Justify new mass transit by building our current ridership
As Miami-Dade plans six new mass transit corridors, the great disconnect between the growth aims and reality is not just too little money to build but that riders continue to…
FTX deal looked too good to miss; it was too good to be true
When Sam Bankman-Fried’s net worth fell from $16 billion to zero in seven days as his cryptocurrency exchange FTX went bankrupt Friday, taking with it all value of FTX’s sponsorship…
Metromover to Miami Beach is truly the Smart Program
The smart dumping of two years of failed negotiations to build a monorail across Biscayne Bay will serve us well. First, the county returns to the starting line with the…
Miami icon spotlights our economic divide Achilles’ heel
In his latest service, a dinner to honor digital legend Manny Medina began with praise by many but ended with Mr. Medina warning that we are ignoring Miami’s elephant in…
There is a silver bullet for rapid transit, but who will fire it?
Nobody will say it, but Miami-Dade’s Smart Program to add six legs of rapid transit closely resembles California’s bullet train, which began 14 years ago and is unlikely to run…
10-story ‘mini-house’ billboards would blight Miami’s core
Imagine 10-story-tall digital billboards with illuminated ads front and back changing every eight seconds, each triple the size of the largest standard expressway billboard. Now imagine them spread all over…
Why must bidders be more politically correct than angels?
An overhaul of Miami-Dade’s buying of goods and services could save taxpayers untold millions. In larger contracts it could save tens of millions apiece. While saving, moreover, the quality of…
Are city commissioners desperate, insensitive or greedy?
When Miami commissioners a decade ago were moving ahead to allow illuminated billboards on three highly visible city-owned buildings, this column was headed “Are city commissioners desperate, insensitive or greedy?”…
$78,000 travesty of a raise allegedly came out of nowhere
If you’re not outraged by the way Miami-Dade commissioners surreptitiously more than doubled their compensation last week, maybe you don’t know the details. In case you missed it, seven commissioners…
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