Critical Mass Crosses Causeway to Miami Beach Tonight

Today is the last Friday of April. Which means it’s National Arbor Day — you know, that one special day a year when you wake up early and rush out to plant a tree in a silent and unnoticed but deeply symbolic demonstration of your commitment to reversing centuries of…

DUI Checkpoint in Golden Beach Tonight

Apparently, Golden Beach — that little hamlet north of Sunny Isles Beach full of ridiculously wealthy people where Shaquille O’Neal was famously sworn in as a police officer — is experiencing a rash of drunk driving incidents. And tonight they’re taking a stand. According to a news release issued earlier…

Why Taxi Drivers Don’t Want Uber in Miami

Ashton Kutcher made an unplanned cameo during a Florida Senate Transportation Committee meeting two weeks ago. Uber representatives presented a clip of the Two and Half Men star and Uber investor on Jimmy Kimmel Live blasting Miami for not changing longstanding laws to accommodate the upstart car service. “Basically, it’s…

Florida’s New 75 MPH Speed Limits Are Closer To Becoming Reality

Do you often find yourself cruising Miami’s highways and thinking to yourself, “I really, truly wish that everyone on this road would drive even faster”? If so, you are a maniac probably bent on your own fiery death, and you are also in luck. Because Florida’s legislature looks just about…

12-Year-Old Boy Steals Car, Promptly Crashes

No word on whether he just wanted to do hoodrat stuff with his friend, but a 12-year-old boy was arrested on charges of grand theft auto today after stealing and crashing a Trans Am in Miami. Spring Break cannot end soon enough…

Alton Road Construction to Finish Up Seven Months Early

A road construction project in Miami-Dade that actually end not just on time but early? That may be the story with construction on Alton Road if all goes according to plan. The project — which has led to nightmarishly snarled traffic on South Beach for months — was originally scheduled…

Pedestrian Struck in Downtown Miami; Driver in Custody

A Porsche SUV struck a pedestrian crossing Biscayne Boulevard near 14th Street just outside the Adrienne Arsht Center around 7:30 this morning. The driver, meanwhile, is in custody as police try to determine what happened. Traffic around downtown Miami is backed up as a result of the accident. Police have…