Airbnb can produce pluses via more visitors, hotel profits
Miami Beach’s battle against Airbnb looks familiar. Didn’t we just fight that war against Uber and Lyft? If so, let’s make the likely outcome as positive for all as possible.…
Don’t leave a creative solution to transit sitting at the station
A creative proposal to fund six light rail lines to fill out Miami-Dade’s transit skeleton and loosen gridlock’s economic chokehold has too much potential to sidetrack. It should be a…
Get county out of horse-and-buggy era of local preferences
Miami-Dade commissioners this week are moving to better administer bad policy. They want to tighten the definition of local companies so that they can funnel more county contracts to local…
Timing perfect to look at Beacon Council-chamber merger
The Beacon Council’s annual meeting Oct. 13 will change chairmen and discuss a CEO hunt. Miami will be best served if members also broach some form of merger with the…
End of the line for long-promised Metrorail expansions
The first three of 136 cars to replace the entire Metrorail fleet are being built just as county officials tell us that forever-promised lines that would make the Metrorail fully…
Sparkle of strong job gains hidden behind economic clouds
A surprising bundle of healthy economic news sparkles through statistics released Friday that spotlight solid and continuing job gains in Miami-Dade County. The sole dark spot is that the gains…
Floating a plan for Miami-Dade for commuting by boat
One of the more romantic notions among the serious efforts to alleviate Miami-Dade’s traffic congestion is to try boatloads of commuters. It’s under serious study in the county’s transit department,…
Urban emergency plans shouldn’t be a secret downtown
As reports of global urban attacks and emergencies echo, we’d taken it for granted that Miami, as one of the globe’s most visible beacons, is well prepared not only for…
Miami commission on right track: exit all bidding disputes
Getting bid protests out of the Miami City Commission’s hair and into the hands of a hearing officer or administrative judge is a logical move that commissioners began with a…
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