Public buses that don't stop when we run to try to catch them always struck us as a unavoidable fact of life. Jeffrey Bradley, a sometime blogger for Miami Beach's Alliance for Reliable Transit, haughtily disagrees with that concept. We were copied on an e-mail Bradley sent to Miami-Dade Transit director Harpal Kapoor decrying the injustice of being left in the exhaust dust when he, like, really wants to be on that bus. He brags up his fancy transit blogger "connections" and demands a "soothing
We would've thought Miami-Dade transit parties would be dull affairs -- you know, where the administrators get tipsy and see who can recite the Sunday schedule for Route J the quickest.Â
But no, director Harpal Kapoor, an Indian-born sikh, and his merry band of bureacrats go buck-wild after hours. Evidence: This YouTube video that shows him urging his employees to join him in practicing bhangra, the Punjabi folk dance. The Miami-Dade Solid Waste Management Polka Team better step up its game.
In Boston, citizen can now download an iPhone app that lets them send their complaints directly to city hall. In Miami, we now have ...um ...text messages and emails to let you know when the Metrorail is down. "The Miami-Dade Transit Rider Alerts system is another example of how we're using the latest technology to improve communication with our customers by providing them with real-time information about service issues that could impact their commute with us," says Harpal S. Kapoor, MDT Di
