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Hallandale Beach Boulevard narrowed to provide extra 'green time'
Q: Can you please tell us why eastbound Hallandale Beach Boulevard goes down to two lanes at Southwest Second Avenue and then opens up no more than 100 feet later to three lanes right before Southeast Third Avenue? This does not make any sense, and it...Tags: Palm Beach County, Traffic, Pompano Beach, Gulfstream Park, Boynton Beach
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Kingsley Guy: South Florida economic future looks good
As Mark Twain noted, history doesn't repeat itself, but "sometimes it rhymes," and South Florida may be in for one of those rhyming moments as it emerges from the economic doldrums of the past half decade. Turn the clock back a hundred years: Henry...Tags: Railway Industry, Port Everglades, Rick Scott, Employment, Railway Transportation
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Will Fort Lauderdale's Wave streetcar be a wipeout?
As a New Yorker who grew up riding subways, I'm all for mass transit. But the proposed Wave electric streetcar in downtown Fort Lauderdale sounds more like a massive boondoggle: A light rail loop that will go virtually nowhere and carry almost nobody,...
Tags: Port Everglades, West Palm Beach, Broward County, Tampa, Public Transportation
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Mix history, art in Palm Beach at the Flagler Museum
If ever a room was aptly named, it's the Grand Hall of the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum in Palm Beach. The 5,000 square-foot reception hall is adorned with almost every conceivable trapping of Gilded Age splendor: A bust of Caesar Augustus atop a...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Museums, Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Jackson Pollock
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Move Over Law confuses drivers
Q: I need a clarification of Florida's Move Over Law. One can interpret the law that you have to reduce your speed 20 mph under the speed limit or move over a lane only when police or emergency workers are involved rendering assistance. Does this also...Tags: Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Florida Department of Transportation, Florida Highway Patrol
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Long waits the norm at Commercial and Dixie
Q: What is going on with the left turn arrows from Commercial Boulevard to southbound Dixie Highway? Is it necessary to sit through two cycles of the signal to get a green arrow? Pauline Duimstra, Oakland Park A: The problem is too much traffic in all...Tags: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Traffic, Florida's Turnpike, Florida Department of Transportation, Transportation
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Buzz over train travel needs a community conversation
The folk from Florida East Coast Industries came in to see us this week, and after a 90-minute session, eight words kept ringing in my ears: "That's a conversation the community needs to have." Husein Cumber, FECI's executive vice president of corporate...Tags: Railway Transportation, Florida East Coast Industries Incorporated, Amusement and Theme Parks, Orlando, Orlando International Airport
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I-595 ramp from northbound U.S. 1 closed until late 2013
Q: I was going north on U.S. 1 from Hollywood and trying to get to westbound Interstate 595. The exit sign for I-595 has changed since I last drove through the area and reads "airport." I exited assuming I could get to I-595 west. Wrong. I ended up on the...Tags: Florida Department of Transportation, Transportation, Delray Beach, Travel, Weston (Broward, Florida)
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Eller Drive intersection at end of I-595 being replaced with overpass
Q: The entrance to westbound I-595 from Eller Drive and Northeast Seventh Avenue is not marked well. Drivers could easily turn into the eastbound lanes of I-595, which also are unmarked. With poor lighting and construction in the area, it's hard to pick...Tags: Port Everglades, Deerfield Beach, Broward County, Boca Raton, Florida Department of Transportation
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Events mark Flagler railroad's Key West milestone
It's only a week until the 100th anniversary of the inaugural journey of Henry Flagler's Florida Keys Over-Sea Railroad, which arrived for the first time in Key West on Jan. 22, 1912.
The celebration will be in full swing this week in the Florida Keys,...Tags: Key West, Seven Mile Bridge, Key Largo, Railway Transportation, Arts and Culture
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New Yorkers’ wallets opened for Florida’s U.S. Senate race
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelNewly released details of campaign finance reports in Florida's U.S. Senate contest show that New Yorkers are taking a keen interest in the race, and particularly in Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. Overall, Nelson has out-raised his expected... -
Trails may link Miami, Vero Beach
The Chain Gang - Orlando SentinelSouth Florida transportation officials are pondering how to link various short trails to make an interconnected network running from Miami to Vero Beach, generally near Florida East Coast Railway tracks. Read more here. One already completed potential...
Apr 21, 2013
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Mar 20, 2013
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Feb 9, 2013
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Jan 28, 2013
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Jan 13, 2013
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Dec 8, 2012
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Oct 28, 2012
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Jun 4, 2012
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Jan 14, 2012
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Aug 3, 2012
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Dec 28, 2011
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