Florida Department of Transportation

Traffic Hell: Alton Road Reconstruction Begins Today

Remember the traffic nightmares a few years back when workers were tearing up and reconstructing a portion of Biscayne Boulevard through Omni and Midtown? Well, it's South Beach's turn now. The Florida Department of Transportation begin a 28-month project to refurbish Alton Road in South Beach today ... More >>

Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado To Unveil "Profound" Mystery Lawsuit

In a few hours, Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and Commissioner Marc Sarnoff will announce a mysterious new lawsuit they promise will have a "profound" impact on Overtown, Omni and downtown Miami. What could it be? New regulations for Ultra Music Fest? Stricter controls on police? JETPACKS FOR EVERYONE? ... More >>

Jeb Bush Jr. Shot Down for MDX Board Slot

Miami Bakery Truck Involved in Fatal Overpass Crash

A bakery truck crashed into a column of an I-95 overpass leading to westbound State Road 84 early this morning, causing a major traffic backup that lasted well into the morning rush hour.The truck, which belongs to Tracy Bakery in Palmetto Bay, was left hanging from the overpass for several hours wh ... More >>

Jeb Bush Jr. Rejected For Spot On MDX Board

Jeb Bush Jr. is one of the future faces of the Republican Party. He is the 29-year-old president of Bush Realty and sits on the boards of several local corporations. The youngest son of Florida's former governor is even considered a possible contender against Democratic Congressman Joe Garcia in 201 ... More >>

Marc Sarnoff's Spokesperson: Commissioner Doesn't Want to "Shut Down" Ultra

We here at Crossfade have been trying to get Miami commissioner Marc Sarnoff's side of the Ultra Music Festival story for approximately 48 hours. Today, we finally got a chance to talk to his spokesperson about the commissioner's attempt to curb Ultra's second weekend. "We are not talking about s ... More >>

Ultra Music Festival 2013: Commissioner Wants To Kill Second Weekend Because Attendees Are On "Mind-Altering Drugs"

Yesterday, Crossfade broke the news that Commissioner Marc Sarnoff had introduced a resolution "disapproving" of the second weekend of Ultra Music Festival.We still don't entirely understand whether the commission could actually force the festival to cancel its second weekend, and repeated messages ... More >>

Cancer, Asthma, and Death Prowl a Miami Neighborhood

Shady Owners of a Hialeah Recycling Plant Made a Neighborhood Sick, Residents Say

Reader Mail: Florida Needs to Ban Red-Light Cameras

Best of Miami 2012 - Best Public Works Project: Miami Intermodal Center

​Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don't forget to check out the full Best of Miami® 2012 issue June 12 online and June 14 in newsstands.Best Public Works Project Miami Intermodal ... More >>

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!

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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

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 >>

When Monkeys Can Fly

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 >>

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 >>

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

Port of Miami tunnel is a waste of taxpayer money

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 >>

Miami Beach spending $5 million for spotty Wi-Fi

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

City Manager Goes to Bat for Bikes

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

Petty Pedicabbery

Bikers Take on the State and Win

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

Bike Lane Bureaucracy

Beach Access Closed, for a Price

Palm Pilots

Hot Water

Letters from the Issue of January 2, 2003

More on Officer Trouble of Golden Beach

Enough Billboards Already!

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

Packed, Stacked, and Hijacked

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

River of Cash

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

Brickell Keyed Up

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

Letters

Causeway and Defect

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

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?

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?

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.

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

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