Take half a loaf of transit, because gridlock is not appetizing
The trust safeguarding transportation tax money has wisely agreed, with anguish, to push ahead with new South Corridor bus rapid transit although members are distressed that the public will get…
To add Beach transit, the perfect is the enemy of the good
In a letter to the editor, Miami Beach’s city manager notes that Metromover in Downtown Miami “is enjoying increasing ridership and public acceptance” and hopes opponents of Miami Beach transit…
A charter review sounds dull, but it could change your life
Rules for how Miami-Dade functions face a revamp that will affect us all for decades. What that means to each of us depends on the process, who gets to play,…
FIU’s China campus shutdown blemishes International title
It’s check-out time for a highly acclaimed and equally profitable Florida International University hospitality program that had a 1,200-student campus in China and also brought to its Miami classrooms Chinese…
A final call to give South Dade real rapid transit as pledged
The trust created to add mass transit isn’t giving up on faster trips from Homestead to Dadeland as the public was promised, but it doesn’t seem to be getting any…
Give government a refresher course on why tourism is vital
A government attitude problem could harm taxpayers. The ugly attitude is that tourists are a nuisance and cost us money. Elected officials sometimes say almost that. What if we complained…
City commission has given voters a tool to root out corruption
It’s heartening that all five Miami commissioners have agreed to help scrub city hall’s reputation, which has been soiled as a haven of self-interest and corruption. Actual corruption is judged…
County pattern of disrespect hogties our transportation trust
Miami-Dade officials have once again shown disrespect for the Citizens’ Independent Transportation Trust and, by extension, the voters who approved a trust to guard their transportation tax money. In the…
A hotel moratorium is too perilous to rely on invented data
As Miami Beach seriously weighs a moratorium on new hotel rooms based on claims that “right now we are suffering economically; across South Beach there’s rooms at $40 … a…
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