Patrick Wanninkhof loved bicycling, beat boxing, and helping people. Wanninkhof had a megawatt smile, a mop of curly brown hair (sometimes), and an affinity for math and engineering; he grew up in Key Biscayne, graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida, and then taught physics and computer science…
Miami is a city in love with its cars that barely knows how to drive. So it’s no surprise that many of us don’t know the laws regarding the safe and legal operation of a bicycle either. In fact, it seems like every time we post a story about a…
Welcome to another summer day, Miami. Today’s forecast: A relatively temperate high of 90, with temperature dipping into the mid-80s by early evening. Perfect weather, in other words, for joining a few dozen of your closest, sweatiest friends on a 16-mile group ride? Yep, it’s Critical Mass tonight. This evening’s…
Here’s a novel idea for how to slow the rising tolls across Miami Dade: Put them to a vote. A new Miami-based political action committee called Drivers Ready to Improve, Vote and Empower (DRIVE) wants an amendment to the Florida Constitution that would require any toll increase anywhere in Florida…
Miami-Dade county’s new transit director has big plans. While Alice Bravo, the city of Miami’s former deputy city manager, has several short-term projects in mind, her grand vision is sure to raise eyebrows in South Florida: Eventually, she hopes that the plans her and her team put in place in…
Eber Vasquez was killed while riding his bicycle in April of this year. Walter Reyes was killed while riding in January. Aaron Cohen was killed in February 2012, Christophe Le Canne in 2010. But in addition to those deaths, of course, are hundreds of unreported crashes between cars and bicycles…
Juan Mullerat argues that Calle Ocho is Miami’s most historic street, but sometime between now and the 1960s it was transformed into a three-lane highway to absorb the brunt of the city’s growing east-west commuters. “I’m driving down it down and I don’t see anybody walking, just cars,” Mullerat tells…
Around 8:40 Wednesday evening, not long after sunset, a 51-year-old woman was driving east on the Tuttle Causeway in a 2015 Chrysler van, towards Miami Beach. West of Alton Road a man was walking across the highway from south to north. He was hit by the Chrysler, his body launching…
For the last five years, justifiable-toll advocate Carlos Garcia felt like a lone crazy man screaming in the woods. “No one cared, no one was listening,” he says. But after Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) approved a new toll rebate program on Tuesday, Garcia believes the right people are finally listening—and…
Jon Ranellone was cycling home in South Beach around 1 am last Friday when a car slammed into him. The accident, in front of the Panera at 14th Street, threw him from his bike onto the asphalt. But that wasn’t the worst part of the ordeal, the video editor says…
In early November, with a new toll system about to launch on the 836 Expressway and the 112, Doral resident Alexander Gonzalez was worried. He was already paying some $50 each month on those roads, to get to and from work at a communications company in Coral Gables. The changes…
Not only has Miami’s Critical Mass bike ride grown to be one of the largest in the country, but its also just about the only one where you’ll occasionally catch an NBA champion peddling next to you. Dwyane Wade is a frequent rider, and has brought wife Gabrielle Union and…
Memorial Day weekend in South Beach. So many people. So many cars. So few parking spaces. Thus, a lot of towing. Six hundred twenty-three vehicles, actually, more than double the corresponding four-day period the week prior. “We want to make sure that residents’ quality of life is high,” says Saul…
So you’ve heard about All Aboard Florida, the private railroad line that will connect Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and West Palm Beach to Orlando set to be completed in 2017. Perhaps you’ve imagined one day ditching your car in favor of a ticket on the train for your next trip to…
It’s the Friday of the month, which means the ride is on tonight, and it’s a winding one. More significantly, tonight’s Critical Mass will cycle across the Venetian Causeway to South Beach — the last time cyclists can use the historic causeway before it closes on Monday for months of…
Around 10:30 p.m. on a Monday late last month, Eber Vasquez pedaled north from his apartment on NE 23rd Street and onto the Julia Tuttle Causeway. The 25-year-old, clean-cut Guatemalan immigrant with a neat goatee was still in his work clothes from the day’s painting job. Across his back was…
Aaron Cohen. Christophe Le Canne. Walter Reyes. This evening, in a group bicylce ride leaving from Crandon Park, hundreds of people will ride for them, and for all the other cyclists who have lost their lives while riding in Miami and around the world. “(The ride will) honor those that have…
Miami gets a lot of well-deserved flak for its molasses-slow move toward becoming a bike-friendly metropolis, but there’s one bustling stretch of road that’s already full of commuters on two wheels. The scenic Venetian Causeway sees thousands of daily cyclists gliding over the main low-speed link between the mainland and…
Barely three weeks ago, the Florida Supreme Court delivered yet another legal blow to the highly controversial red light cameras that have spawned like love bugs across the Sunshine State in recent years. The highest court in the state refused to reconsider a judgment that Hollywood’s cameras are illegal. But…
Trolleys aren’t exactly cutting edge, but apparently they’re the future of public transport in two Miami-Dade towns. Both Miami and Miami Beach have discussed the idea of expanding their free trolley systems this month. The Miami Beach plan would be more dramatic by expanding what was meant as a temporary…
As if you needed another reason to add to the list of way driving in Miami is a pain, InsuranceQuotes.com reports that Miami-Dade has the most expensive average car insurance rates in Florida. Miamians pay 54 percent more than your average Floridian, which is even more depressing when you learn…
Every year since 2011, Walk Score has released their rankings of America’s most walkable cities. Every year Miami lands in the top 10. Every year actual Miamians scratch their heads and think, “Wait, that can’t be right. I don’t walk anywhere.” Walk Score, owned by online real estate database company Redfin, remains…
