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…
An 84-year-old woman walking home from the grocery store was stuck and killed by a bus last night in Aventura, just one block from her own home. The incident happened around 6:15 p.m. at the intersection of 199th Street and NE 29th Place…
Your Florida license plate is about to become a collector’s item. The venerable image of the orange and the words Sunshine State will soon be replaced by a new model. Starting this week, Floridians can vote online for their favorite new look. Unfortunately, the options provided by the DMV are…
The State of Florida is giving you a chance to vote on something, and you won’t even have to wait four hours in line to do it! That’s right, the state’s default license plate is getting a new look, and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles wants…
We’re sure Xavier Vandelanotte had a lot to be thankful for yesterday, but we wouldn’t blame him for not feeling too happy that a Dodge ended up crashing into his home late last night. The incident happened at Southwest 128th Street and 71st Avenue. At the time Vandelanotte was spending…
Will Carlos Bertonatti finally go to trial over the death of cyclist Christophe LeCanne, the 44-year-old cyclist police say a drunken Bertonatti slammed into on the Rickenbacker Causeway? Signs finally point to yes.For the first time since his trial was delayed for the ninth time back in March, Bertonatti appeared…
In May 2009, Edgar Martinez, a 37-year-old who had just moved from Miami to California, received a letter from SunPass saying he owed $25 for a toll violation. Martinez paid the citation and closed his SunPass account, thinking that would be the last he heard from the traffic agency. Unfortunately…
Critical Mass Miami’s rampant success speaks for itself, but this is Miami, so things tend not to register until there’s some bold-face names involved. Well, on Friday night Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade and his Hollywood boo Gabrielle Union joined the bike activist ride, which obviously now means that Critical…
Michele Traverso has plead guilty to charges related to a hit-and-run accident on the Rickenbacker that left bicyclist Aaron Cohen for dead. Traverso could face a maximum of 35 years in prison…
When Commissioner Rebeca Sosa introduced a resolution last month asking FDOT consult with Miami-Dade before it installs new bike lanes, cyclists reacted with fury. Sosa was deluged with calls and emails from advocates convinced the resolution was a sneak-attack to prevent new bike lanes in a town already sorely lacking…
The Key Biscayne Village Council has proposed a toll for bicyclists crossing the Rickenbacker causeway. The council wants Miami-Dade County to erect a wall on the Rickenbacker that would separate bike traffic for vehicle traffic, and has suggested a bike toll as a way to fund the project…
Earlier this week, an insurance company ranked Miami-area drivers as some of the worst in the entire nation. As if to celebrate and confirm the ranking, an SUV promptly lost control and crashed into a backyard pool in Palm Spring North…
