As some of you may have noticed, two of Transit Miami’s writers, Andrew Davis and James Wilkins, have departed due to personal time constraints. Meanwhile we welcome the addition of our latest writer, Rob Jordan, who will be working his way into the website over the next few weeks. Transit Miami is looking for some new talent to contribute to the site weekly, if you think you’ve got what it takes to write for Transit Miami, send us an email and some writing samples: movemiami@gmail.com…
Local:
- Palmetto Bay NIMBYs are fighting an unlikely foe: Palmer Trinity. When residents turn their backs against school expansion out of a fear of more traffic, there is something critically wrong… (Miami Herald)
- Despite the overwhelming success of the Coral Gables Trolley, plus numerous reports and independent studies which underline the very basic point that the transit system reduces city congestion and the need for 713 downtown parking spaces, Vice Mayor William Kerdyk is still having trouble finding a steady funding stream for the Coral Gables Trolley… (Coral Gables Gazette)
- The Sunpost, has become the latest newspaper to publicize Norman Braman’s efforts to hoodwink the community into thinking that streetcars, tunnels, and public works projects are a sham… (SunPost)
- The Public Works department has made a recommendation to cancel the 104 street widening project in west Kendall. (Community Newspapers)
Elsewhere:
- Damien Goodmon proposes the most asinine reason why a Light Rail Line should not be built in Los Angeles: Kids leaving school will get hit by the passing trains… (L.A. City Beat)
- Is Suburbia the natural evolution of development? Nope! (Planetizen)
- Phobia of Public Transportation? Have no fear Stagecoach has prepared a manual for Britons who have become too accustomed to personal vehicles, explaining the intricacies that come with riding a bus. (Telegraph)
- The Air Car: The world’s first fully air powered, zero emission vehicle to go on sale by summer 2009 in India and some other select countries. The $12,700 CityCAT is powered by 340 Liters of compressed air at 4350 psi, can travel up to 68 mph, and has an estimated range of 125 miles. (Popular Mechanics)
- Photographs of the BMW X6 sport utility coupe. (It’s Knuttz)
- A Funeral Dinner on a subway. (Oddity Central)
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The Gables commissioners are upset that they can’t use the transit tax money to repave streets and put in palm trees (which is how the rest of MD cities use their money). Using transit tax money on…transit? Thats nuts.
Also on the Palmer Trinity NIMBY issue, there was a story in the Herald a few months back of a neighborhood group in South Miami complaining that there is always noise coming from the park next to their house from kids playing there and they are demanding South Miami do something about the situation. Parks in South Florida are supposed to be just decorations in front of your house, not actually used.