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Florida Department of Transportation

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Get Paid Up To $75 a Month to Carpool in Miami

    Does your daily commute take your through the interchange of the Dolphin and Palmetto Expressways? Well, we're sorry for your daily dose of traffic torture, but there's some good news. The Florida Department of Transportation will pay you up to $75 a month to carpool. It's true!

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Northbound Biscayne Boulevard Closed Thursday Through Monday for Ultra

    ​Ultra Music Festival is taking it to the streets. Literally. A few blocks of northbound lanes on Biscayne Boulevard will be closed starting Thursday night through early Monday morning. Plan your route accordingly, and as a favor to yourself and the drivers who can't avoid it, consider staying out ... More >>

  • News

    November 10, 2011

    A Guide to Trashing Taxpayers

    ​Ultra Music Festival is taking it to the streets. Literally. A few blocks of northbound lanes on Biscayne Boulevard will be closed starting Thursday night through early Monday morning. Plan your route accordingly, and as a favor to yourself and the drivers who can't avoid it, consider staying out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Dummies Guide To Trashing Taxpayers: Interstate 95 Flyover

    ​Next week, Miami New Times is publishing a guide to the eight of the worst public works projects in Miami-Dade, where bureaucrats and elected officials take pride in wasting millions in taxpayer dollars on crap residents have little-to-no use for. As we reveal each one of these boondoggles on Rip ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Collins Avenue Slated For $2.5 Million, 240-Day Upgrade, But Still No Bike Lanes

    via Miami Bike SceneDon't expect to see one of these badboys on Collins anytime soon.​Miami Beach traffic is already hell -- especially on Collins Avenue, where the lack of left-turn lanes combined with miles of buses and cabs waiting to get into tiny art deco hotel driveways equals nightmarish gr ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2011

    Reader mail: Don't blame 95 Express, blame drivers

    via Miami Bike SceneDon't expect to see one of these badboys on Collins anytime soon.​Miami Beach traffic is already hell -- especially on Collins Avenue, where the lack of left-turn lanes combined with miles of buses and cabs waiting to get into tiny art deco hotel driveways equals nightmarish gr ... More >>

  • News

    October 13, 2011

    95 Express: Pay more, get injured, wait in traffic

    via Miami Bike SceneDon't expect to see one of these badboys on Collins anytime soon.​Miami Beach traffic is already hell -- especially on Collins Avenue, where the lack of left-turn lanes combined with miles of buses and cabs waiting to get into tiny art deco hotel driveways equals nightmarish gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Tolls on Turnpike, Sawgrass, Alligator Alley to Rise By 25 Cents or More

    ​Driving through South Florida is about to get a little more expensive. Toll roads operated by the Florida Department of Transportation will see toll raises put in place by June 30, 2012. That includes the Florida Turnpike, the Sawgrass Expressway and Alligator Alley. Express lanes on I-95 and roa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 26, 2011

    When Monkeys Can Fly

    ​Driving through South Florida is about to get a little more expensive. Toll roads operated by the Florida Department of Transportation will see toll raises put in place by June 30, 2012. That includes the Florida Turnpike, the Sawgrass Expressway and Alligator Alley. Express lanes on I-95 and roa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Rick Scott Pledges $77M to Dredge Port of Miami

    ​Florida's high-speed rail plan is official dead -- done in at the hands of Rick Scott. But the governor giveth as he taketh away. Scott says the state will pick up the tab on funding a project to dredge the Port of Miami, allowing it to handle larger ships. Scott says the project will create 30,0 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Florida Turnpike Declares "War on Christmas" in Retaliation to Christian Groups' "War on Halloween"

    Can't all Holidays just get along? ​It's that time of year again. Yep, that time when conservatives and cranky Christian organizations start moaning about "the war on Christmas," claiming that businesses and organizations' decision to either ban holiday decorations all together or favor generic wi ... More >>

  • News

    July 8, 2010

    With dozens of fatal accidents, Miami-Dade is Florida's deadliest county for bikers

    Can't all Holidays just get along? ​It's that time of year again. Yep, that time when conservatives and cranky Christian organizations start moaning about "the war on Christmas," claiming that businesses and organizations' decision to either ban holiday decorations all together or favor generic wi ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    Port of Miami tunnel is a waste of taxpayer money

    Can't all Holidays just get along? ​It's that time of year again. Yep, that time when conservatives and cranky Christian organizations start moaning about "the war on Christmas," claiming that businesses and organizations' decision to either ban holiday decorations all together or favor generic wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Port of Miami Tunnel Project Could Be South Florida's Big Dig

    Miami-Dade CountyTrucks waiting at the Port of Miami​Trucker Jose Martinez heads to the Port of Miami every day on his 40-foot white Freightliner. By the time he gets downtown, traffic is a breeze. "It's like going from the bed to the kitchen," he says.Twenty years ago that wouldn't have been poss ... More >>

  • News

    January 21, 2010

    Miami Beach spending $5 million for spotty Wi-Fi

    Miami-Dade CountyTrucks waiting at the Port of Miami​Trucker Jose Martinez heads to the Port of Miami every day on his 40-foot white Freightliner. By the time he gets downtown, traffic is a breeze. "It's like going from the bed to the kitchen," he says.Twenty years ago that wouldn't have been poss ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Why Are Miami Beach Taxpayers Spending $5 Million on Wi-Fi that Doesn't Work?

    The announcement came in October with much ado and a "wire cutting" outside Miami Beach City Hall.Image via Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The free wi-fi works great here on Lincoln Road, but good luck logging in at your condo.​"We are the first in the country to have a free citywide hotspot," City Manag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    Charlie Crist Orders Investigation Into Wafflegate

    via Gif PartySometimes Bureaucrats really do just love breakfast food, sometimes they don't (Parks & Rec joke, woo!)​Every political reporter in the state of Florida might have to deal with strong cravings for IHOP for a while now, as the inexplicably stupid political scandal now known as Waff ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Water Main Break Shuts Down Stretch of Biscayne Boulevard

    Kyle MunzenriederAn empty and slightly damp Biscayne Boulevard.​A rare sight at the intersection of Biscayne Boulevard and NE 35th Street today: no traffic.That's because southbound Biscayne is blocked off between NE 33rd and 36th streets following a water main break caused during reconstruction a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2009

    Oriental Bakery Chef Says the State Is Killing Her Business

    via flickr cc​Suha Monem makes a mean falafel sandwich. As the head chef at Oriental Bakery & Grocery -- and the owners' daughter -- she has spent most of her life surrounded by pita, lamb, and tahini. After one Yelper tried her grub at the Coral Way shop a couple of years ago, he proclai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2008

    City Manager Goes to Bat for Bikes

    via flickr cc​Suha Monem makes a mean falafel sandwich. As the head chef at Oriental Bakery & Grocery -- and the owners' daughter -- she has spent most of her life surrounded by pita, lamb, and tahini. After one Yelper tried her grub at the Coral Way shop a couple of years ago, he proclai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2008

    Miami Beach Throws Wrench (and not a spoke wrench) in Bike Plans

    via flickr cc​Suha Monem makes a mean falafel sandwich. As the head chef at Oriental Bakery & Grocery -- and the owners' daughter -- she has spent most of her life surrounded by pita, lamb, and tahini. After one Yelper tried her grub at the Coral Way shop a couple of years ago, he proclai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2008

    Petty Pedicabbery

    via flickr cc​Suha Monem makes a mean falafel sandwich. As the head chef at Oriental Bakery & Grocery -- and the owners' daughter -- she has spent most of her life surrounded by pita, lamb, and tahini. After one Yelper tried her grub at the Coral Way shop a couple of years ago, he proclai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2008

    Bikers Take on the State and Win

    via flickr cc​Suha Monem makes a mean falafel sandwich. As the head chef at Oriental Bakery & Grocery -- and the owners' daughter -- she has spent most of her life surrounded by pita, lamb, and tahini. After one Yelper tried her grub at the Coral Way shop a couple of years ago, he proclai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2008

    Politicians Get Peek-a-Boo from Bicyclists

    via flickr cc​Suha Monem makes a mean falafel sandwich. As the head chef at Oriental Bakery & Grocery -- and the owners' daughter -- she has spent most of her life surrounded by pita, lamb, and tahini. After one Yelper tried her grub at the Coral Way shop a couple of years ago, he proclai ... More >>

  • News

    January 31, 2008

    Cyclists Court Death Daily

    It's dangerous, but Miami is getting friendlier to bikes.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2008

    Bike Blog: Shark Valley Ride Tonight, And What's Up With Green Bike Lanes?

    It's dangerous, but Miami is getting friendlier to bikes.

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2007

    Bike Lane Bureaucracy

    It's dangerous, but Miami is getting friendlier to bikes.

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2007

    Beach Access Closed, for a Price

    It's dangerous, but Miami is getting friendlier to bikes.

  • News

    March 1, 2007

    Green Tide

    Mysterious matter threatens one of the world's most important ecosystems

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2007

    Palm Pilots

    Mysterious matter threatens one of the world's most important ecosystems

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2006

    Hot Water

    Mysterious matter threatens one of the world's most important ecosystems

  • News

    July 22, 2004

    Letters from the Issue of July 22, 2004

    Mysterious matter threatens one of the world's most important ecosystems

  • News

    January 2, 2003

    Letters from the Issue of January 2, 2003

    More on Officer Trouble of Golden Beach

  • News

    September 19, 2002

    Letters from the Issue of September 19, 2002

    Seeing America from a passenger train was inspiring

  • News

    April 12, 2001

    Enough Billboards Already!

    Miami city commissioners: We are outraged, of course, but let's not be hasty

  • News

    November 23, 2000

    Packed, Stacked, and Hijacked

    How a citizens advisory board created to investigate illegal billboards became an industry support group

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    Land of the Rich and Home of the White

    Morningside is supposed to be open to the public. So why is it closed off like a private club?

  • News

    April 13, 2000

    The Heat's Hot Air

    The team promised the public an arena with plenty of open space. Instead we're getting a nightclub and a restaurant.

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    Everywhere a Sign

    When it comes to constructing roadside billboards, the City of Miami is a regular free-for-all

  • News

    June 24, 1999

    River of Cash

    The Miccosukees' $50 million swampside gamble showcases alligator rasslin' and traffic galore

  • News

    July 30, 1998

    Brickell Keyed Up

    The bridge is often up in Miami's poshest and fastest-growing neighborhood

  • News

    January 2, 1997

    Letters

    The bridge is often up in Miami's poshest and fastest-growing neighborhood

  • News

    August 25, 1995

    Causeway and Defect

    Venetian Islands residents complain that the county has sent their causeway on the road to ruin

  • News

    August 18, 1993

    Life in the Cast Lane

    What kind of world do we live in when a man has to sneak around like a common criminal just to get in an afternoon of expressway fishing?

  • News

    December 16, 1992

    Dark Passage

    Which will kill you first: Commuting regularly across I-395 in the pitch blackness, or holding your breath until the DOT fixes the streetlights?

  • News

    November 4, 1992

    First The Seed, Then The Tree

    Today it's an ugly headache. Someday it will be a beautiful source of pleasure. But tomorrow it's still going to be an ugly headache.

  • News

    April 22, 1992

    The Corner of Calamity Avenue and Disaster Street

    The Florida Department of Transportation finally graduates from a three-year crash course in traffic-accident avoidance

  • News

    April 8, 1992

    MacArthur Causeway

    The Florida Department of Transportation finally graduates from a three-year crash course in traffic-accident avoidance

  • News

    January 22, 1992

    Wheeling and Dealing

    U.S. Rep. William Lehman snags $2.5 million in federal money for bike paths in his Dade district - and cyclists aren't taking it sitting down

  • News

    June 12, 1991

    The Main Drag

    U.S. Rep. William Lehman snags $2.5 million in federal money for bike paths in his Dade district - and cyclists aren't taking it sitting down

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