Subject:

Transportation

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    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 >>

  • News

    November 10, 2011

    A Guide to Trashing Taxpayers

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    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 >>

  • News

    October 13, 2011

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    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.

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    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.

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

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

    photo via Jill Tarlow's Twitter â€‹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 >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2011

    Wham, Bam, Pan Am

    photo via Jill Tarlow's Twitter â€‹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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    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 >>

  • News

    July 8, 2010

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

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    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 >>

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2009

    A Piece of Old New York

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2008

    Manny Diaz Ain't Green

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2007

    Bravo! Bravo!

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2007

    Great Train Heist of Hollywood

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    May 24, 2007

    Beep Beep!

    Get on board the Beauty Bus

  • News

    March 1, 2007

    Hit and Run Hero

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

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2006

    Bond, Sham Bond

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

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Crash Dummies

    Watch out where you walk in Miami

  • Music

    April 20, 2006

    The Yellow Swans

    "Velocity of the Yoke" (Load)

  • Music

    April 13, 2006

    The Subways

    Young for Eternity (Sire)

  • Calendar

    July 28, 2005

    She's a Cool Mom

    Young for Eternity (Sire)

  • News

    July 7, 2005

    Winged Victory

    Young for Eternity (Sire)

  • News

    September 16, 2004

    Letters from the Issue of , 2002

    Young for Eternity (Sire)

  • News

    June 24, 2004

    Gang Related

    Mass transit trouble and coked-up greyhounds

  • City Life

    May 13, 2004

    BEST BAIT AND SWITCH

    People's Transportation Plan

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    A Life in Transit

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

  • City Life

    May 11, 2000

    Best Magic City Icon

    Miami International Airport

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Transit Blues

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

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    Deadly Cargo

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

  • News

    January 29, 1998

    Place Your Seatbacks in the Upright Position and Prepare for Meltdown

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

  • News

    January 1, 1998

    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

  • News

    September 25, 1997

    The Baba Chronicles

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

  • News

    March 27, 1997

    The Airport's Flush Fund

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

  • News

    March 13, 1997

    The Dumping Ground

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

  • News

    August 29, 1996

    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.

  • News

    July 4, 1996

    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.

  • News

    April 27, 1994

    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

  • News

    April 7, 1993

    Green Piece

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

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