We’re pleased to announce the addition of a very talented transportation advocate from Miami Beach, Ms. Gabrielle Redfern. Her efforts to bring the first bike lanes to the city of Miami Beach (the infamous 3 block section on 42nd street) spurned her interest in other opportunities to increase mobility throughout Miami Beach. She is a [...]
Posts under ‘Blogsphere’
USDOT Blogs
Department of Transportation Secretary Mary Peters entered the blogosphere on April 29 with a blog called the Fast Lane. Looks like FHWA, FTA, and other DOT officials will also contribute to the blog. Comments are allowed on the blog, so they are interested in a two-way conversation.
It is good to see transportation officials embracing modern [...]
Welcome to TransitMiami’s New Platform…
For our regular readers, you will definitely notice the changes. For those who may be joining us for the first time, you’re looking at an evolution in progress. TransitMiami has left Blogger as its platform for communicating with you, and has moved to WordPress. WordPress offers a bit more flexibility, more stability, and loads more [...]
Critical Miami Misses the Point
To all our regular readers, the message below is a direct response to the recent criticisms presented by local blog Critical Miami:
We are not anti-car zealots, we strongly believe that the key to creating a sustainable community is a multi-modal transportation policy rather than the uni-modalism that currently overwhelms Miami-Dade. It appears that in [...]
Welcome to the Blogsphere
Mayor Diaz is the latest Blogger to join the Miami Blog Scene. We’ll be adding his site to the sidebar and following it regularly. Welcome Mayor Diaz!
Transit/Development News from Around the Blogsphere
Facial Expressions when Boarding a Train (About:Blank)
Transit Miami gets a nice shout out for bike advocacy (Riptide 2.0)
Circular Sprawl Communities from the sky (Deputy Dog)
The A2 is the latest plan for Eco-friendly Hypersonic flight, capable of reaching Mach 5 without a single Carbon Emission (Luxist)
The 5 most incredible (alternative) school locations around the world (Deputy [...]
What Empty Condos?
Apparently blogging your opinion on a local condo development could get you fired, sued, or both! Lucas Lechuga, of Miami Condo Investments, was the lucky recipient of a $25 million defamation lawsuit from Miami developer Tibor Hollo for writing:
”My opinion is that this development is doomed…”
And:
“This developer went bankrupt in the 1980′s and [...]
The Dying Miami Blogsphere, Part 1
Staring at defeat and adversity, MVB has chosen to call it quits. Once resolutions passed essentially creating a new Marlins’ ballpark at the OB, creating the port tunnel, and initializing funding for the Miami streetcar, we guess the administrators of MVB saw no valid reason to keep the site going. Vert’s wacky humor [...]
