Reading Center. The trips are quick. It takes 18 minutes to get to the Mall from the Galt Mile Reading Center and about 29 minutes to reach North Beach locations like the Palms and Ireland’s Inn. Click Here to get the Sun Trolley routes and timetables for Galt Ocean Drive.
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On the weekend, the Tri-Rail Weekend Connector runs north along Galt Ocean Drive, turns west on NE 41st Street and south on A1A. Passing Oakland Park Boulevard and Sunrise Boulevard, it heads east on Las Olas Boulevard at Birch Road. It travels along Las Olas to Andrews Avenue, turning north to the Broward County Transit Central Terminal at NW 2nd Street. It turn east on Broward Boulevard to the Tri-Rail and turns back west on Broward. It passes the Terminal and heads south to Las Olas Riverfront via SW 2nd Street. Heading west on Las Olas Boulevard, it hops the Bridge and turns north on A1A at Beach Place. The Sun Trolley continues up A1A and turns east on NE 35th Street to Galt Ocean Drive heading north. This free service runs every two hours from 7:30 AM through 9:00 PM. On Saturday Night, it runs to 11:00 PM. The trip from the Galt Mile to Las Olas Boulevard takes only 16 minutes.
 So... big deal. It can get me to a few local destinations. NOT SO! Our local Galt Ocean Mile / North Beach route connects to other Sun Trolleys and more important, to 4 major Broward County Transit Bus Routes. Of Broward’s more than 1,200 square miles, Broward County Transit buses provide service to 410 square miles. The service area becomes even greater with Route 18, BCT’s first bus route to service the tri-county area of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. To get a view of BCT’s fixed route bus service area, Click Here. Broward County Transit’s total active fleet of 284 fixed route buses and 75 community buses travel 13.4 million annual service miles. Four extensive County bus routes connect with the Galt Sun Trolley (Route 11, Route 36, Route 62 and Route 72), giving Galt Mile residents access to the entire County, with connections to Miami and Palm Beach. These BCT buses connect to downtown Fort Lauderdale, Las Olas Boulevard, Coral Ridge Mall, Sawgrass Mills, Lauderhill Mall, Pompano City Center, Galleria Mall, Coral Square Mall and hundreds of other popular locations. Click Here to go to the Broward County Transit web page to get routes and timetables.
Neighboring Lauderdale-by-the-Sea also offers their “Pelican Hopper”, now conducting rides for passengers to the Senior Center (in the LBTS Town Hall complex on Bougainvillea Dr.). It also makes hops to the Fort Lauderdale Beach Community Center, the Broward County Galt Mile Reading Center, the Ocean Market place, downtown LBTS and the Sea Ranch Center. The “Pelican Hopper” travels every 45 minutes with assigned stops beginning at 9 AM and ending at 5:25 PM. It operates Monday - Friday (except holidays), all day Saturday and Sunday morning. Click Here to go to the Pelican Hopper web page to get routes and timetables.
Every Trolley user represents one less internal combustion engine burning off the local air supply. Armed with a map and a schedule, you can reach almost any location in the County for the change you find in your couch… or for free. Avoid the frustrating hunt for a space, exorbitant fuel costs, bucking the traffic and the expense of parking. If it’s in Broward, chances are you can get there by bus. See below links to the various community transportation and parking services available to residents.
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Sun Trolley extends Galt Ocean Mile route to
Holy Cross Hospital
 | LES HOLLINGSWORTH
DFLTMA DIRECTOR |
April 17, 2007 - At the February 15, 2007 GMCA Advisory Board meeting, Executive Director Les Hollingsworth of the Downtown Fort Lauderdale Transportation Management Association schooled members about the policies and plans of our local bus service - the Sun Trolley. Hollingsworth explained that a planned expansion would extend our local service to include access to Holy Cross Hospital. He promised to alert us when the extension was approved. On March 31st, Sun Trolley Marketing Coordinator Rabia Qureshi fulfilled his promise, sending this notice.
 | | RABIA QURESHI |
The Downtown Fort Lauderdale Transportation Management Association (DFLTMA) operates the Sun Trolley community bus system, announces the extension of the Galt Ocean Mile Sun Trolley route to Holy Cross Hospital, effective Monday, April 9, 2007.
 | | COMM CHRISTINE TEEL |
City of Fort Lauderdale Commissioner, Christine Teel, and Broward County Commissioner, Ken Keechl, Executive Board members of DFLTMA, released the following joint statement on the route extension.
 | | COMMISSIONER KEN KEECHL |
“Many of our residents had expressed a desire to extend the regular route of the Galt Ocean Mile Sun Trolley to Holy Cross Hospital. The route was extended a short distance from the Coral Ridge Mall along Federal Highway at Oakland Park Boulevard, to the Holy Cross Hospital without adding additional cost to the system.”
The Trolley completes this route every sixty minutes. Hours of operation are the same, from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday. This will benefit individuals arriving at the peak hours of the morning when traffic is heavily congested.
 | HOLY CROSS CEO
JOHN C JOHNSON |
John C. Johnson, Holy Cross Hospital President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We appreciate the extension of the Sun Trolley from the Galt Ocean Mile and Coral Ridge Mall areas to our complex. This will enable our clients, visitors, associates and physicians, front door access to our myriad of services.”
Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale is a full-service non-profit Catholic Hospital, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy. Holy Cross is a US News & World Report “Best Hospital” and HealthGrades “Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence”. They can be reached at www.holy-cross.com.
The Sun Trolley system provides community transit service to the City of Fort Lauderdale. The Sun Trolley community transit system has fourteen (14) vehicles serving eleven (11) routes. We can be reached at www.suntrolley.com or at 954-761-3543.
Click Here to see new Galt Ocean Mile Sun Trolley map and timetable for route to Holy Cross Hospital.
New Sun Trolley Galt Ocean Mile route to Holy Cross Hospital
New Sun Trolley Galt Ocean Mile - Holy Cross Timetable
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Galt Mile Sun Trolley
Adapts to Survive
 | LES HOLLINGSWORTH
DFLTMA DIRECTOR |
May 22, 2009 - On April 16, 2009, Sun Trolley Executive Director Les Hollingsworth updated the Galt Mile Community Association Advisory Board about an ongoing struggle to salvage the Galt Ocean Mile Sun Trolley route. Most of the Sun Trolley’s routes have already fallen victim to budget-based funding shortages. Passenger utilization targets formulated to justify continued DFLTMA (Downtown Fort Lauderdale Transportation Management Association) funding for these neighborhood bus routes consistently fell short despite the implementation of an aggressive marketing campaign to boost ridership. Hollingsworth and Marketing Coordinator Rabia Qureshi cultivated alternative revenue streams from advertizing, soliciting corporate sponsors and renting the Sun Trolley’s 14 flashy vehicles for birthdays, weddings and other private events. They also molded service functionality to better address user needs. Not unlike hailing a taxi, prospective riders could flag down the Sun Trolley while strolling along the route.
 Although the Galt Mile route suffered the same disappointing ridership statistics that closed the Tri-Rail Weekend Connector, the Weekend North - South Downtown Circulator, the Broward East-West Express, the Lauderdale Manors route and other Sun Trolley legacy connections, Commissioner Bruce Roberts worked with Hollingsworth to find a formula supportive of a reprieve. Shortly after inheriting the District 1 reins from former Commissioner Christine Teel, Roberts revived Teel’s contention that folding the Sun Trolley’s Galt Mile route would create an unacceptable hardship for local residents. The Barrier Island’s isolated geography severely impairs access to the Broward transportation alternatives available to county residents impacted by the other route closures.
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Other Broward County Transit routes could admittedly fill the resulting public transportation void to destinations like the Coral Ridge Mall and certain North Beach locations. However, the Sun Trolley uniquely connects the otherwise isolated Coral Ridge Towers complex to important local venues such as the Galt Mile Reading Room. It also provides the entire population of Galt Ocean Drive with access to the Beach Community Center. More importantly, when the Galt Mile route was extended to Holy Cross Hospital in 2007, the Sun Trolley ridership was swelled by patients largely dependent on the easily accessible (and affordable) transportation for their continued health care. Loss of the Sun Trolley could create an insurmountable obstacle to the medical therapies that sustain many of these mostly elderly residents.
 The Sun Trolley Galt Mile route has been dodging termination for months. On October 10, 2008, Hollingsworth sent a “Service Termination” notice to “Galt Mile Patrons”. The notice said, “Due to budget constraints and ridership requirements the Galt Ocean route will discontinue Friday, October 17, 2008. Alternative service is provided by Broward County Transit, Bus # 72, Bus # 10 and Bus # 62. These services are offered seven (7) days a week. Bus # 72 operates every 15 – 20 minutes, Bus #10 operates every 20 – 30 minutes, and Bus # 62 operates every 40 minutes. To find other Broward County Bus schedules please visit www.broward.org/bct by using Google Trip-Planner or call 954-357-8400 for more information.”
 The resulting flood of irate opposition prompted the city to request reconsideration by the Transportation Management Association. On October 28, 2008, Hollingsworth sent an announcement to an angry District 1 constituency, “The City Commission of the City of Fort Lauderdale, at its meeting of Tuesday, October 21, 2008, requested that the Transportation Management Association (TMA) continue operating the Galt Ocean Mile Sun Trolley service on weekdays to the Coral Ridge Shopping Center and to the Holy Cross Hospital.” Clarifying that the stay of execution was temporary, Hollingsworth explained, “The Galt Ocean Mile Sun Trolley route is under review. The TMA will provide 30 days notice of any termination or change to the current service.”
 | | CITY COMMISSIONER BRUCE ROBERTS |
At their April 7th Conference Agenda meeting, the City Commission considered a survival strategy for the Galt Mile route. Instead of operating Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (except on city holidays), the scaled back plan would support route operations for 3 days a week – Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (except city holidays), from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. The frequency of service is every 60 minutes and the last hospital pickup is at 3:54 pm. The service change was scheduled to start on Monday, May 11th. Hollingsworth applauded the rescue package, sending out an April 15th letter to Galt Ocean Mile patrons announcing the new schedule. As such, along with the Downtown Courthouse Loop, the Las Olas Beaches/Convention Center Connection and the Northwest Circulator, Galt Mile residents will continue to benefit from a local neighborhood bus service. We owe a debt of gratitude to Hollingsworth and Roberts.
Click Here for Galt Mile Sun Trolley & General Transportation Links
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Galt & Coral Ridge Route Meeting
Galt Ocean Mile Branch Library
Thursday, February 11, 12:30pm
Sun Trolley needs you! Our Sun Trolley riders and the businesses along our route are invited to open community meetings to work together on solutions to keep Sun Trolley going. Please join Steve Lucas and Sun Trolley staff for these monthly meetings at AARLCC.
For additional information, contact Patricia Zeiler at Sun Trolley - 954-761-3543 - or email at pzeiler@suntrolley.com.
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