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…

Miami-Dade Adding 150 Red-Light Cameras

Two bills to prohibit red-light traffic cameras failed to pass Florida’s legislature this spring. And now Miami-Dade officials have taken the initiative to place an additional 150 cameras at intersections throughout the county. See also: Rick Scott Signs Bill To Make Red-Light Cameras Slightly Less Bogus…

Car Crashes Into Lincoln Road Souvenir Shop

Two people were injured this morning after a car somehow ended up plowing through the front door of Lincoln Road souvenir shop Alvin’s Island. Details are short at the moment, but the two victims were walking by the store when the vehicle apparently lost control. The driver of the red…

Critical Mass Returns to Downtown Miami Tonight

Let’s be honest: July was a crappy month for Miami. Bizarrely, the bad news seemed to arrive every Friday in this, the sweltering summer suck-hole of the year. On Friday, July 4, a happy holiday became a horror show when four boaters died on Biscayne Bay. A week later, LeBron…