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• Creating Sustainable Communities: A Conversation with Brickell CitiCentre & FPL

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• Walk 21: Bike Sharing in Mexico City

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  I had the opportunity to use Ecobici while in Mexico City for the Walk 21 conference. The system of over 1,000 bicycles has a waiting list for membership and no options for short term memberships, so it caters primarily to residents, not visitors. Thanks to the folks at [...]

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• Brickell Chaos Continues as Violent Crash Injures Female Jogger

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  Yesterday afternoon, a serious car crash on Brickell Bay Drive by the Four Ambassadors Condo Building sent an SUV flying onto the sidewalk and a young woman to the hospital. Transit Miami reader and eyewitness Mark Batey sent us this report:

  Having witnessed the aftermath of yet another accident on Brickell [...]

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• Fed Up Miamians March for Pedestrian Safety

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  The following is an article from Elsa Roberts from Emerge Miami.

  “What are you doing?”
  “Thanks.”
  “I almost get hit every time I cross the street with my daughter.”
  “Get a job!”
  “Thank you for doing this.”

  These are just a few of the comments we heard in 40 minutes [...]

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• What Makes a Great American City?

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• More Dangerous Than Public Service or Public Works: Miami Roads

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  National news continues to cover the tragic death of four local men killed in the Doral parking garage collapse. International news, Twitter and the campaign trails of both Presidential candidates keep returning to the tragic killing of four Americans in Benghazi.

  Where is the outcry over continuous deaths of men, women [...]

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• Real Estate and Urbanism: StreetEasy Arrives to South Florida

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  StreetEasy has just launched its South Florida real estate website. Now you can search for your dream home, condo or apartment by neighborhood.  You can seek out that special place by school district and investigate the crime stats of the surrounding area. Eventually the site will also allow [...]

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• FDOT to MiMo “Not enough pedestrian demand for crosswalks at every intersection; roadway safety is subjective and a matter of perception.”

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  Yesterday I attended a meeting between the MiMo Biscayne Association and 5 officials from the FDOT to discuss adding a median to Biscayne Boulevard from NE 69th Street to NE 77th Street in order to calm traffic and make this road more business and pedestrian friendly.  The meeting was [...]

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• Emerge Miami Taking Action on Pedestrian Safety

  One local group is taking it to the streets to draw attention to greater Miami’s pedestrian safety issues. Local activist group Emerge Miami, in conjunction with the Green Mobility Network, is holding a walk and demonstration for pedestrian and cyclist safety and awareness this Saturday, October 20th in [...]

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• Brickell Crosswalk Detail Yields 72 Violations

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  Just days after the Miami Herald published a letter (Brickell financial district pedestrians beware!) detailing one woman’s harrowing experiences walking in Brickell, and some feisty Transit Miami e-mails to local authorities, the Miami Police conducted a crosswalk detail in Brickell.

  From Police Chief Miguel Orosa:

  “On Oct 10, MPD conducted [...]

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