2011 Miami ranks 8th as ‘most walkable’ city! - Page 5

HavanaMiami1977 · July 26th, 2011, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by -Corey-

Yes, I'm Hispanic, but I don't think that is the problem, I'm from California and as you probably know more than 40% of the population is Hispanic too, and you won't see crazy drivers over there as much as you see them here, it might be the fact that Latinos here (especially Cubans....) don't give a crap about laws, neither the city. Miami would be a better place if they had the same laws as San Diego :P.

By the time you wrote this comment you have had 12 993 post, I just hope all that post not are so stupid like this one here. and yes, i'm saying that because i am cuban with no ticket traffic ever untill now, been here for 22 years.

miami305 · July 26th, 2011, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by URBANITY REPORTS

Cubans don't drive monkeys... they eat them

Monkeys???? I said DONKEYS.....lol

-Corey- · July 26th, 2011, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by HavanaMiami1977

By the time you wrote this comment you have had 12 993 post, I just hope all that post not are so stupid like this one here. and yes, i'm saying that because i am cuban with no ticket traffic ever untill now, been here for 22 years.

Well, good for you!

spartan21 · July 26th, 2011, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Miami High Rise

http://www.walkscore.com/
Hahahaha-HAAAAA my old address in upstate new york got a 3!!! <not 30, 3 (three).

Hahaha it's a farm. Who'd a thought?

I typed in this address in Indiana by mistake and it got a 0 haha
my address here in Hialeah got a 57 which is okay

xerxesjc28 · July 26th, 2011, 06:39 AM

Not sure if this says more about Miami or the country as a whole that Miami is one of the most walkable cities in the country. Though, since this is probably just Miami city limits I guess it is sort of understandable.

isaidso · July 26th, 2011, 07:00 AM

I got a walk score of 100 and I live a good 2.5 miles from downtown (Toronto). Seems a little high if you ask me.

HavanaMiami1977 · July 26th, 2011, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by -Corey-

Well, good for you!

Thank You

***QuantumX*** · July 26th, 2011, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by HavanaMiami1977

and yes, i'm saying that because i am cuban with no ticket traffic ever untill now, been here for 22 years.

Was it because of one of those photo enforced intersections? Just curious. They are turning out not to be the revenue generators that cities hoped they would be because once people learn where they are or know they are there, they are a lot more wary of being caught by one. Makes perfectly good sense to me. There was an article on the front page of the Sunday Miami Herald about it. They probably do make a city more walkable though because then people slow down and stop for a yellow light in case they can't make it all the way through the intersection before the light turns red.

HavanaMiami1977 · July 26th, 2011, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by QuantumX

Was it because of one of those photo enforced intersections? Just curious. They are turning out not to be the revenue generators that cities hoped they would be because once people learn where they are or know they are there, they are a lot more wary of being caught by one. Makes perfectly good sense to me. There was an article on the front page of the Sunday Miami Herald about it. They probably do make a city more walkable though because then people slow down and stop for a yellow light in case they can't make it all the way through the intersection before the light turns red.

Thats a very good point Q, what i do not understand in the article is what was the first intention of this idea, Get more revenue or make the city more walkable !!! ummm.

***QuantumX*** · July 26th, 2011, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by HavanaMiami1977

Thats a very good point Q, what i do not understand in the article is what was the first intention of this idea, Get more revenue or make the city more walkable !!! ummm.

Sounds to me though as if the plan was to generate more revenue for the city, and then it backfired on them, but then, the end result is we have a more walkable city. Ain't life strange!

Obfuscatus · July 26th, 2011, 06:41 PM

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HavanaMiami1977 · July 26th, 2011, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by QuantumX

Sounds to me though as if the plan was to generate more revenue for the city, and then it backfired on them, but then, the end result is we have a more walkable city. Ain't life strange!

Indeed

spellbound · July 27th, 2011, 08:24 PM

I think I'd have to vote this one of the odder threads we've had here (not that there aren't many other contenders!)

casamagda · July 28th, 2011, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by spellbound

I think I'd have to vote this one of the odder threads we've had here (not that there aren't many other contenders!)

Yep...
One of the strangest is "Is Bicentenial Park the best place for the Miami Art Museum?"

A Yes or No question is a strange way to get a forum activated, but somehow it worked...

CalleOchoGringo · July 30th, 2011, 06:37 PM

That's exactly why I titled it that way when I made it back in 2007. If you want a thread that lasts a long time, you gotta link bait it with incendiary or inflammatory topics that provoke a response... good or bad. It's the art of the forum! hehe

Miami High Rise · August 27th, 2011, 11:31 PM

Why don't we just poke a big hole in the MiamiHerald throwaway with a NYT article:

All four Florida metropilises are ranked as the worst for walkability.

Florida Again Found Most Dangerous Place for Pedestrians

On Wide Florida Roads, Running for Dear Life

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/us...ians.html?_r=1

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. —As any pedestrian in Florida knows, walking in this car-obsessed state can be as tranquil as golfing in a lightning storm. Sidewalks are viewed as perks, not necessities. Crosswalks are disliked and dishonored. And many drivers maniacally speed up when they see someone crossing the street.

Then there are the long, ever widening arterial roads —those major thoroughfares lined with strip malls built to move cars in and out of sprawling suburbs.

It is no wonder that four Florida metropolitan areas, led by the Orlando region, ranked as the most dangerous places to walk in the country, according to a recent survey by Transportation for America, a nonprofit safety advocacy organization.

“So much of Florida has been built up so quickly in that era of the automobile-oriented design; it’s this sort of the boomer phenomenon,” said David Goldberg, communications director for the organization. “The tendency there has been to build the big wide arterials; you have these long superblocks and you can get up to a good speed.”

The Orlando-Kissimmee region was first out of 52 in the rankings of most dangerous pedestrian regions, with more than 550 pedestrians killed from 2000 to 2009. This translates to an annual fatality rate of 3 per 100,000 people. Second was Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, followed by Jacksonville and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach.

Of course the SuperBias-ed Herald was probably just talking about the IMMEDIATE downtown/brickell district.

A car hits a bus stop and lightpole in MiMo district
http://www.transitmiami.com/fdot/ano...ss-than-1-year

Nice city, very walkable. Drivers look at you like you're scum when you walk, you can feel it. It could be a side effect of the mind blowing number of homeless here; it is just implied that you're one of those "lesser fortunate" souls when you're walking, and less-than-me in my mediocre BMW.

Hia-leah JDM · August 28th, 2011, 01:35 AM

Dude, the Herald didn't make those rankings. It was a report by Walk Score that was written about in websites and newspapers across the country.
Miami once topped that list for being dangerous to pedestrians and the Herald wrote about it too.

miami305 · August 28th, 2011, 05:56 AM

It goes both ways...I had people walk in front of me - like if they own the street/road...I'd be like...."bitch...better move if you don't want to end up like a tortilla on the street" - I mean, people pay no attention either....is crazy...It has happend to me...I pay attention and all...and when you least expected, there is someone walking in front of your car....they might think I wont hit them...lol....

Hia-leah JDM · August 28th, 2011, 06:45 AM

Hopefully you don't hit 'em. You're not being real tough by running over a pedestrian with a 2 ton car.

theEmbarcadero · August 30th, 2011, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by CalleOchoGringo

That's exactly why I titled it that way when I made it back in 2007. If you want a thread that lasts a long time, you gotta link bait it with incendiary or inflammatory topics that provoke a response... good or bad. It's the art of the forum! hehe

U are so right....!!!! Last year I just put Lebron's name in the title of the thread and POW!!!!

July 26th, 2011, 06:39 AM	#85
xerxesjc28 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 921 Likes (Received): 41	Not sure if this says more about Miami or the country as a whole that Miami is one of the most walkable cities in the country. Though, since this is probably just Miami city limits I guess it is sort of understandable. __________________ What a cute kitty!!! What a cute puffiluffigus kitty! meow! oooooh how cute! meow meow meow! Oh I just cant stand it! I need to seffilucuffilupuffilify it! Originally Posted by aceflamingo23:http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...postcount=1108

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July 27th, 2011, 08:24 PM	#93
spellbound Contents Under Pressure Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: philly/miami Posts: 6,144 Likes (Received): 28	I think I'd have to vote this one of the odder threads we've had here (not that there aren't many other contenders!)

July 30th, 2011, 06:37 PM	#95
CalleOchoGringo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,457 Likes (Received): 24	That's exactly why I titled it that way when I made it back in 2007. If you want a thread that lasts a long time, you gotta link bait it with incendiary or inflammatory topics that provoke a response... good or bad. It's the art of the forum! hehe

August 28th, 2011, 01:35 AM	#97
Hia-leah JDM Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Jacksonville Posts: 2,794 Likes (Received): 35	Dude, the Herald didn't make those rankings. It was a report by Walk Score that was written about in websites and newspapers across the country. Miami once topped that list for being dangerous to pedestrians and the Herald wrote about it too.

August 28th, 2011, 05:56 AM	#98
miami305 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Today: Miami, Florida..moving back to Europe (Paris) in the future. Posts: 1,308 Likes (Received): 2	It goes both ways...I had people walk in front of me - like if they own the street/road...I'd be like...."bitch...better move if you don't want to end up like a tortilla on the street" - I mean, people pay no attention either....is crazy...It has happend to me...I pay attention and all...and when you least expected, there is someone walking in front of your car....they might think I wont hit them...lol....

August 28th, 2011, 06:45 AM	#99
Hia-leah JDM Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Jacksonville Posts: 2,794 Likes (Received): 35	Hopefully you don't hit 'em. You're not being real tough by running over a pedestrian with a 2 ton car.