Train Is The New... Train? I-95 Traffic Helps Resurrect Old Miami Rail
I-95 misery has bent Henry Flagler's railroad tracks full circle.Long ago, passenger trains on lines Flagler built turned a community called Fort Dallas, pop. 300, into Miami. Then cars on I-95 turned...
View ArticleWhat’s With The Redacted Signs On I-95 (And 395)?
Like novelty-sized pages of redacted government documents, blacked-out road signs are hanging over I-95 and I-395. And inquiring drivers (WLRN contributor Nancy Klingener, for example) want...
View ArticleI-95, Road Rage And How The Robertsons Learned Miami Time
There are details of this story that Alyce and Neil Robertson don’t quite agree on.“We were on our way to a wedding on a Saturday afternoon,” recalls Alyce.“A Sunday, yeah,” recalls Neil, “we were on...
View Article95 Express Has Hit New Max Toll At Least 12 Times, But Appears To Be Working
The maximum possible toll on 95 Express increased from $7 to $10.50 on March 1. Two days later at 5:30 p.m., the cost of using the northbound express lanes hit the $10.50 maximum.Rory Santana from the...
View ArticleHow A $1 Billion Hole In The Ground Will Impact I-95
The PortMiami Tunnel--a $1 billion hole in the ground that began with a task force more than 30 years ago--finally celebrates its completion Monday.Traffic will now be able to access the port from...
View ArticleDisplacing Overtown Residents To Make Up For Rupture I-95 Caused
At times, the two-story white house with bright blue shutters and columns that seem to reach for the sky was mistaken for a church in Miami's Overtown neighborhood.But for 80-year-old Benjamin Brown,...
View ArticleSeriously, What's So Great About I-95?
As part of our End of the Road series -- about the final 87 miles of I-95 -- we’ve asked a lot of questions: Why don’t people seem to get in trouble for speeding in the express lanes?
View ArticleWLRN-ify My Commute: Let Us Give Your Daily Drive The Public Radio Treatment
We spend a lot of time together on the road, you (audience) and us (WLRN). If you’re like most of our listeners, we’re with you in the car just about every day -- through your speakers, at least.But we...
View ArticleAre "Lexus Lanes" Really Lexus Lanes?
Brian Rick is on a crusade. As a spokesman for the Florida Department of Transportation he has chewed the ear of dozens, maybe a hundred people -- reporters, friends, anybody who refers to 95 Express...
View ArticleWhat It's Like To Have A Gun Pulled On You On The Highway
Alyce and Neil Robertson were running late to a wedding one day 20 or 30 years ago. Because they were running late, they were arguing in the car, until some maniac on the road did something...
View ArticleWhy Most Highway Signs Aren't All Caps Anymore
A drive down I-95 is full of dozens, probably hundreds, of tiny design decisions that are ultimately about driver attention. From the lettering on a road sign to the shape of a road, engineers are...
View ArticleFree Rides In 95 Express Lanes Coming To An End For Hybrid Drivers
To be perfectly honest, Bobby Wells, a Harley-riding, python-owning Miami lawyer, doesn’t really like his Toyota Prius.But he does love that red and blue “95 Express” registration decal on the bottom...
View ArticleFDOT: Florida In Relatively Good Shape If Highway Trust Fund Goes Broke
While state transportation departments around the country have been scrambling in anticipation of a potential Highway Trust Fund insolvency, Florida officials aren’t sweating quite yet.The U.S....
View ArticleHow Much Do Free 95 Express Trips Cost The State?
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is finished with free trips in the fast lanes. The newly opened 595 Express and the planned 75 Express and Palmetto Express projects do not and will not...
View ArticleHow A Driving Instructor Teaches Floridians To Take I-95
(Take this quiz based off of driving instructor Chris Pearson's own tricks and advice as well as Florida's state driving manual.)"I-95 driving is not for the timid or the meek," driving instructor...
View ArticleWhat’s With That Insanely Bumpy Section Of I-95?
Miami's Southbound Interstate 95 from 153rd Street to 125th Street looks -- and feels -- like it was engineered by Pablo Picasso.
View ArticleStretch Of I-95 Memorializes Fallen Trooper
Two new signs were put up on Interstate 95 this month. They read “Trooper Kimberly Ann Hurd Memorial Highway” to remember Florida's first female trooper killed in the line of duty 22 years ago.Kimberly...
View ArticleI-95 And Its Eclectic Array Of Road Debris
The blonde wig flew out of nowhere, “flapping like a bird” as it lodged in the driver’s side windshield wiper of Jorge Garay’s delivery truck.
View ArticleFDOT: Stop Ignoring Our 95 Express "CLOSED" Signs
Carlos Lora doesn’t care what the electronic toll sign for 95 Express says. Fifty cents, $6.00, $10.50 -- it doesn’t matter. After a long day at work as a South Beach condo manager, he’s getting in his...
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