It’s only taken FDOT 7 months, but they finally tried to fix the Coral Way bike lanes. As some of you may recall, back in October, I performed a detailed evaluation of the new bike lanes and made suggestion for improvement.
Thanks to pressure from of our readers FDOT agreed to improve the bike lanes. According [...]
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FDOT tries to fix bike lanes on Coral Way; fails miserably
The Rickenbacker Report: Cyclist and MDT Bus Involved in Accident
4/24/2010
9:15-11:30
34 Miles
This morning a female cyclist rear-ended a Miami-Dade Transit bus on the Rickenbacker Causeway. The cyclist suffered minor injuries and was not taken to the hospital. I don’t have all the details of the accident, but this much I do know: the cyclist was in the bike lane and she rear-ended the bus that [...]
Death Wish to Bike in Miami?
Friend of Transit Miami Dana Weinstein recently wrote an editorial for the Miami Herald to commemorate Bike Month. Although Dina commutes with her two children to school on bicycles, she does not suggest that inexperienced cyclists/parents follow her lead. She says, “It really takes someone with almost a death wish to walk or bike”.
Part of [...]
Christophe Le Canne Ghost Bike Relocated
A special “thank you” to the County Public Works Department for relocating the Christophe Le Canne Ghost Bike. The County Public Works Department has been working with the cycling community to find an appropriate place for the ghost bike. I think most will concur that they have found an agreeable location. Please send Esther Calas, [...]
Implementing the Bike Masterplan, One Block at a Time
Woohoo! Kudos to the county public works department for beginning to stripe a bike lane requested by the City of Miami on SW 2nd Ave, connecting the recently completed lanes on Coral Way (from SW 15th Rd) to SW 8th St.
Good job County Public Works!
Rickenbacker Causeway Enforcement Statistics
The Miami Dade Police Department has provided Transit Miami with their Rickenbacker Causeway enforcement statistics for 2009 and January 2010. As you can see below the Miami Dade Police Department has been enforcing their jurisdiction on the Rickenbacker Causeway. They are issuing approximately 7 hazardous moving violations per day to motorists. Enforcement is clearly present. [...]
Sunny Isles Seeks New Public Works Director
The City of Sunny Isles Beach is looking to hire a new Director of Public Works this month. The official title is “Public Works Director/City Engineer” and the position will provide strategic leadership and direction in developing, planning and overseeing the City’s Public Works Department. This will include maintenance of all City facilities, streets sidewalks, [...]
Transit Miami Recommendations for the Rickenbacker Causeway
The Rickenbacker Causeway is similar to Chicago’s Lakeshore Drive; everyday thousands of people descend upon our beautiful causeway for recreational purposes. This is particularly evident on Saturday and Sunday mornings when runners, walkers, rollerbladers, parents with strollers and bicyclists come in droves to exercise. The Rickenbacker Causeway recently completed a major resurfacing project. Unfortunately, this [...]
Who’s to blame for the biker’s death?
Please check out the editorial in the Miami Herald regarding the accident which occurred on the Rickenbacker Causeway two weeks ago that killed bicyclist Christopher Le Canne. Three residents ring in with their opinions.
Michael Muench from Miami calls for improvements to the design of the Rickenbacker Causeway, which include physically separated bicycle lanes. Physically separated [...]
Petition to Lower Speed on Rickenbacker, Shorten Emergency Response Time
There is a growing movement to reduce the speed on the Rickenbacker Causeway and a formal petition is set to be submitted to local leaders today. The petition reads as follows:
PETITION TO IMPROVE SAFETY ON THE RICKENBACKER CAUSEWAY
To improve safety for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians, the undersigned petitions Miami-Dade County, the
Board of County Commissioners, to [...]
Thousands Attend the Key Biscayne Memorial Bike Ride
An estimated 4000 bicyclists and pedestrians showed up this morning for the Key Biscayne Memorial Bike Ride to pay their respects to Christophe Le Canne, the bicyclist that was killed last Sunday by a hit and run driver.
Bicyclists came from as far as the west coast of Florida, Broward and Palm Beach Counties. I hope [...]
Update: Key Biscayne Memorial Ride
We expect a large turnout for the Key Biscayne Memorial Ride on Sunday. The County Public Works Department along with the Miami Dade, Key Biscayne and Miami Police Departments have been working tirelessly over the past few days to ensure our safety. We expect between 1000-2000 bicyclists and possibly more. Cyclists from as far as [...]
County Public Works Responds to Critics
This letter comes from Esther Calas, P.E., Director from Miami-Dade County Public Works Department in response to a letter from citizen advocate and friend of Transit Miami Blanca Mesa. Here is the exchange:
From Blanca:
The Rickenbacker Causeway should be redesigned to discourage additional vehicular traffic, to slow down existing traffic and to protect pedestrians and bicyclists. [...]
Let’s Stop Pointing the Finger at Fire-Rescue; Blame the County Public Works Department
Today’s article in the Miami Herald suggests that fire-rescue took too long to arrive to the aid of Christopher Lecanne, the bicyclist that was killed on Sunday morning on Bear Cut Bridge. Although I agree that the response time was not good, there was very little fire-rescue could have done to help Christopher Lecanne.
Unless [...]
Tragedy on Our Streets – What You Can Do
This morning, an unidentified man was killed while riding his bicycle in a bicycle lane here in South Florida. We don’t know who the victim was, but we do know a little about his alleged killer.
The Miami Herald and MiamiBikeScene report that he is Carlos Bertonatti, a young twenty-something independent musician and Key Biscayne resident. [...]
