Last week after another accident
Today after replacement
This advertising board on Brickell and 15th Street was replaced again this week. This is at least the fourth time in two years that it has been destroyed by a speeding vehicle and then replaced. Four accidents in two years doesn’t seem to be enough to convince FDOT to [...]
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Advertising board replaced for 4th time in two years; Transit Miami is now taking bets on next accident.
Brickell Avenue bus stop taken out for fourth time in two years
August 24, 2010
The very same Brickell Avenue bus stop was taken out again last night. This is at least the fourth time in two years that this has occurred. Our call for reducing the design speed of Brickell Avenue has fallen on deaf ears and FDOT has refused to make this area safer for pedestrians [...]
Transit Miami and FDOT take a field trip on Brickell Avenue
A couple of weeks ago I met with FDOT representatives regarding the Brickell Avenue resurfacing project which will break ground sometime in January 2011. The project is expected to take two years to complete. The scope of the project is relatively large and includes a new drainage system with pump house, as well as the [...]
FDOT Resurfacing Project Coming to Brickell; Transit Miami Eye is Watching
The word on the livable street is that FDOT will begin a major resurfacing project on Brickell Avenue early next year. Brickell Avenue will be resurfaced from SE 25th Road to SE 5th Street (approximately 1.5 miles).
This is an excellent opportunity for FDOT to shows its commitment to livable streets. Brickell Avenue is [...]
More Obstacles for Pedestrians on Brickell
I’m not sure whose job it is to take care of this, but this palm is long overdue for a pruning.
While we’re at it, perhaps we can erect the SE 11th Street sign which has been lying besides this palm, in a neglected vacant lot, for the past 6 months. The missing street sign has [...]
Pic of the Day: Barely Recognizable Crosswalk on Brickell
We already know that pedestrians have a rough time in Miami, but it doesn’t help when we can’t even maintain our crosswalks properly striped. I guess we should feel lucky that we even have a barely recognizable crosswalk here. Many intersections in downtown and Brickell don’t have crosswalks. This picture was taken in front of [...]
Making the Metromover Easy to Use
Last night my wife and I took the Metromover from the 10th Street Station in Brickell to the Omni Station to check out Mama Mia at the Adrienne Arshet Center. As is usually the case when we ride the Metromover, we had to help several people make sense of the Metromover.
Transit needs to be user-friendly [...]
The Proof is in the Pudding: Reducing the Speed Limit Saves Lives
Streetsblog is reporting that over the past decade London has been reducing speed limits from 30 mph to 20 mph throughout the city. Today London has over four hundred 20 mph zones. As s result, Londoners have benefited from a 46% decline in fatalities and serious injury within the 20 mph zones during the past [...]
Brickell Avenue Bus Stop Replaced Yet Again
Bus stop replaced again for the 4th time in the past year and a half
As reported a couple of weeks ago, the bus stop on Brickell and 15th Street was taken out for the 3rd or 4th time in the past year and a half by a speeding vehicle. Apparently the last accident involved a [...]
Brickell Avenue Bus Stop Gets Taken Out Again
The Brickell Avenue bus stop between 14th and 15th Street burned to a crisp.
For what must be the 3rd or 4th time in the past year and a half the same Brickell bus stop on Brickell and 15th Street has been wiped out by a speeding car. The problem here is that the [...]
Nice Scaffolding
All downtown developers should be required to put up protective pedestrian scaffolding around their work site. Most large downtown development projects usually take over the sidewalks and pedestrians are left to fend for themselves. This picture was taken on Brickell between 6th and 7th Street. Kudos to the developer for taking this precautionary step and [...]
Update: The 311 Experiment
We have a little bit of good news to report; the pedestrian crosswalk signals at the South Miami Avenue and SE 13th Avenue intersection are working again after nearly a week since they stopped working.
Nevertheless things appeared to take a turn for the worse around lunch time today at this intersection. I went home for [...]
Traffic Light Problems Continue to Plague Brickell
It seems like things are getting worse, not better, for those of us that live and work around Brickell. The traffic lights on Brickell Avenue and SE 14th Street were broken yet again today. Yesterday morning Public Service Aides were at this intersection directing traffic during morning rush hour, but today they were no where [...]
Update: The 311 Experiment
It’s been 24 hours since I dialed 311 to report that all the pedestrian crosswalk signals at the SE 13th Street and South Miami Avenue intersection were not working. This morning, I took the time to witness several parents trying to cross the street here with their young children on the way to South [...]
The 311 Experiment
Over the past couple of weeks I have noticed electrical work being done on traffic lights and pedestrian crosswalk signals around the Brickell Area. Unfortunately, the contractors don’t seem to think that the pedestrian crosswalk signals are all that important. Last week the pedestrian crosswalk signals on Brickell Ave. and SE 14th Street did not [...]
