• Most Recent
• Highest Rated
• Hot Comments

Transit Miami (2 unread)

• Cities 2030: A Conference on Urban Futures

  Number of comments: 3
  

  The University of Miami Urban Studies Program (College of Arts & Sciences) and School of Architecture will be hosting a one-day mini-conference titled “Cities 2030″ covering the topic of urban futures.

  Twelve renowned international scholars and architects will discuss and reflect on the future of cities and urban sustainability in [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• “That’s so Miami” Poetry Project – My Poem

  Number of comments: 2
  

  What do you love or hate about Miami? That’s what The Miami Herald and WLRN want to know, recently announcing a call for Miamians to create a poem about their city – the ‘That’s so Miami’ poetry project.

  Poem submissions are published each day on ThatsSoMiami.tumblr.com and some of the [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• FDOT Leading Cyclists to Slaughter

  Number of comments: 10
  

  FDOT paints a new green bike lane leading onto 195 heading west.

  If this is the FDOT’s idea of safety, looks like all cyclists are pretty much screwed in Miami. FDOT is now encouraging cyclists to ride a bicycle on 195. The design speed of 195 probably exceeds 65mph and [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• West Ave – Miami Beach’s new superhighway?

  Number of comments: 10
  

  FDOT held public information meetings last week to present their Alton Road reconstruction project. The project is scheduled to kick off just 1 week, April 1st 2013, and lasts until “summer 2015″ and costs an estimated $32 Million. The presentation by FDOT touched on the main work items, in particular [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Tale of the Tape: FDOT vs Upper Eastside-The Battle for 79th Street

  Ladies and Gentlemen- Let’s get Ready to Rumble!

  It’s the fight of the century. David vs. Goliath

  Legion Park

  6447 NE 7th Ave
  Miami, FL 33138

  I have a feeling we may see a couple of Superfly Snukas from Upper EastSide residents and businesses at this event. FDOT better come prepared.

  [...]
  Share  |  Rate

• FDOT and the Resurfacing of NE 79th Street. Why 79th Street Matters to the Complete Streets Movement in Miami?

  Number of comments: 1
  

  NE 79th Street. Miami’s worst urban street has a design speed of 40+mph. 3 lanes going west to east and 1 lane going east to west.

  NE 79th is unequivocally Miami’s worst urban street. The street is awkwardly configured with 3 lanes going west to east and 1 lane going east [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Get to the Tennis EARLY

  Number of comments: 2
  

  (Community Commentary) It’s time for the Lipton Sony Ericsson Open Nasdaq Key Biscayne Grand Prix Miami Masters Tennis Tournament! If you live, work, ride, beach, etc anywhere near the entrance to Rickenbacker Causeway… we recommend bicycling or mass transit. Or, at least, podcasts. With Miami-Dade County Bear Cut [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Miami Beach Bikes (and Walks) to Work

  The following post comes to us from TransitMiami reader Emily Eisennhauer.  Emily is  a PhD Candidate in the Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies at Florida International University. She is working on her dissertation titled “The Construction of Socio-Ecological Vulnerability to Climate Change in South Florida”, which is [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• BIG: Social Infrastructure Talk by Bjarke Ingels

  Blarke Ingels will  hold a lecture on the architectural works of BIG in Miami Beach that is free and open to the public — space is limited so please RSVP to email: RSVP_SI@edelman.com

  March 26, 2013 @ 6:30pm (doors open at 5:30pm)

  Colony Theater

  1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach

  
  

  Bjarke Ingles founded [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• The Battle For Complete Streets Heats Up In Belle Meade

  Number of comments: 6
  

  Tactical Urbanism-Traffic calming on NE 76 Street using orange cones.

  Last week I decided to place two orange traffic cones on my street in an attempt to calm traffic on NE 76 Street.  For several years my neighbors, many of whom have small children, have pleaded with the County [...]

  Share  |  Rate