Transportation

Karlie Tomica Expected To Be Charged with DUI Manslaughter Today

Karlie Tomica, the self-proclaimed "party princess" that allegedly killed Terrazza executive chef Stefano Riccioletti on January 29 in a hit-and-run, is scheduled to appear in court this morning. Tomica is expected to be charged with DUI manslaughter; leaving the scene of an accident involving a dea ... More >>

Miami Among the Nation's Worst Cities For Congested Traffic

Here's something to read on your smartphone while sucking exhaust and staring at the miles of immobile cars ahead of you on the Dolphin this morning: A new report out of Texas A&M University ranks Miami among the 15 worst cities in America for traffic congestion.Miami ranked 11th on this year's ... More >>

TSA at MIA and FLL: 35 Guns, a Chainsaw, and a Cannonball Confiscated

Is Rick Scott Demanding Campaign Donations In Exchange for Government Appointments?

Dave Gordon thought a seat on the board of the Orlando International Airport was all but his. He's the president of an aviation logistics company and has a master's degree in airline administration from Embry-Riddle.However, Gordon claims that he was told by a prominent Republican fundraiser that in ... More >>

Woman Tried to Smuggle Crack Pipe Into Florida Jail In Her Vagina

Body scanners aren't just found in airports and apparently crack pipes aren't just found between your lips (of the mouth variety anyway).Ronnie Ann Richards was being booked into a St. Lucie County jail when a body scan uncovered an object in her lady parts. Turned out it was a crack pipe.

Miami Beach's Jonathan Corbett Stands Up to TSA's Airport Molestation

Miami's Public Transit System Ranked Eighth in the Country

"The bus smells like the bologna sandwiches at DCJ," a friend recently quipped. He was sitting next to a woman who kept shouting about Jesus on a seemingly never-ending bus ride to South Beach. "This is wacky, bro." Indeed it is. But it's that very stench of stale deli meat and those lovable schiz ... More >>

Tony Darnell Fisher Arrested for Stealing Luggage From Carousel at MIA

​The domestic flight baggage carousel at Miami International Airport always makes us nervous. We've arrived in one piece. We're ready to finally get to our destination. The only thing left to do is collect our luggage. Why isn't it on the carousel? Oh my God, someone could have just randomly picke ... More >>

Dummies Guide To Trashing Taxpayers: Miami Gardens Drive Park-And-Ride Lot

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 Riptid ... More >>

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

Police Fatally Shoot Man Who Stole Miami-Dade Cop Car After Deadly Crash

​A bizarre series of event early this morning lead to Miami-Dade Police fatally shooting a suspect who had stolen a police cruiser. The incident started after the man fled the scene of a deadly car crash that claimed the life of a cab driver.

Miami Beach Firefighter Steven Martonffy Jailed for Crashing City Vehicle While Drunk

​Steven Martonffy, a member of the Miami Beach Fire Department, sits behind bars today after allegedly driving a city vehicle while drunk and then crashing it into a parked car early this morning.

The Woman Who Groped a TSA Screener and The Rising Tide of TSA Resistance

Yukari Miyamae, released on Friday after allegedly groping an airport security officer​People have hated it from the beginning. The Transportation Security Administration's "advanced imaging technology," rolled out in November 2010, has caused all kinds of drama -- there was the breast cancer surv ... More >>

Wham, Bam, Pan Am

Two Caught Bringing Guns to Miami International Airport

​We now live a world where you can't even bring large amounts of gel on an airplane, so you'd think that every passenger would make sure they wouldn't bring their gun with them through airport security. Though, apparently two people were stopped at Miami International Airport today with in minutes ... More >>

Hialeah Senator Introduces Bill to Ban Red Light Cameras in Florida

​State Senator Rene Garcia is our new hero. The Hialeah Republican has introduced a bill in the state legislature that would effectively ban the use of red light cameras and has called them a "big-brother initiative." It's probably one of the few times when a Republican from Hialeah and the ACLU c ... More >>

The TSA Is Racist And Stupid

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke gets in on the Transportation Safety Administration body scanner controversy.The Transportation Security Administration e ... More >>

Cyclist Identified in Coconut Grove Accident

​The cyclist seriously injured in an accident in Coconut Grove yesterday morning has been identified as 20-year-old Michael Lum. Miami Police say Lum was attempting to cross South Dixie Highway at SW 17th Avenue just before 6 a.m. Tuesday when a car struck him. He remains in critical condition at ... More >>

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

Propeller Seriously Cuts Boy's Arm at Black Point Marina

Horrific boating accident at Blackpoint Marina on June 3​A 12-year old boy was still in critical condition Thursday night after a horrific boating accident at Black Point Marina in South Miami-Dade County nearly cost him his arm. Channel 10 identified the boy as Parker Brannon and said he wa ... More >>

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 >>

Nick Rogers, Former Dolphins Player, Dies in Car Crash a Month After Being Married

​Former NFL linebacker Nick Rogers died in a car crash early yesterday morning at the age of 30. The Atlanta Constitution-Journal reports Rogers perished in a one-vehicle accident after his car veered off the road into a power pole in College Park, an Atlanta suburb. It happened around 1:30 a.m. M ... More >>

Silicon Beach: Using Twitter to Bitch About Airlines

Image via Wikimedia Commons​Yours truly recently dealt with an American Airlines screw up that caused her to miss a trip to Hawaii. So after writing a blog post, starting a thread on a local travel community forum and filling out an official contact form to airline customer relations, all that was ... More >>

Miami Lawsuit: Air Traffic Controllers Caused Plane Crash, Couple's Death

GAB via Flicker CC​Just after midnight last November, Gordon and Barbara Taylor climbed into a privately-chartered, two-propeller airplane at Key West International Airport. Gordon, age 51, had a bad kidney and was on his way to surgery in Gainesville. So the small plane took off northbound in the ... More >>

A Piece of Old New York

Obama Announces High Speed Rail Plan, Including a Line in Florida

via The White HouseCertain wingnuts think President Obama was born in Africa? Have they ever thought he might actually be European? First he tries and brings small bits of "socialism" that have been hall mark of many healthy, European democracies for decade, then he tries to shove soccer down our th ... More >>

Manny Diaz Ain't Green

Weekly News Wrapup - Grounded Flights, Clinton Pollster Resigned, and Threats At The Olympics

Bravo! Bravo!

Great Train Heist of Hollywood

Hit and Run Hero

Not everyone’s charged with a crime — even if someone is killed.

Bond, Sham Bond

Crash Dummies

Watch out where you walk in Miami

The Subways

Young for Eternity (Sire)

She's a Cool Mom

Winged Victory

Letters from the Issue of , 2002

BEST BAIT AND SWITCH

People's Transportation Plan

A Life in Transit

It's not easy driving a jitney in Miami. If the county regulators don't get you, the freeloaders will.

Best Magic City Icon

Miami International Airport

Transit Blues

Elizabeth Lanteigne has a few hundred thousand choice words for the county's public-transportation system

Deadly Cargo

Big payoffs. Gruesome murders. Nosy feds. Life as a cargo handler at MIA just ain't what it used to be.

Place Your Seatbacks in the Upright Position and Prepare for Meltdown

The busy new Homestead airport will be just five miles from Turkey Point

Welcome to America. Now Go Home.

Granted sweeping new powers by Congress, the INS is quickly earning a global reputation for cruel and capricious conduct at Miami International Airport

The Baba Chronicles, Part 2

The Baba Chronicles

For some people, African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko was a dream come true. For others he was a nightmare.

The Last Flight Plan

Aviation pioneer Jean Rich succeeded because she was smart and tough. But when she died, her family and her airline went into a tailspin.

They've Been Workin' on the Railroad

For a hundred years the FEC Railway has been chugging up and down Florida's east coast. The next hundred years shouldn't be much different.

Bids? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Bids!

A very special arrangement between a former county official and a private company has been very, very profitable

Green Piece

The plan to landscape the newly rehabbed MacArthur Causeway finally takes root