The Transit Miami Site will be switching to a new server and platform any minute now…Sorry about the lack of activity lately, I’ve been mulling by my Graduate school decisions while working to finish up at UF (more on both of these very soon…)This week we’ll be certain to address:MIA’s society M…

Original post by Gabriel J. Lopez-Bernal

Photo by Flickr user jimfrazierWe already pointed out the resurgence of freight rail in that post in February, but now the rail boom is in the news again. that instance a Harvard professor, John R. Stilgoe, is predicting the revival of rail for both freight and passengers. He points to indicators s…

Transit Miami is asking all readers to please actively participate in saving Miami 21 and Tri-Rail funding.Miami 21: Our sources by in city corridor have informed us that Miami 21 is literally on life support. The city commissioners are totally oblivious to the true benefits that new zoning policy…

There will be a “cyclist town corridor meeting” next Monday at Coral Gables War Memorial Youth Center. The details are below:–> When: April 14, 2008.–> Where: Coral Gables War Memorial Youth Center 405 University Drive Coral Gables, FL 33134–> Tim…

CITT will reconsider whether to vote for new Metrorail cars (Miami Today News)Central Grove to get street-level office space (Miami Today News)Plans for Metro Zoo theme park nearly total (Miami Today News)Anti-Miami 21 Commissioner Regalado announces candidacy for Mayor (Miami Sunpost)More drama by …

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Boston Skyline @ 4:45am, originally uploaded by StarrGazr. I’m headed up to Boston today to check out some graduate Planning…

Walking around in the Stade Olympique neighborhood of Montreal’s outskirts, I saw the perfect opportunity to demonstrate how seamlessly medium density buildings can be integrated with classic singled-out family homes (sans the hideous car ports). that picture above shows a row of multi-family buildi…

To all our regular readers, the note below is a direct response to the recent criticisms presented by local blog Critical Miami:We are not anti-car zealots, we strongly believe that the key to creating a sustainable community is a multi-modal transportation policy rather than the uni-modalism that c…

Believe it or not, transit is a reality in the greater Miami area. The Fort Lauderdale city commission just voted to pay for 25% of the downtown streetcar project known as the Wave. That means they will supply $37.5 million of the estimated $150 million needed for the project. The next step for the …

Montreal…what a great city.I spent the final several days there on a mini-vacation doing some urban exploration and enjoying the sites and culture that prepare the city so pleasant. Despite temperatures that were muy frio (Highs 25-32, Lows 8-20), it still was a great experience walking around the…