Miami can’t afford to put on standby the launch of a new airport. It’s already well past takeoff time.Booming Miami International Airport, our lifeline, will be flying at 90% of…
The good news is that after decades of taxing ourselves for transit and a decade of planning, Miami-Dade residents are finally aboard the first of six systems that are meant…
Three years after an accidental fire burned out Miami-Dade’s only incinerator, the best path to a replacement may also be accidental. The way forward now is up to 15 parties:…
Could the newly floated water taxi linking Miami Beach and downtown Miami become The Little Engine That Could of transit across Biscayne Bay? For decades, some have sought ferries or taxis on the bay and rivers to move better and more calmly as road traffic has multiplied and mass transit failed to keep pace. Now, as…
An old friend called to tell me he’d gone to see our county government in action on a vital civic issue and witnessed instead county inaction. He didn’t have to…
A friend dropped in Saturday morning with a gift bagful of favorite candies. Gratitude was quickly followed first by guilt over future consumption and then immediately by worries about what…
Miami-Dade commissioners last week deliberately hid reports of crucial public needs that could trigger major crises. Both looming crises and all solutions are to be kept under wraps, with only…
What’s called a five-year housing plan for Miami-Dade that’s headed to commissioners this week is a 213-page compendium of ideas to meet critical needs but falls far short of being…
As billionaire newcomers moving to Miami spend as much as $100 million for a home, the average area household is spending a far larger percentage of its income on housing…
Three years ago, it seemed smart to extend Metromover to Miami Beach and the Design District. Today, the county struggles just to keep Metromover rolling where it is now, much…
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