Critical Mass Heads West Into Coral Gables Tonight

Critical Mass, the monthly bike ride that takes over entire roads, happens to occur on Black Friday this month. At least fewer people are working today. Which is a good thing, unless, of course, you’re coming home with a car loaded with shopping bags sometime after 7:15 tonight. Tonight’s ride,…

Parking Authority: No More Pay By Phone Service Fees For Customers

Happy Thanksgiving, Miamians. And here’s something to legitimately be thankful for: No more Pay By Phone parking service fees. Seriously. Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday, the Miami Parking Authority (MPA) announced this week, the authority will absorb the $.35 fee that accompanies each Pay By Phone transaction. “As a measure…

Miami Beach Bans Bikes on Lincoln Road, but Cyclists Ride On

You can’t miss them. The new signs, on Lincoln Road at Meridian and Washington avenues, are massive, and their message is loud and unambiguous. “NO BICYCLES ON LINCOLN ROAD,” they flash in lighted block letters. “BICYCLES PROHIBITED 9 A.M. to 2 A.M.” The electronic signs went up a couple of…

Judge: Hollywood Violated State Law With Red Light Camera Ticket

Yesterday Eric Arem, a Hollywood resident, won a court ruling: His red light camera citation was thrown out. At issue was that Arem hadn’t actually received the ticket from the City of Hollywood. Instead, it was issued by a Tempe, Arizona-based company, American Traffic Solutions (ATS). ATS operates the majority…

Businesses Worry as South Beach Construction Moves on to West Avenue

Anyone who’s tried to drive through South Beach in the past year can tell you that Alton Road has been a construction-induced nightmare: snarled bumper-to-bumper traffic and nearly impossible pedestrian access to shops and restaurants. Good news! The work on Alton is nearly done. But that means the next phase…

Miami Renews Push for Streetcar System in Urban Core

Miami may be looking to the past for its public transportation future. In the ’20s and ’30s, streetcars zoomed through the city of Miami, and now city commissioners have renewed a push to bring them back. According to Miami Today, the plan had gained steam back in 2006 but lost…

Wynwood Parking Is the “Wild, Wild West”

At a breakfast networking event in Wynwood this morning, Miami Parking Authority chief Art Noriega, addressing the ongoing parking changes that have rankled the neighborhood’s businesses, called Wynwood a kind of “Wild Wild West” of parking and said his agency is working to refine its system. “We knew that the…

Miami Ranked 15th Worst Drivers in America, Hialeah 12th

It’s the tenth anniversary of Allstate Insurance’s “Americas Best Drivers” list, and as usual, South Florida cities find themselves near the bottom. Of the 200 cities ranked, Miami has the 186th “best” drivers, or 15th worst. Meanwhile, Hialeah came in at 189th, or 12th worst. Both cities have fallen further…