For some reason, George Zimmerman is in Texas right now speeding down the roads with a gun in his car. Yes, seriously. TMZ reports he was pulled over for speeding by police in Forney, Texas, on Sunday…
This week’s news story about Critical Mass argues that Miami cops and motorists need to get over their anger and support the monthly cycling event. Many readers, um, disagreed, to put it politely. Some said they’d share the road when bikers stopped breaking the law. One swore he would pimp…
Traffic backups on I-95 are nothing new, but this morning’s installment was thanks to a mysterious metal object that left nearly every motorist who drove over it with two flat tires. According to WSVN, nearly a dozen drivers were victims of the pesky piece of metal, and the aftermath caused…
As the light leaks out of the sky over downtown last Friday, mechanical gears squeak in the distance. Slowly, small groups begin to gather at Government Center. Before long, the groups swell into a crowd, then a swarm. By 7:15 p.m., 4,000 people line NW First Street as if it’s…
Frankly, it’s almost embarrassing. Miami is one of the few major cities in America where taxi drivers aren’t required to take credit cards. Yet, as the Miami-Dade County Commission mulls over a proposal that would require some cabbies to install card readers, drivers are still resisting the change…
If you ask any Miamian which city has the worst drivers, they’ll say with absolutely no reservation and a strange mix of pride and disdain: “Miami. Duh.” Of course, there’s no agreed upon standard of how to determine the “worst” drivers. Several sites have tried. Forbes.com, for example, ranked Miami…
If revenge is a dish best served cold, Aleric “AJ” Constantin has just the recipe for Miami cops. The 26-year-old chef, who made headlines at last month’s Critical Mass when police arrested him for selling ice cream without a license, plans to debut a new flavor around town next month:…
If you’re a Miami Beach resident who, say, has a job on the mainland, coming home from work tonight will be the last time you can use the flyover that connects the MacArthur Causeway to Alton Road for about a month. As part of the Alton Road reconstruction project, the…
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…
