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Does a Woman Have Equal Right to Mobility in the City?
Street harassment is one major reason why more women do not take public transit, walk or bicycle. Cat-calling, the ‘holla’, whistling and beeping horns are reasonable expectations for any woman walking or bicycling down a Miami street. Who wants to put up with that?
As an advocate for both bicycling and walking, I hear a lot [...]
Quote of the Day
Today’s quote of the day comes from FDOT spokeswoman Barbara Kelleher. She spoke to the Miami Herald about a recent report issued by the Daily Beast which designated I-95 in Florida as the most deadly highway in the nation.
It’s no longer possible to add lanes. We don’t have the money to buy all those homes [...]
Who’s to blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill?
Likely path of the oil for four months following the spill. The colors represent the concentration of the oil. 0.20 (dark red) means the oil is 20% as concentrated as it is directly over the spill site. (Source:cnn.com)
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill will most likely make its way to South Florida and directly affect [...]
The Economist Preaches to the Transit Miami Choir
In the April 3rd-9th 2010 issue of the Economist, the conservative British periodical ran a special report on Rebalancing the American Economy. In the article titled “Time to Rebalance” the Economist had this to say:
America’s economic geography will change too. Cheap petrol and ample credit encouraged millions of American to flock to southern states and [...]
Public Transit Up; Auto Industry Down
The American Public Transportation Association released figures Monday on third quarter growth in public transportation. Tri-Rail ranked as the second fastest growing commuter rail system in the country with a whopping 32.9%. Public transit use overall jumped 6.5% between July and September across the country, while automobile use shrunk by a much larger 4.6%. More [...]
Vote on Broward County Transit Issues
The Sun-Sentinel offers a voters’ guide for issues that will appear on Broward County’s ballot. While I am not familiar with many of the other issues, I would disagree with their recommendation to vote against Question 1, the creation of a Metropolitan Transit Authority. A letter to the editor of the Miami Herald sheds a [...]
Summer Transit Challenge
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Summer Transit Challenge
That’s right Miami, we are doing it again. The Transit Miami Summer Transit Challenge is back and we are looking for participants. This Thursday I along with several coworkers will go car-free to experience Miami-Dade Transit at its finest. We will be commuting from our homes (Coral Gables, Miami Beach, and West [...]
Miami News & Commentary
The State growth management planners have officially drafted a report recommending Miami-Dade County commissioners to reject the most recent bids to move the Urban Development Boundary further west. The issue will now head back to county commissioners who will vote again based on the state’s recommendations.
We really did not see this going any [...]
Auckland, City of Cars: Episode 1
Notice the parallels between Auckland and Miami.
The Sprawl Gameplan: You Idle West, I’ll Ride the Rails East
Alrighty folks, I think I’ve started to crack the Miami-Dade County Commission’s playbook for planning and it’s not pretty; looks like the Dolphin’s offense, running in 20 different directions and effectively getting us nowhere. The best choreographed transportation network couldn’t support the kind of cross county movement commuters will likely be doing once 600,000 [...]
Transitography 41: Freiburg Straßenbahn
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Stadtbahn im Schnee, originally uploaded by Fußgänger.
The Freiburg Straßenbahn line 4 running in an early October snowfall in southern Germany.
Freiburg, a town of just over 200,000 boasts 4 tram lines and [...]
Alternative Transportation
Having been a citizen of Miami for nearly three weeks now, it has become increasingly clear to me how vital the work at transitmiami.com truly is. As with all things Miami, it seems that many of the elements that make Miami so wonderful are in constant battle with the elements that hamper its greatness. [...]
