South Florida Regional Transportation Authority

Electronic Streetcar Coming to Broward County

Streetcars conjure up visions of San Francisco, New Orleans, Uncle Ben's Rice, and that Marlon Brando movie where he pleads for his wife to return to him after he beats her. But now, it will also conjure up downtown Fort Lauderdale and, also, the future, because the Broward County Commission has ... More >>

Three People to Know in South Florida's Culinary Scene, Part 2 - Anne E. Sallee

For more on South Florida's food scene, check out New Times' Taste guide. Although South Florida may be a late bloomer when it comes to a lot of trends, we do catch up eventually. And sometimes, as with our food scene, the evolution is exponential. The past year or so has seen the culinary scene ev ... More >>

South Florida Follies: I-95, Asphalt Addiction and Endless War

I-95 in South Florida is America's most dangerous highway. That's pretty well known. Why?Sure, it's the only major north-south highway in an overbuilt, unsustainable megalapolis, driven daily by the aged, the undereducated and the uncouth. But the cause lies even deeper than that, at the core of the ... More >>

Hurricane Sandy: What's Closed, Canceled, Re-Scheduled and Operating in Broward-Palm Beach

That Hurricane Sandy is quite a nuisance.Even though the storm is hitting Cuba and the Bahamas directly, she's still sending her winds and rain all over our faces. And, as it usually goes with these kinds of storms, rumors of cancellations, closings, and re-schedules run rampant.So far, we've s ... More >>

Palm Beach Is Flooded, and There's More Rain on the Way

Palm Beach residents went to bed Sunday night thinking everything was hunky dory. Then they woke up Monday to find rainwater up their faces. Isaac came and went, but not without dumping buckets of rain and leaving widespread flooding that has left Palm Beach with inundated roads, school closings fo ... More >>

Not a Goodbye to County Grind but a See You Later

​On my final day as New Times Broward-Palm Beach's music editor, I can say with certainty that County Grind is much more than just the name of this blog. What began as my play on the phrase "county line," which ties our multicity coverage area together, also sums up an adventurous way of life for ... More >>

Aysar Aktimur, 49, Allegedly Likes Following a 15-Year-Old Girl Every Day

PBSOAysar Aktimur, who allegedly followed around a 15-year-old girl for a couple of months.​When you hit a certain age -- let's call it 18 -- it's illegal to chase 15-year-old girls. Stalking is pretty much always illegal.Aysar Aktimur, 49, apparently missed those memos, according to what the Boca ... More >>

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Tells Radio Host Her Endorsement of CCA Prison Still Stands

​U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz wrote a letter (see below) in April to ICE Director Gary Mead indicating her support for the proposed immigrant detention facility that private contractor CCA wants to build in Southwest Ranches.Today, she went on the radio with WIOD-AM (610) host Jimmy Cefalo. ... More >>

Passenger Rail Coming to Downtown Fort Lauderdale and Its Soon-to-Be-Obsolete Bridge

Eric Barton​As long as we're talking ferries and bikes, we may as well point your attention to another exciting mode of alternative transportation that's making its way to South Florida's urban centers.That's right -- the people who dream up such things say that passenger rail is on its way. That ... More >>

Bike Sharing Stations Appearing in Fort Lauderdale; Launch Date Set for December 14

Reed Fischer​Believe it or not, bike sharing is coming to car-choked Broward County... and the first of dozens of automated rental stations are appearing in high-traffic areas around Fort Lauderdale. The first one went up on Sebastian Street on Fort Lauderdale beach, and we spotted the one picture ... More >>

Broward County Bike Share to Launch This Fall

Broward CountyA bike.​Come November, about 200 three-speed bikes will likely be clustered in more than 30 spots from Hallandale Beach to Pompano Beach, all yours to rent, says Broward County Transportation Director Chris Walton. They'll have baskets. And a GPS device that "tracks mileage, calories ... More >>

Vegan Cupcake Recipe: Leaving the Nest Almond / Caramel / Chocolate Cupcakes

​Earlier this month, while some high school seniors were ditching classes to catch up on lost episodes of 16 and Pregnant (it's too addictive to avoid), one impressive Nova High School senior took pen to paper and later spatula to bowl to craft the perfect sticky sweet sendoff as she leaves her fa ... More >>

Morning Juice: Commuter Train Bill on Track for Signature; Rothstein Banker Hopes Deniability Is Plausible

​A look at what's in the news on this morning in South Florida:Frank Spinosa, the TD bank executive who handled Scott Rothstein's investor funds, was fired last month and his attorney says Spinosa's name was falsified in fraudulent documents provided to investors. [Sun-Sentinel]Broward parents' pr ... More >>

Morning Juice: Old Dolphins Learn New Tricks; Train Barrels Into Car in Fort Lauderdale

​Here's what's churning in Friday's local news cycle:Parents of students at Pioneer Middle School in Cooper City are furious over proposals by the Broward County School District to bus students out of that school to relieve overcrowding. But what are they complaining about? Local 10's Janine Stanw ... More >>

Buzzed in Paradise: Stratford's Bar

Sing It, Edna

Where's the Help Team When You Need It?

Seriously, the Sun-Sentinel's news-you-can-use crew, so quick to report on stop signs and chuckholes and banana peels on the sidewalk, had better hustle down to Hollywood Boulevard. A Juice correspondent tells me that the Tri-Rail crossing has malfunctioned and traffic's backed up somethin' fierce. ... More >>

Billed for Bull

Broward County Commissioners want you to pay for their pet projects

Coverage A Train Wreck

Go Ahead and Fest: You’ve Earned it

Letters for February 28-March 5, 2008

Green Eggs and Dolphin Ham

Boy to Man

At 21, Protoman is starting to make waves in the local hip-hop scene. But why does he feel so old?

Letters for November 16-22, 2006

Hot Tracks

Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Tri-Rail

Rim Job

The price, the perspiration, and the inspired impracticality of pimpin' a ride.

Ghost Train

Decaying cars, $300,000 in expenditures, and empty promises — that's your new railroad museum.

Drunk on Power

Give the DUI Guy What He Deserves

Dream On

Can Dream Dinners liberate Sunrise's working moms?

Tailpipe

Pink Elephant?

Our Mayor, the Lobbyist, Part 4

She visited Hollywood the same day as the developer. Now residents fear for their homes.

Tailpipe

J-Rod Strikes Out

Letters June 10-16, 2004

Thanks to You Too

Letters May 6-12, 2004

Save 'em from slaughter; end the travesty:

Letters April 29-May 5, 2004

Letters for April 22, 2004

We're not in Roma

Next Stop, Nowhere

Just wait till you see what this bad boy can do out on the open track

Letters for November 13, 2003

Ballpark Ballyhoo

Best Evidence that We Can Get Along

Blackie´s Welding next door to All-White Manufacturing

Tagged

Art or Vandalism? Either way, for graffiti artists, it's all about getting your name out there.

Letters for June 13, 2002

Geriatrics, arise!

Best Trainspotting

West of the Pompano State Farmer's Market

Train Dreck

Railroad noise and bureaucracy can't stymie a hearty bunch from Pompano Beach

A Flight of Fancy

Broward commissioners are spending big bucks on an unlikely airport-growth scheme

Best Cheap Thrill

Tri-Rail on Weekends

Best Place to Carpool

Tri-Rail Park-and-Ride Lots

Undercurrents

Hollywood politics is notoriously ugly, and thus enormously entertaining to watch

Letters to the Editor

Letters for November 30, 2000

Lady-Killer

For years he was the neighborhood lothario. But now that Lucious Boyd has been charged with the brutal murder of Dawnia Dacosta, court records suggest that he's never been a friend of women.

Deep in the Heart of Deerfield