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…
Pier Raccuglia is no wimp when it comes riding bicycles. On Saturday mornings, he dons a bright white spandex suit and launches into an 80-mile loop stretching from Kendale Lakes to Pinecrest. He looks yanked from a Tour de France calendar on his $10,000 Canondale SystemSix, the tricked-out Porsche of…
Carlos Bertonatti will have to wait a few more months to face trial on charges of vehicular homicide and DUI manslaughter after a judge granted his lawyer’s motion for a continuance this morning. At an 8:30 hearing, Judge David Miller rescheduled Bertonatti’s trial to begin on August 2. Police say…
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported who was at fault in this accident. We apologize for the error. The bicyclist who was ran into a motorcycle near the Soyka complex Tuesday night had been drinking, according to police reports.Pichardo Dearmas, a 52 year-old on a Huffy bicycle, was…
Just before 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, a man on a Huffy bicycle collided with a woman on a Yamaha motorcycle. They were just yards from the News Lounge and Andiamo Pizza, at the corner of NE 54th Street and NE Fourth Court. An ambulance rushed both of them to the trauma…
Minutes after Carlos Bertonatti drunkenly killed a cyclist on the Rickenbacker Causeway, an officer clocked him topping 80 mph as he tore down Crandon Boulevard and dodged traffic with a bicycle wedged under his fender. His blood alcohol content at the time was at least .122 — well over the…
The bus-stop ads popped up last summer. They showed an image of a cyclist riding — ahead of a car — in the center of the road. “Bikes May Use Full Lane,” the posters read in thick black letters. They were part of a bike safety campaign, courtesy of the…
Former Mayor Manny Diaz made bicycling a key part of his agenda (so much so that he’s now under a weird ethics investigation for accepting a bicycle from his staff as his going-away gift), and now Bicycling magazine has named Miami one of the best cities for bicyclists in America.In…
A loud thump made onlookers wince. During rush hour this past November 16, at the east end of the Venetian Causeway, a Beach Towing truck flipped an illegal U-turn and smashed into a fit, brown-eyed biker. The 19-year-old cyclist, Javier Arjona, was “thrown to the ground,” according to police reports…
