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Bike racks were made inaccessible in parks across Miami in an ill-advised response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: Marcia Duprat

OP-ED: Why is Miami Fighting Cycling During Coronavirus?

By Marcia Duprat | May 19, 2020 | No Comments

It started with the closing of bike shops. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Miami-Dade County’s COVID-19 shutdown deemed auto supply and repair shops essential — but forced the closure of bike shops. It set the stage for what has become an ongoing string of questionable policy decisions — decisions that, over time, have cemented an […]

Amtrak could save $12 million if it showed up on time 5 percent more often, a new audit showed.

Amtrak’s Late-Running Trains Cost System Millions

By Aaron Short | Oct 23, 2019 | No Comments

The rail system's slow-to-arrive trains are costing tens of millions of dollars in excess worker overtime and tickets it could be selling, according to a new audit.

All for Transportation volunteers in Hillsborough County, Fla.

Florida GOP Trying to Kill Transportation Measure

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 5, 2019 | 3 Comments

A wide majority of Hillsborough County voted to tax themselves for transit and safer streets. The Florida GOP is trying to block it anyway.

This is a PTSA bus. Photo: City of St. Petersburg

Are Uber and Lyft the Future of Transit? Not So Fast

By Aaron Short | Jul 22, 2019 | 7 Comments

Cities that turn to technology companies to save their transit systems are bound to be disappointed by the outcome.

Rendering of a proposed park under the expanded I-395 highway project, showing parkgoers
strolling just feet from high-speed traffic. Image: Florida Department of Transportation

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Highway Boondoggles: More Mistakes in Miami

By Gideon Weissman and Matthew Casale | Jun 26, 2019 | 5 Comments

In Miami, highways slice through almost every section of the city, cutting neighborhoods off from one another and creating sprawl that threatens the surrounding environment.

Miami has increasingly relied on private investment to expand its rail system.

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Rail Reversal: Miami Looking to China For Transit Help

By Aaron Short | Jun 25, 2019 | 7 Comments

The Chinese government is pitching Miami on a new rail line as public investment in Florida transit stalls.

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