If state senator Evelyn Lynn has her way, there will be no more rush-hour digital hankypanky on Florida highways. In fact, there would be no more digital anything allowed while driving in the Sunshine State.Lynn’s recently introduced Senate Bill 80 would ban “text messaging, e-mail, instant messaging, or paging, while…
In a nice break from Britto-mobiles and Stephen Gamson Lambos, electric car makers Tesla have unveiled a car collaboration with an artist that doesn’t offend our sensibilities. They commissioned painter Laurence Gartel to design a costume wrap for their Roadster model…
We’ve given up on Miami — home of bloodthirsty drivers and bureaucrats too inept to implement bike lanes — ever being a good place to ride a bicycle…
After watching one too many sad bastards who’d lost their licenses to a DUI come wandering into his scooter shop, Doug Vitello had a brilliant idea: What if he could sell them a low-speed bike that could get them to work or the probation office?Thanks to a Chinese manufacturer and…
You leave work at 5 o’clock, hop on the 836 and at what seems like a snail’s pace hop on the Palmetto and, if you’re lucky, 60 minutes later you’re back home at you’re three-bedroom house in Kendall. Miami’s traffic problems suck, don’t they? Not according to a new study…
Local composer Wendy Mae Chambers is known for her avant-garde musical scores and quirky instruments, not her singing voice. But she must have sung one helluva tune in court earlier this month to avoid going to jail.On September 1, a year and a half after drunkenly plowing her SUV into…
An accident straight out of a Michael Bay movie has temporarily shut down a portion of Krome Avenue in both directions. At least three motorcycles collided with a tractor trailer. Luckily, a nearby helicopter landed near the scene, and a man jumped out of the chopper to administer CPR to…
I am probably the least qualified exotic car reviewer in the world…
Fascists. Communists. Cartels. For Emilio Izquierdo, there is no linguistic limit to the depravity of Miami-Dade’s limousine industry and the public officials who are supposed to regulate it.For five years, the 62-year-old Cuban has fought to operate his 2005 GMC Yukon as a luxury limo sedan for celebrity clients including…
A twenty-something cyclist is “clinging to life” after a nasty collision with a Kia in Little Havana sent him sprawling to the pavement. Now police are asking for help as they try to identify the man, whose face is badly swollen from the crash.Click through for a photo of the…
Former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz was noted for his strong advocacy for bicycling, and Miami Beach has just launched its Decobike bike-sharing program. This all seems progressive and positive, but is it secretly part of a larger plot to erode our personal freedoms, undermine the American Constitution, and promote the…
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…
A cyclist remains in critical condition after an accident on South Dixie Highway at SW 17th Avenue early this morning. The rider was hit by a car sometime before 7 a.m., according to Miami Police. His fixed-gear bike was left crumpled next to the road, according to passersby, and the…
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…
Click here to view photos from this event.Saturday afternoon about 100 people gathered outside the BP gas station on NE 10th Street and Biscayne Boulevard. For one hour, a horde of social activists, students, artists, cyclists, and people upset about the oil spill stood in front of the gas station…
If you’re like us, the first impulse you had after seeing your first oil-soaked seagull was to rip off your clothes and hop on a bike. This Saturday, you can do just that in the company of strangers at the Miami World Naked Bike Ride to protest our nation’s dependence…
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 possible. The port was connected to the…
Those hippies up in Washington state have done it again. When it comes to bicycle awesomeness, they ranked first in the nation on Friday, according to the League of American Bicyclists. But if the Pacific Northwest is the bike world’s straight-A student, Florida deserves some props too. Not for being…
Lately, there’s been too much bad news in the Miami cycling world. Bikers have been hit by motorcyclists, tow trucks, county buses, and drunk-driving lunatics But here’s some good news, for once: This Sunday at 10 a.m. cyclists will meet for a city sponsored event called Bike Miami Days, which…
Starting this July, for just $15 a month members of the Decobike program will be able to check out bicycles at over 100 stations through out Miami Beach for unlimited 30 minute rides. The long discussed program follows similar programs in European cities like Paris.The solar-powered stations will be dispersed…
In the grainy video, a cyclist is casually riding up Biscayne Boulevard early on a January morning. He’s close to the curb. There are a few other cars on the road. Then suddenly, he disappears from view and a loud, metallic squeal is heard.The video comes from the Miami-Dade Transit…
The bus driver who crunched a Miami Beach cyclist’s leg on Ocean Drive has a criminal history and a habit of reckless driving. On his record: Nine traffic infractions in a two year span — including careless driving, operating an unsafe vehicle, and speeding 52 miles per hour in a…
