Transportation

Miami-Dade Police Hunt for Driver in Horrific Hit-and-Run Bicycle Death

How often have you seen this headline in Miami? Yet even in Dade, where hit-and-runs are as regular as dubstep floating around South Beach on Ultra weekend, the wreck that killed a cyclist in North Dade yesterday was particularly brutal. After an SUV slammed into the man, the driver stopped twi ... More >>

Terrazza Chef Stefano Riccioletti's Son Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

The son of the South Beach chef killed in a hit-and-run has filed a lawsuit against the driver and the bar in which she worked.According to NBC6, Jacopo Riccioletti, the son of Stefano Riccioletti, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court against  20 year-old KarlieTomica and ... More >>

On the Basel Bus

Miami International Airport Has Had More TSA Agents Fired for Theft Than Any Other Airport

The Transportation Security Administration was created in 2001 to keep us safe, but it turns out a handful of their employees are no better than common crooks. Since the TSA's creation nearly 400 employees have been fired after being accused of stealing from passengers, and Miami International Airpo ... More >>

Waiting for the Bus

In a Telenovela Copyright Lawsuit, There's No Room For Amor

On July 10, a Venezuelan TV station decided to take the daring intrigue of the telenovela and bring it to the less exciting world of copyright litigation.LaTele is suing Telemundo, claiming that, in 2008, the Miami-based station created a telenovela, "El Rostro de Analia," whose plot and characters ... More >>

American Airlines Plane With Pressure Problems

An American Airlines plane that took off from Fort Lauderdale is headed for Miami International Airport with cabin pressure problems, NBC reports. The flight took off at 9:15 a.m., but still hadn't arrived at 10:20. There are 147 people aboard.Five people were hospitalized yesterday after severe tur ... More >>

Did a Miami Beach Man Figure Out How To Beat TSA's Body Scanners?

The hidden camera rolls inside Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport as a spiky-haired young man calmly slips a metal box into a secret pocket sewn into his dress shirt. He strolls through the Transportation Security Administration's high-tech body scanner, grabs the camera off the conveyo ... More >>

Study: Miami Only Has the 12th Worst Traffic Congestion in America

We demand a recount. The INRIX Traffic Scorecard says that Miami only has the 12th worst traffic congestion in the country. Anyone who has ever been stuck in Miami traffic knows it's the worst thing ever. No, literally the worst thing ever. The official ranks of worst things ever might as well ... More >>

TSA Employees Trash South Beach Hotel Room, Shoot Guns in Air

​Two Transportation Security Administration officers are under arrest after trashing a South Beach hotel room last night and then shooting off guns into the air. The shots first rang out at about 11:15 last night near a hotel on the 800 block of Collins Avenue.

Gay porn filmed on bus routes has Miami-Dade Transit in a tizzy

Gay Porn Filmed On Public Bus Route; Miami-Dade Transit Isn't Pleased

​If you're a non-horny commuter who uses the Dade County Route 73 bus, please drop us a line. We're starting to think the only people taking public transportation from Kendall to Miami Lakes are buff, shaved dudes who don't see any problem with trading a litany of carnal favors for a $2 bus ride. ... More >>

Eric Ripert: Miami Airport Stinks, But Try La Carreta ... and Other Recommendations

​While it's safe to say that every Miamian has a different opinion about what to love about our fair city -- the amazing weather, pristine beaches, exciting nightlife, fine dining -- we will probably agree on one thing: Miami International Airport sucks. Plan on spending an extra few hours on the ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's The Layover: Tony Takes Manhattan (A Recap)

​Last week, The Layover premiered to audible groans of pain...by me. Anthony Bourdain's new travel show had an interesting premise -- what would Tony do if stuck in a city for 24 hours?  Unfortunately, the show had a frenetic overly produced feel about it. I disliked the clock counting down t ... More >>

Top Five Rock 'n' Roll Plane Crashes

Blink 182's Travis Barker defies death. ​Rock 'n' roll makes ordinary men and women immortal. Almost. They're regular people who were born unfamous and will someday die, just like us. But because they're awesome at playing the guitar or howling into a mike (you know, rocking), they become the ce ... More >>

A Guide to Trashing Taxpayers

Dummies Guide To Trashing Taxpayers: The Metrorail M-Path

​This 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 >>

Trolley System Coming to Miami

​Miami has a reputation as a big sprawling city with little in the way of public transportation. A proposed new trolley system may change that, somewhat, someday, supposedly. According to Open Media Miami, the City Commission voted last week to allow City Manager Johnny Martinez to start contract ... More >>

Brothers Arrested For Beating Up Pilot On MIA Flight

Jonathan and Luis Baez​Brothers Jonathan and Luis Baez have been arrested after seriously beating up a pilot on a plane at Miami International Airport last night. The skirmish started after the flight crew ordered one brother off the flight because he appeared to be drunk or on drugs and ended in ... More >>

Florida Judge Awards Custody of Three-Year-Old Girl to Unrelated Sex Offender

​A judge in Baker County, Florida has awarded custody of Miranda Wilkerson, a three-year-old girl, to a registered sex offender who she is not related to. The girl will be removed from her grandmother's house where she has lived practically all of her life after her mother was killed in a car cras ... More >>

Old Man In Skimpy Lingerie Boards US Airways Flight In South Florida, Causes Hubbub

photo via Jill Tarlow's Twitter ​Have you heard the one about the 65-year-old business traveler from Phoenix who likes to spice up his life by flying in women's undies? He'd been flying US Airways in his skimpy attire for years, actually -- until this week, when a passenger in Fort Lauderdale ... More >>

Miami: Third Most Dangerous City for Pedestrians

​Warning: walking in South Florida may be dangerous, as if you already weren't aware. According to a new report by transportation reform group Transportation for America, the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Palm Beach metro area is the third most dangerous city for pedestrians in the entire county, and Flori ... More >>

Fatal Crash Shuts Down US 1

All of the north and southbound lanes of US 1 in Miami were closed Wednesday morning after a hit-and-run crash left one motorist dead. The driver of a silver-colored Honda, a women believed to be in her seventies, was killed when a white pickup truck struck her vehicle, causing her to crash into a ... More >>

Fire and Bomb Scare: It's Been a Real Bad Morning for Miami International Airport

​While our airport has a reputation for bringing constant misery, the past few hours at Miami International Airport have been exceedingly miserable, even by its own standards. First a fuel tank exploded that caused a fire that took hours to put out. Then, even before that situation was controlled, ... More >>

Cedric Williams, Suspect in Weekend's Fatal Car Crash, Arrested

​Police have arrested a man in connection to a horrific car crash early Sunday morning that killed three people and seriously injured a fourth.Cedric Levon Williams, 48, was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. The crash occurred around 4 a.m. Sunday at NE 82nd Street and 2nd Avenue ... More >>

MIA Ranked Second Most Hellish Airport in U.S. for Second Year Running

MIA is the 2nd most hellish major airport in the U.S.​If Dante were to restage his Divine Comedy in the Magic City, his seven levels of hell would begin in the bleachers at a Miami Heat home game before descending into a hotel hot tub with George Rekers.But no trip to the underworld would be compl ... More >>

Miami-Dade Ranked Deadliest Florida County for Cyclists and Pedestrians

​Florida has consistently snagged the dishonorable title as the nation's most dangerous state for cyclists and pedestrians. But on Tuesday, it was Miami-Dade that got the crummy prize. Twelve cyclists died in the county in 2009, seven more than the year before, and the most of any county in the st ... More >>

News Roundup

A jury convicted 21-year-old Guillermo Zarabozo for his part in the Joe Cool murders. He'll likely spend the rest of his life in jail. [AP]A 28-year-old man fell to his death from a traffic sign catwalk onto the Palmetto Expressway, possibly while attempting to spray-paint graffiti. [Herald]Could So ... More >>

Secure Monopoly

Owing to the laziness of Transportation Security Administration and Miami-Dade County Aviation Department bureacrats, a company with a lucrative venture at Miami International Airport won't be getting any competition anytime soon. For the past eight years, Secure Wrap of Miami has held the exclusiv ... More >>

Judge Jeri Cohen Wins Election, Approves Ballpark. Sleazy?

Sex Offenders Under Bridge Get Website

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Letters from the Issue of , 2002

One Last Push

A decision on Homestead is imminent, and nobody wants to guess what will happen next

The Airport's Flush Fund

The Dumping Ground

When family members or cronies need a job, Dade county politicians drop them off at the airport

The Conner Conspiracy

He was an aviation classic: independent, stubborn, savvy. And he was convinced powerful forces were out to ruin him. Did that include government informants and federal agents? Gus Conner will never know.

Explosive Exclusive!

Former Miami airline executive Ricardo Samitier, Sr. (not his penis-enlarging son, Ricardo, Jr.) was the would-be mad bomber who rattled the Washington Post

I Have Defaulted...And I Can't Get Up

For those baffled by those roadside "I HAVE DEFAULTED" traffic signs, Robert Elsey has a simple message: It works!

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