You’re always at your most vulnerable when you’re asleep. You never know who is going to come along and try to set you one fire. Jose Gonzales, 52, of Homestead, was taking a siesta in his truck while it was parked outside the Dog House bar in Marathon Key last…
It only took years of lobbying and three student deaths, but finally the University of Miami is getting a pedestrian bridge built over US 1 near its Coral Gables campus. Since 1989, eight students have been hit by cars while trying to cross the busy three-lane highway. Three of those…
Miami Police are investigating accusations that a local doctor hit a father and son with his car as he weaved his way through Friday’s Critical Mass bike ride. According to a police report and interviews with victims, Mt. Sinai surgeon Irvin Willis drove his black Mercedes SL 550 into the…
Critical Mass Miami has blown up over the past year. The last-Friday-of-the-month rides now regularly draw more than 2,000 cyclists at a time. Even celebs such as LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Gabrielle Union have participated. But there are signs that the movement is experiencing some growing pains, not least…
Two sisters from Miami-Dade were arrested at the same time for DUIs in the Keys on Saturday night. The catch: there was only one car involved…
Remember how Miami’s tourism board last year put a pop-up pool in the middle of Manhattan? Well, this summer it’ll offer New Yorkers free rides in candy-colored high-end sports cars…
Sick of strutting your stuff on the street corner while trying to hail a cab? Uber, a tech-savvy car service spreading across the country, has an alternative. Simply launch the app on your smartphone, request a car, track it on a map as it makes its way, and get in…
The Rickenbacker Causeway has proved a dangerous place for bike riders of late. Cyclists Aaron Cohen and Christophe LeCanne were killed by hit-and-run drivers in 2012 and 2010, respectively. Several other cyclists have been injured recently in similar incidents. But in the past two days, cyclists have started seeing an…
Miami is notorious for its bad drivers. We know that it would be futile to try and teach you (yes, you) about things like the “speed limit” and that there is a difference between a yellow light and a freshly turned green light, but we figured someone should at least…
Residents and visitors alike in Miami’s urban core will now be able to catch a free ride to midtown and the Design District. The free Miami Trolley system will permanently be extended into the neighborhoods tomorrow after having temporarily serviced the area during Art Basel. The new stops will begin…
It’s not exactly a secret that traffic in Miami is bad, so the only thing surprising about a new list out today is that Miami didn’t make the top ten.According to data released today by the INRIX Traffic Scorecard, Miami has the 11th most congested traffic of any city in…
A lot of words leap to mind when you think of Miami’s roadways. Terrifying. Useless. Mad Max-ian. Unless you’ve been pounding mescaline all morning, one term that likely hasn’t popped up is efficient. But a new piece by an urban planner in Washington reveals that by one measure, Miami has…
Remember the traffic nightmares a few years back when workers were tearing up and reconstructing a portion of Biscayne Boulevard through Omni and Midtown? Well, it’s South Beach’s turn now. The Florida Department of Transportation begin a 28-month project to refurbish Alton Road in South Beach today. At least they…
Miami is trying to revamp itself as a bike-friendly city, but this probably isn’t what we had in mind.This morning a man on a bicycle got into an argument with a pedestrian, shot him, and then peddled off in escape. The victim, meanwhile, stumbled into a nearby post office for…
Looking for a good deal on a use car? Turns out you’re in the right place. According to a new study from CarGurus, the Miami area is the cheapest metro area in America to buy a used car. Though, the savings aren’t exactly huge…
Collins Avenue came to a standstill this morning after a man was struck and killed by a car in front of the Shelborne South Beach. The driver took off but was followed by a witness and later arrested…
Is DecoBike finally going to cross the causeways from Miami Beach into the City of Miami? Possibly.The City of Miami Commission is slated to vote on a proposal to bring the popular bike sharing program to Miami on January 24…
Vultures have never had a particularly good reputation, despite providing an important ecological service. So, apparently vultures in the Everglades have gotten together and decided, “Hell, we might as well give humans a reason to really hate us.”Now they will eat your cars…
In a state of 19.1 million people, only about 50,000 bothered to vote in the online contest to pick the next design of Florida’s default license plate. Probably because all of them were pretty bland and boring. Anyway, we now have a winner and it might have been our favorite…
Riptide has noticed perhaps the most Hialeah picture of all time floating around Facebook this past week. It appears to show a dead pig riding shotgun in a convertible down a highway in Miami’s redheaded stepchild of a suburb. Words fail us…
Sometimes we get sick of being mean all the time. So, we’re going to pretend we have nice things to say about this. Miami’s premier artist Romero Britto has created a wonderfully beautiful and tasteful special edition Porsche roadster that will be roaming the streets of Miami this weekend. …
Downtown Miami has an ever growing system of free transit thanks to the MetroMover and the relatively new free trolley system. Though, it’s frustrating that the trolley routes stop just short of the bustling Midtown and Wynwood areas. Now the city is fixing the problem — but during Art Basel…
