Moving Together, Faster
While riding my bike through Belle Meade today, I spotted this unusual traffic calming device.
This is an effective instrument to discourage speeding. It is unusual, funny, and motorists easily take notice. Sadly, about an hour later, it was removed. Hmm…is one of my neighbors practicing guerilla urbanism? I sure hope so!
The Miami Herald is reporting that FDOT has begun a resurfacing project on Bird Road. According to the article:
Workers will repave and restripe the road; widen the bridge and road shoulder; build a new sidewalk on the north side of Bird Road as well as upgrade sidewalks and curb ramps.
Crews will also make drainage improvements [...]
In what has become a sadly regular occurrence another bicyclist was killed in a hit and run accident on Monday night. The bicyclist died on the shoulder of the road in the 15300 block of Southwest 157th Avenue. According to the Miami Herald the unidentified victim was heading home from work when he was struck [...]
Congratulations to the City of Miami Beach for installing new speed humps on Prairie Avenue. They look great and for the most part were installed correctly. They even took the bicycle lane into consideration when installing them! Speed humps are excellent traffic calming devices. I’m dreaming of speed humps in Miami.
CGG has issues with a new pedestrian crosswalk installed along one of the most dangerous parts of Bayshore Drive. I drove past it this weekend and couldn’t pull out my camera quickly enough to snap a picture but luckily they had a picture posted. I bike through the area often and it sometimes seems like [...]
