Priya Raman

Senior Editor

Beat: Getting Around, One Day, When To Come

Priya runs this site and enforces its one rule: every timing we publish is door to door, with the causeway in it. She edits the itineraries, argues about whether a plan survives a Friday at six, and cuts any sentence that would read just as well about a city with no bay down the middle of it.

4 guides · 3 news posts

Last updatedPriya's most recent update to this site was September 18, 2026.

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Guides by Priya Raman

Reported guides to Miami, each with its own publication and last-updated date.

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Guide
Miami Layover Guide
A six-hour layover is not six hours. Subtract the airport first, then decide. Below is the arithmetic, the transit that works, and the point at which leaving stops being worth it.
Feb 5, 20268 min read
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Guide
Getting Around Miami Without a Car
Miami has three separate free transit networks and they do not join up. Knowing where each one stops is the difference between a cheap week and four rideshares a day.
Jan 28, 20269 min read
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Guide
Miami in 48 Hours
The second day in Miami is not more of the first. It is the day you stop navigating and start choosing — if you spend the first one on the correct side of the bay.
Jan 16, 20269 min read
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Guide
What to Do in Miami in One Day
One day, three parallel columns: the hour, what you do if your bed is on the mainland, what you do if it is on the island, and what you swap in when the sky opens.
Jan 9, 202610 min read

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Seasonal
Sunset Here Moves Two and a Half Hours Across the Year. Plan Accordingly
About ten and a half hours of daylight at the December solstice, nearly fourteen in June. A winter plan copied from a summer article runs out of light before it runs out of items.
Feb 26, 2026
Travel alert
Spring Break: What Miami Beach Changes in March, and Why It Changes Every Year
Curfews, causeway lane closures, garage shutdowns and barricades have all appeared and disappeared in recent Marches. The only safe assumption is that March is different.
Feb 20, 2026March 1 – March 31
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Event
One Sunday Morning in Late January, the MacArthur Causeway Is Shut
A single Sunday morning takes out the shortest route to the beach, most of downtown and two other causeways. It is entirely predictable, and it catches visitors every year.
Jan 12, 2026January 25

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