This week, the US DOT released the FY11 Budget, a $79 Billion package best summarized by three key agency priorities: improving transportation safety, investing for the future, and promoting livable communities (this last point is significant, we’ll come back to it in a minute). $10.8 billion (7.3%) of the budget is dedicated to transit projects [...]
2010 Transit Miami Collision Database
Today, we’d like to introduce a new feature we created to help track and identify unsafe intersections and roadways for pedestrians and cyclists. The 2010 Greater Miami Collision Database, provides us with a grim view of our local streets, depicting locations where cyclists and pedestrians have been struck-by vehicles over the past year. While the [...]
…….And We’re Back!
We here at Transit Miami have been working tirelessly to fix some coding errors which occurred over the weekend.
Thanks for your patience while we sorted these problems out – I can’t guarantee that we’ve fixed them for good, but, we now have a better understanding of what brings down the site periodically.
Dublin: Teaching an Old City New Tricks
A month ago or so I had the opportunity to visit Dublin an old city that in recent years has reinvented itself as a modern, cosmopolitan metropolis. While I didn’t have the opportunity explore the country by rail (somewhat thankfully considering that a bridge collapsed the week after my visit) I was able to experience [...]
Brief Thoughts on HSR
As the USDOT pares down the list of applicants to the final recipients for the $8 billion available for High Speed rail, we hope existing regional, and local connectivity plays a significant role in the final assessment – a decision which certainly wouldn’t bode well for Florida’s proposed Orlando-Tampa connection. The Transport Politic aptly notes [...]
Two Steps Backwards
Miami 21 has come to an abrupt end as the city commission stalemated in a 2-2 tie. We cannot stress how big of a setback this is for the City of Miami – one can only wonder what the future of this city will look like.
Miami’s Future, Miami 21
Elected Officials of the City of Miami:
The City of Miami is at a crossroads, poised with an opportunity to transpose the status quo from municipal mediocrity into a vibrant, livable community for generations to come. At a time when cities have reemerged at the forefront of urban innovation, Miami’s indolent city commission is struggling with [...]
Letter to the Editor: Support Tri-Rail Funding
Right now our state legislators are debating whether or not to pass a law that would allow Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade County to reallocate 80 percent of the money that is generated by an existing surcharge of $2 per rental car per day from funding for road building projects to funding for the South [...]
A Message From the Transit Advocates of Florida
The Transit Advocates of Florida recently submitted this editorial. If you have any comments, suggestions, or articles you would like to submit, feel free to contact us: movemiami@gmail.com.
Passenger Rail in Florida is vital to the economic future of this state. The federal government has presented a tremendous opportunity for states to leverage their money for [...]
Pic o’ the Day: When Bike Use Exceeds Capacity…
In Stuttgart, Germany when bicycle use far exceeded the capacity of the transit system, officials sought a creative alternative without limiting commuting options.
Via: Maria in Europe & The Overhead Wire
A Visual History of Driving
Via: Good Magazine
If You (We) Build It
If you build it – Traffic will consume the neighborhood, taxpayers will fund 73% of 2000 temporary construction jobs, Jeffery Loria will cash out in a few years, the Little Havana neighborhood will be revitalized disenfranchised, The Marlins will stay in Miami (for 35 years, guaranteed), etc…
This Friday, the Miami-Dade Commission will meet to determine [...]
Action Alert: Contact your Senators, Stop the Raid on Transit Funding
As you read this, congress is working to put together a $800 Billion+ Stimulus package to revive the nation’s economy. As JM noted earlier this week, the stimulus is more of the same bureaucratic stupidity we’ve all grown accustomed to – tax incentives for vehicle purchases, at least $30 Billion for Highways, and a paltry [...]
Ramp Metering: I-95’s Newest Traffic Management Strategy
The latest phase of the multimillion dollar attempts to mitigate congestion along I-95 goes into effect this week in the form of a ramp metering system. Needless to say, I am curious to see the result: Will drivers obey the lights, knowing full well that the local FHP is understaffed and underfunded? Will demand outpace [...]
Paul Walker Park Groundbreaking Today
Today, Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 11:00 AM, is the groundbreaking ceremony for Paul Walker Park in downtown Miami (46 West Flagler Street.)
From the city of Miami:
The park in the heart of Miami is being resurrected in the same site where it stood 15 years ago. “Bringing the Paul S. Walker Park back to life [...]
