Image: John Darkow, The Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri
With gas tax revenue falling fast the federal government fears that it may not be able to meet its commitment to states for road projects currently under way. So what does Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters suggest? Simply “borrow” money from the mass transit fund. According to the [...]
As Highway Trust Fund Shrinks, Bush Administration Wants to Rob Transit
The PTP Disaster
We apologize for being slow to comment on the recent Herald series about the People’s Transportation Plan disaster. Everyone at Transit Miami has been extremely busy as of late, but we’ll definitely have several pieces in the coming days and weeks discussing many of the elements referenced by Larry Lebowitz’s multi-part series.
Stay tuned!
Image: Miami-Dade.gov
A Strategy for Squeezing Bike Lanes into Narrow Streets
Photo: New DeKalb Ave bike lane in
When it comes to adding bike lanes, a common roadblock (pun intended) is that the prospective street does not have enough horizontal space to accommodate them. For example, a typical striped bike lane should be at least four feet wide, but five feet is preferable. However, few streets have [...]
Friedman: Next President Should Guarantee High Gas Prices…Forever
Gas Price Equivalents in The Netherlands
New York Times columnist and foreign policy expert Thomas Friedman has written another gem about our oil addiction. He’s long advocated for higher gas and oil prices over the long term to force us to drive less and live more sustainably.
Here are a couple snippets from his most recent column, [...]
Report: Widening Highways Increases Greenhouse Gas Emissions
There are several reasons why widening highways is usually a futile strategy to combat traffic congestion. For one, highway widening projects are costly and time consuming. It has also been well documented that adding new capacity to highways creates induced demand, which essentially means it will generate more traffic on the road. Consequently, over time [...]
Reporting Live From Somewhere
I’m currently blogging live from the Bolt Bus en route to Boston from New York City to watch Game 5 of the Celtics-Cavs series. Bolt Bus has free wireless access on all its regional buses, which makes this blogger’s day. I’ll be reporting more about the service later.
How an Atlanta Family Slashed its Carbon Footprint and Gained a Life
The following article below is a reprint from NPR.org on April 1, 2008:
Atlanta Family Slashes Carbon Footprint
Atlanta resident Malaika Taylor used to live the typical suburban life — the kind that helps make America the world’s top contributor to climate change. But four years ago, fed up with commuting, Taylor and her 11-year old daughter, [...]
Pic o’ the Day: Oil Addiction
Image: Carfreeusa.blogspot.com
Who Stands to Lose the Most from Tri-Rail Service Cuts?
Imagine the kind of reaction we’d see if I-95 and Florida’s Turnpike were to be closed in the Tri-County area on weekends, holidays, late nights, and you could only drive on them a handful of times during weekdays. Sound crazy? This is what Tri-Rail is facing.
While we all stand to lose tremendously from the proposed [...]
More Bad News…
The Herald is reporting that the county commission overturned Mayor Alvarez’s veto in favor of moving the Urban Development Boundary for a Lowe’s at 8th St and 137th Ave and a retail center at Kendall Drive and (gulp), 167th Avenue (i.e. the Everglades). More sprawl, more self-interests, more incompetence. We’ll have lots more on this [...]
Tri-Rail in Serious Jeopardy
In case you haven’t heard, Tri-Rail is in big trouble.
Larry Lebowitz wrote a piece a couple days ago (sorry for the tardiness in reporting) outlining the impending doom for the Tri-County commuter rail line:
Tri-Rail may be facing no weekend service and a 60 percent cut in weekday trains in the fall after the state Legislature [...]
Pic o’ the Day
Natacha Seijas, Pepe Diaz and crew want more of this…
Photo: Flickr
Plan for West Grove: Progress or Gentrification?
Some major changes may be coming to the West Grove soon. According to the Herald, The Point Groupe is trying to build a large mixed use development on Grand Avenue between Plaza Street and Hibiscus Street and Florida Avenue and Thomas Avenue (see image below). To be known as “Grand Village”, the development is [...]
Cyclist Town Hall Meeting
There will be a “cyclist town hall meeting” next Monday at Coral Gables War Memorial Youth Center. The details are below:
–> When: April 14, 2008.
–> Where: Coral Gables War Memorial Youth Center 405 University [...]
Tuesday News
CITT will reconsider whether to vote for new Metrorail cars (Miami Today News)
Central Grove to get street-level office space (Miami Today News)
Plans for Metro Zoo theme park nearly complete (Miami Today News)
Anti-Miami 21 Commissioner Regalado announces candidacy for Mayor (Miami Sunpost)
More drama over the Miami mega-plan (Miami Sunpost)
Metrorail controversy over “ghost posts” (Miami Herald)
Cyclist [...]
