MiamiHerald.com: Streetwise | Larry Lebowitz http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Streetwise | Larry Lebowitz http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Streetwise | Larry Lebowitz 60 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:14:53 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com Metrorail expansion still stuck in neutral http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/723765.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/723765.html Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:01 EDT F act: In 2002, Miami-Dade County voters approved a half-cent sales tax for widespread mass transit and transportation improvements. Today's driver has options, thanks to new technology http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/714596.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/714596.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Remember waaaaaaaaay back in the mid-1990s, when the only way to dodge a bad traffic jam involved a couple of guys and gals in helicopters talking to you on the TV or the radio? Officials will have explaining to do at Dade transportation summit http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/705577.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/705577.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT It seemed like an innocuous idea at the time. But what Lt. Col. Antonio Colmenares was suggesting last week to Miami-Dade County Commissioner Barbara Jordan would have been revolutionary. Tri-Rail moves along, but still on a rocky road http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/696025.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/696025.html Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT The good: Tri-Rail smashed another ridership record last week. The South Florida Transportation Authority reported that 17,241 passengers boarded a Tri-Rail train on Thursday. Commissioner wants more discussion before Dade transit fare increases http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/686647.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/686647.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT The latest showdown in the never-ending soap opera over the future of public transportation in Miami-Dade County is set for Tuesday. It won't be the last. Private plan for Alligator Alley is advancing http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/676456.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/676456.html Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:01 EDT Despite a rising tide of opposition on both coasts, Florida is plowing ahead with a plan to lease Alligator Alley to a private contract for 50 to 75 years to raise short-term cash for other transportation needs. The 78-mile toll road could be in the hands of private interests by this time next year. Hard choices at hand on transit expansion http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/667117.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/667117.html Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:01 EDT Tuesday is setting up to be another long, hard, ugly session at County Hall for the weary riders of Miami-Dade Transit and for taxpayers who approved a half-cent sales tax in 2002 with the belief that it would vastly improve public transportation. Proposed Miami-Dade transit cuts a blow for riders http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/656395.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/656395.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT The hits keep coming for Miami-Dade Transit's beleaguered riders and the voters who supported a half-cent sales tax in 2002 with the promise of expanded rail and bus service. Traffic is warming up for the winter http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/646179.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/646179.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Public schools open this week -- Fay willing -- in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, and with it comes the pain cave that is the unofficial opening to peak driving season in South Florida. North Metrorail plan sure to fail again http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/620075.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/620075.html Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:01 EDT Barring a highly unlikely miracle, the Metrorail North Corridor extension along Northwest 27th Avenue through the heart of the black community is as good as dead for at least another year. Flashback | Survey a gimmick http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/107535.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/larry-lebowitz/story/107535.html Tue, 15 May 2007 14:01 EDT Somebody grab that oversized foam finger - not the middle finger, grab the index finger - and start the chanting with abandon: ``We're No. 1! We're No. 1!'