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The Florida International Bridge Collapse Is About So Much More Than a Failed Structure
It's an indictment of the approach to transportation planning that opts for pedestrian bridges instead of making streets safe for people to cross on foot.
March 16, 2018
Miami’s Future Should Be Transit and Walking, But the Mayor’s Focused on Robot Cars
Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez is in charge of executing an ambitious transit expansion plan -- but lately, in a spectacular example of missing the point, he's been talking up autonomous cars as the ultimate transportation solution.
May 26, 2017
Reimagining Miami’s Waterfront Speedway as a Street for People
Miami's Biscayne Boulevard is eight roaring lanes of traffic cutting off downtown from the waterfront. But maybe not for long. In what could be a transformative project, the city is looking to convert this surface speedway into a walkable boulevard.
March 14, 2017
Miami-Dade Squanders Transit Tax on Roads, Thanks to Florida DOT
Only one of every five federal transportation dollars are set aside specifically for transit. So it’s infuriating when a local government plunders the small pool of transit funds and spends it on roads. Particularly when that place has some of the country’s most notoriously car-dominated and dangerous streets.
February 7, 2014
LeBron and Friends Reclaim Miami’s Streets in New Ad
Looks like the new LeBron James Nike ad that debuted during "Sunday Night Football" last night was at least in part the star's idea.
October 28, 2013
D-Wade *Is* Traffic — Heat Star a Regular at Miami Critical Mass
Via BikeBlogNYC, the Miami Bike Scene recently posted this post-game clip of Dwyane Wade in which the All-Star Heat guard shares his fondness for going on bike rides with thousands of other people. On Friday, it seems, Wade and teammates LeBron James and Mario Chalmers warmed up for the next day's match against the Brooklyn Nets by going on a 20-mile Critical Mass jaunt through the streets of Miami.
December 4, 2012
Miami DWI Death Galvanizes Cyclists in South Florida
The horrific death of a 44-year-old resident of South Miami has enraged cyclists across South Florida, igniting a debate over street safety in a region historically dominated by devil-may-care drivers.
January 28, 2010
Why Buy More Trains If You Can’t Afford to Run Them?
Down in balmy South Florida, D-Day is approaching for riders of the the popular Tri-Rail transit system. A looming $18 million shortfall has forced the Tri-Rail board to approve a budget that slices daily service and stops all trains by 2011 -- although ridership has doubled since 2005.
May 27, 2009
Bike Miami: Car-Free Under the Palm Trees
Yesterday Miami became the latest American city to pull off a big car-free event, when an estimated 2,000 people (including mayor Manny Diaz) took to the streets for Bike Miami. Mike Lydon at Transit Miami reports:
November 10, 2008