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• Transit Talk Pre-Summit Summit

  Right when we needed it, the good folks at The Miami Foundation are sponsoring a “Pre-Summit Summit” titled Transit Talk in advance of the Miami-Dade County 2013 Transportation Summit.

  Wednesday, May 29 — 6:00pm

  Avenue D Jazz and Blues Lounge

  8 S. Miami Avenue

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• Worth a Reminder: County Transportation Summit

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  We confess that here at TransitMiami we very rarely provide reminders for the many events we post. Here’s one posted a couple weeks back that especially warrants a reminder. Save the date: June 6!!!

  To register for the event, please visit the registration website at:

  [www.miamidade.gov]

  The Summit is scheduled to [...]

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• Bicycle Safety Month Proclamation

  Local politicians are finally beginning to get on-board with bicycle and pedestrian justice!

  The smarter ones are beginning to realize that the remainder of their political careers will be determined by their commitment to active transportation and livable urbanism here in greater Miami.

  Tuesday, May 21 — 9:15am

  Board of County Commissioners [...]

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• May is for M-Path Happy Hour: May 23

  Ride on the M-Path to a brewery along the M-Path to meet with Friends of the M-Path to celebrate the M-Path!

  Thursday, May 23 — 5:00pm – 7:00pm

  Titanic Brewery

  5813 Ponce de Leon Boulevard

  Coral Gables, Florida, 33146

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• Lost Vision? Miami-Dade Transit 40 Years On . . .

  Forty years since the publication of a visionary transportation planning document, the shortcomings of Miami-Dade County’s transportation reality suggest that we lost our vision somewhere along the highway, literally.

  TransitMiami invites you to take brief trip through time . . .

  THE PAST

  The year is 1973. The Dade County Public Works Department [...]

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• All Aboard Florida: Please Add a Trail to that Railway!

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  Ladies and gentlemen: We present to you an important, visionary opportunity to support the creation of not only the first private railway network linking Miami and Orlando via the All Aboard Florida initiative, but also a recreational trail along that same 230-mile stretch!

  All Aboard Florida [...]

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• The Brickell Avenue “Death Curve” Sees Another Crash

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  6th crash in three years at the same exact location. Brickell Avenue and 15th Road

  Here we go again… A few weeks ago there was another crash on Brickell Avenue and SW 15th Road.  This is the sixth incident in about 3 years that I have seen debris from [...]

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• An Alton Road for Everyone

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  Is the optimal place for bicyclists really between speeding traffic and swinging car doors or is bicycle planning in most cities still just an afterthought? Can it really be the case that major arterial roadways planned for reconstruction like Alton Road in Miami Beach which are between 100′ and 120′ [...]

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• Florida Turnpike Expansion “Open House”

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  May 1st “news release” from the Florida Department of Transportation & Florida Turnpike Enterprise:

  Florida’s Turnpike will host open house Tuesday, May 14, to discuss proposed widening project in Miami-Dade County

  The Florida Department of Transportation, Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, will host a public information meeting/open house to discuss the project development and environment study [...]

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• UPDATE: Fatal Brickell Bay Drive Pedestrian Hit and Run

  The following is an urgent update by Brickell resident Mark Batey on the crash that killed a pedestrian in Brickell on March 23rd. This crash happened in nearly the same exact spot where a female jogger was seriously injured on the sidewalk by a speeding driver in October.

  “Miamians, [...]

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