#Ultra2019 debacle in #Miami is a sober reminder: the transit chaos in South Florida never ends!
Brightline's awful decision that it should a run commuter rail connecting populous Eastern cities near US-1 on FEC tracks in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties, makes the past decade of incompetency & bad decisions by Tri-Rail and the South Florida East Coast Corridor/SFECC study seem almost minor in comparison, though they DO have a lot to answer for to commuters/taxpayers, too. And the MPOs?
Forget believing that they care what you think or want. They are the very picture of a runaway, non-accountable govt. agency. I know of what I speak!
Updated April 10th, 2019
Have spent better part of past 24 hrs awake driving all over #HollywoodFL & #HallandaleBeach to see what's changed since I left area in August to travel, deal w/some imp. family matters out-of-town.— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 10, 2019
Same #transit & #transportation problems officials pledged to fix remain. #FixIt pic.twitter.com/zCV7KJ0ogK
More to come on those observations next week!
sunset on the Key. pic.twitter.com/O4buUQsDbk— Ultra Music Festival (@ultra) March 24, 2019
There will be no parking available on Virginia Key for #Ultra2019. For your convenience, we’ve prepared this Ultra Transport Guide to provide you more info about the multitude of transportation options available to use during the festival.— Ultra Music Festival (@ultra) March 20, 2019
Learn more: https://t.co/cfJMZ0b7dd pic.twitter.com/sr1rMDxpkX
See you on the Key! 🙌— Ultra Music Festival (@ultra) March 20, 2019
(More details will be added to our official site map as the festival approaches, stay tuned!) pic.twitter.com/lJjC6ZowDG
The following Miami-Dade Transit stations are your closet stop to an @ultra shuttle hub: Adrienne Arsht Metromover, Freedom Tower Metromover, & Vizcaya Metrorail station. Hop off at College/Bayside Metromover station to access the Ultra ferry hub. More: https://t.co/w9h1yldCtB pic.twitter.com/12lhAduBLW— Miami-Dade Transit (@IRideMDT) March 20, 2019
Shuttles are completely FREE to attendees with a festival wristband! https://t.co/KX2wgVYGrb— Ultra Music Festival (@ultra) March 22, 2019
If you're coming to #Miami for the @ultra #EDM Festival and looking 4 something FUN & different to do B4 or after #Ultra begins, I HIGHLY recommend this @Airbnb Experiences: #SUP & #kayaking thru middle of Dwtn Miami on Miami River -at night! 🌊https://t.co/mKkRmE8SXc #tourism— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) March 27, 2019
What could possibly go wrong? #ultra2019 https://t.co/JVTQ5bLnRp— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) March 30, 2019
I’m not saying @OgleConnie called it that #ultra would become #FyreFestival2, but I’m not not saying that. https://t.co/APTyXHccV7— Carlos Frías (@Carlos_Frias) March 30, 2019
Gettin on the bus near the old Miami Herald site to head to Virginia Key #Ultra2019. There are lots of buses lined up here. I got on one to head to the main stage. It’s almost full. pic.twitter.com/6shFv031Ps— Joey Flechas (@joeflech) March 30, 2019
Lots of police boats in the bay on both sides of the Rickenbacker. pic.twitter.com/OdCkjIzDTY— Joey Flechas (@joeflech) March 30, 2019
Traffic on the causeway. Bus went turned around on Bear Cut bridge to drop us off at the main stage at Marine Stadium pic.twitter.com/V4ksiZiPyt— Joey Flechas (@joeflech) March 30, 2019
Correction: I got dropped off at the Resistance area, which is the Virginia Key Beach Park venue. I’m walking over to main stage now. This is view at beach park entrance pic.twitter.com/UJTWK5cAeT— Joey Flechas (@joeflech) March 30, 2019
A little earlier tonight, chatted w Jon Smithgall, from Salt Lake City. He said it was easy getting here. “I can’t imagine what it will be like when this place empties out.” pic.twitter.com/WoilyJ9Z0c— Joey Flechas (@joeflech) March 30, 2019
Stream of buses coming in to shuttle folks back to transit hubs where ppl can get rideshares. 55 ppl per bus. Ultra has contracted more than 200 buses to shuttle folks at the end of the night, 2 a.m. pic.twitter.com/T2anjiKwqe— Joey Flechas (@joeflech) March 30, 2019
On the other hand, that wait was agitating Raquel Peña, who was also unhappy with the festival in its new location. “It will never compare. Downtown was a beautiful venue for Ultra.”— Joey Flechas (@joeflech) March 30, 2019
While talking to Esteban, a bus pulled up and we were both pushed in a crush of people moving toward the moving bus. Not safe.— Joey Flechas (@joeflech) March 30, 2019
The line for the Vizcaya bus is quite long, although barricades have allowed organizers to control this line more so ppl are just shoving their way to the door— Joey Flechas (@joeflech) March 30, 2019
Mass of people crossing the Rickenbacker Causeway to head back to Miami. pic.twitter.com/mjAxc1QEyt— Joey Flechas (@joeflech) March 30, 2019
Pedestrians in Brickell, having crossed the Rickenbacker, now waiting for rideshare vehicles. pic.twitter.com/47jBRzah46— Joey Flechas (@joeflech) March 30, 2019
How loud is it? Sound on! This is a protected wildlife area, Adjacent to NOAA & RSMAS & across the street from Seaquarium! Residents of Brickell & Coconut Grove report their homes are vibrating, & the lights & noise are traveling across the bay. #Ultra2019— Key Biscayne (@keybiscayne) March 30, 2019
📽: @azerowasteculture pic.twitter.com/8QzfE0kOJN
Tens of thousands of people leaving @Ultra to walk 3 miles across a bridge (blocking traffic) because it was the only realistic option. Cabs weren't running, uber was restricted, and shuttle lines were hours long. Terrible planning! An embarrassment. #ultra2019 #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/vjoC6fFOd5— Tidoublemy (@Tidoublemy8) March 30, 2019
2+ hrs of waiting for buses to pass by us either full or empty. I might not come back the second day even though i already paid for the ticket. Nobody on charge no barriers no nothing. Wow for my first #Ultra not looking at going next year #Ultra2019 #FyreFestival2 #shitshow pic.twitter.com/eIFjjSh0lG— Trevor Harz (@trevywankenobi) March 30, 2019
You can't spell "international embarrassment" without M-I-A-M-I. Here are the @CityofMiami commissioners who voted to move @ultra from Bayfront Park to Virginia Key (from left to right): @JoeCarolloNow, Willy Gort, @Manolo4Miami and "Pay 2 Play" @KeonHardemon. #FyreFestival2 pic.twitter.com/3X1OOkIBQy— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) March 30, 2019
Ultra boosting bus service Sat night. Security chief Ray Martinez says at least weather cooperated with Fri mess: “It was a beautiful night. It was a great night to walk over the bridge, with the water on both sides.” pic.twitter.com/xW7JKRcy1Y— Doug Hanks (@doug_hanks) March 30, 2019
“Miami is corrupt, incompetent, we have no infrastructure or transportation, but hey! How ‘bout that weather?” Because Miami. #FyreFestival2 https://t.co/H259oJhTR1— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) March 30, 2019
#SoFL #Miami #transit - And, if they'd have thought of it, they'd have toughened them up by having 'em walk home fm music concert @ Hollywood Sportatorium in '70's, #EDC, or #ultra2019. https://t.co/xiLhW1kuBv @FixMetroMDT @BillyCorben @NewsbySmiley— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) March 30, 2019
Boy this interview with Miami-Dade County Commissioner @XavierLSuarez1 about #Ultra2019 (from 3 days ago) did not age well. Or perhaps it was just an early April Fools joke? https://t.co/h8al9VOpsi #FyreFestival2 pic.twitter.com/x8Uic8cLhS— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) April 1, 2019
“Two out of three Miami transit riders use the bus. ... The fact that we don't have guaranteed, dedicated bus lanes across the county is inexcusable” #MiamiBeach @TransitMIAhttps://t.co/Sj1NiemFTx— mark samuelian (@marksamuelian) April 2, 2019
'Experts' saying this decades after I thought same thing in 1980's re #SoBe street layout/#traffic 🚗🚘: #MiamiBeach to explore making #OceanDrive a one-way street https://t.co/FWexjqJQWh— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 2, 2019
🌴🏖️🌊 @BillyCorben @crespogram @TransitMIA @nicolegelinas
H/T @marksamuelian @susanaskew😉
Ocean Drive should really be one-way during the week, closed to cars weekend evenings and events.— Get around. Safely. (@GetAroundSafely) April 2, 2019
These rail extention projects to Redlands and West Dade will cost many millions of dollars (If not couple of billions dollars) to build. Brightline has been running in less than 15% occupancy. How long can they hold on?— Jonathan (@JonathanF_99) March 31, 2019
The rail infrastructure is there already, they just need to be upgraded. Would you rather spend those millions widening the roads so we can congest them more, since they’re obviously not congested enough— Daniel Morales (@pastordmorales) March 31, 2019
Whatever couldn’t be done as rail transit could be converted in to multiuse rail trails. But, this would all make soo much sense....— Get around. Safely. (@GetAroundSafely) April 1, 2019
I agree with you, just trying to think through their reasoning.— Ryan Hassett ('shy extrovert') (@ryan_hassett) March 31, 2019
Was on the Finance Board for Metrorail in the day. It was supposed to go to County Line. After downtown, a cluster _ ensued. Locations not secret, options on RE drove price up. Money was eaten. Was to be elevated entire way. As it should. Choo choo should have been maglev. pic.twitter.com/Ce2Nz831y0— J (@AegisFS) March 31, 2019
Yeah. Almost as if Brightline is already being transformed by one of the world's most frivolous men into a glorified cruise-flight feeder instead of the actual commuter line we were sold.— Petro Populist (@RancidSassy) March 31, 2019
Airports generally have poor transit mode share. Rental cars and cab are particularly competitive for a number of reasons: you're traveling with luggage, often in groups (especially in South Florida), you're tired, and you're relatively wealthy— Market Urbanism (@MarketUrbanism) March 31, 2019
both of these factors making many tourists miss their flights. I'm confident that this situation could be reverted, generally speaking, although it's a long-term mission as long as corruption is finally vanquished (2/2)— Ursula Gonzalez-EN (@ursulagonzalez) April 1, 2019
Then there's the strange #SoFL penchant for using 'Airport' @ train stations that actually aren't AT the airport, as is the case at both @iflymia & @FLLFlyer. 🙄— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 2, 2019
Tourists feel used/abused when they get there and are NOT there, unlike @fly2ohare via CTA. 🤨https://t.co/e2FNkIX5gz
Here's today's story I wrote about the continued effort by @SunPass_FDOT & the state of Florida to hide the severity of the #SunPass crisis: https://t.co/wKFMIQT1s9— Noah Pransky (@noahpransky) March 27, 2019
FDOT is failing Floridians on Sunpass. https://t.co/ubCRBFMob8— Noah Pransky (@noahpransky) March 27, 2019
Sawgrass plans get Broward's backing, but there could be a roadblock ahead https://t.co/QY66lHVifY— Larry Barszewski (@lbarszewski) March 28, 2019
@SFBJRealEstate @FixMetroMDT @transitmiami @RedBroward— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) March 25, 2019
MT @BrittanyWallman @SunSentinel “Horrendous” #traffic in booming Dwtn #FortLauderdale slows 911 response times Traffic could be difference between life and death. City working on solutions. https://t.co/65xUs7XJ4e
Yes it is amazing. Brightline charges more than a daily commuter can afford while promoting Lyft, an additional cost. Why doesn’t Brightline promote public transit? This is a farce.— FixMDT (@FixMetroMDT) March 26, 2019
The price range for round trip Brightline passes between MIA & FTL is $350-$850. The $350 pass is only valid for one daily round trip and not on weekends. Plus, add the cost to get to a Brightline station. To me, it’s not worth the money. I’d rather pay a $350 monthly car lease.— FixMDT (@FixMetroMDT) March 26, 2019
Here's where the next Brightline stations may one day open in South Florida https://t.co/DDARNILfPg pic.twitter.com/TvFpAVaLJZ— South Florida Sun Sentinel (@SunSentinel) March 26, 2019
Brightline's future South Florida station choices are weird – Ft. Lauderdale's airport and PortMiami? Seems like urban infill stations in Hollywood and Boca Raton would be stronger ridership draws. Brightline is thinking like an airline, not a railroad https://t.co/iqLVEzprhW— Market Urbanism (@MarketUrbanism) March 31, 2019
They are more focused on regional tourism and business travel. Gotta wonder though how serious they really are about getting to Orlando and points further up state.— Get around. Safely. (@GetAroundSafely) March 31, 2019
The system is so fractured that we don’t even know who to complain to. This is the result of 28 municipalities independently operating their transit. The solution? Stop PTP payments to municipalities and formulate a regional transit agency...without Bravo and Gimenez https://t.co/bKel2QO3jY— FixMDT (@FixMetroMDT) April 1, 2019
Will be dealing w/betrayal of #SoFL residents nr #FEC tracks in upcoming blog post -long in the making- feckless leadership 4 YEARS @ City & County level in #Broward & MD that accepts shrugged shoulders instead of answers fm #TriRail🤨 @FixMetroMDT @transitmiami @JeffreyBrandes pic.twitter.com/T9JzntmgNG— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 1, 2019
both of these factors making many tourists miss their flights. I'm confident that this situation could be reverted, generally speaking, although it's a long-term mission as long as corruption is finally vanquished (2/2)— Ursula Gonzalez-EN (@ursulagonzalez) April 1, 2019
Then there's the strange #SoFL penchant for using 'Airport' @ train stations that actually aren't AT the airport, as is the case at both @iflymia & @FLLFlyer. 🙄— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 2, 2019
Tourists feel used/abused when they get there and are NOT there, unlike @fly2ohare via CTA. 🤨https://t.co/e2FNkIX5gz
Yes, can you tell that's one of my biggest longtime pet peeves?
@FixMetroMDT @JeffreyBrandes I remind U that @FLLFlyer #TriRail station is NOT actually AT airport, and bus stop there 4 the busy #1 & Breeze that runs on US-1 b/w DWNTN FTL & @AventuraMall lacks schedules, shelter 4 rain/sun, consists of 1 bench. Seasoned travelers UNIMPRESSED🙄— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 25, 2018
@FixMetroMDT @Buddynevins E. side of #YoungCircle, @cohgov, is home to #BCT's busiest location in SE #Broward. Has ZERO bus shelters ten years-plus AFTER #ArtsPark was finished. https://t.co/XjgNMn07pu— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) June 3, 2018
95% of #HallandaleBeach's bus shelters lights haven't worked for 14-plus years
I always chuckle when I hear the announcement that TriRail goes south to an "airport" station.— Brittany Wallman (@BrittanyWallman) April 2, 2019
You can get to MIA from the Tri-Rail. It's takes a good walk and a train ride. Not easy but I've done it.— Brian Bandell (@SFBJRealEstate) April 2, 2019
Lived for 15 months w/someone running an @Airbnb in #HollywoodFL = was VERY popular w/upscale tourists fm Europe & South America. Was constantly having to explain why #TriRail's "Airport" stations were not AT the airport, and problem U describe. 98% decided to use @Uber instead!— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 2, 2019
2/ "those same factual blog posts also earned me a lot of animosity fm high-ranking people at local transit organizations -like #Broward #MPO- 4 daring to hold a mirror up to thr consistently dismal performances given the resources they command, thr near-anonymous hold on power."— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 2, 2019
MacArthur Causeway will be closed for filming of new ‘Bad Boys’ moviehttps://t.co/TqiOf0NJY4— FixMDT (@FixMetroMDT) April 2, 2019
@nicolegelinas Worst of all, they're STRANGLING a #TriRail Coastal that wld connect ppl in #Broward & #MiamiDade's eastern cities nr US-1, #CSX tracks.— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 2, 2019
MT @MiamiHerald #Brightline trains often seem empty. Is it a sign or trouble, or just growing pains? https://t.co/3F6Iv1fawC
Agree, but I don't have ANY confidence in the same geniuses who cld never figure out a way to make sure that arriving guests @FLLFlyer -esp. impressionable Int'l guests w/$- cld take #transit in #Broward and see an actual bus SHELTER, WITH schedules there for #1 & #Breeze bus. 🤨— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 2, 2019
@cohgov @JoshLevyHlwd 1/ The @browardinfo & @MiamiDadeBCC appoint reps to both #TriRail and to thr respective MPO's, plus the SFRPC. My experience: they seldom select curious/qualified ppl to 3 groups who'll ask hard questions on behalf of passengers/taxpayers. Very seldom! 🙄🤨 pic.twitter.com/hJQ8E3SCfS— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 3, 2019
2/ Instead, the M.O. usually holds that the @browardinfo & @MiamiDadeBCC end up selecting a puppet/cheerleader for #TriRail pick who'll applaud whatever BS is being dispensed publicly by besieged transit mgmt.— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 3, 2019
God forbid someone in charge actually takes pro-passenger POV. 🙄🤨
3/ That attitude @ #TriRail, and others places in #SoFL that shld be supporting a smart & savvy transit platform but just shrug, also explains giant disconnect b/w local #Transit agencies & empassioned/exasperated comments posted to @FixMetroMDT, @transitmiami, & me, @hbbtruth.— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 3, 2019
4/ Tell me, when did @browardinfo & @MiamiDadeBCC announce that despite the 100's of South Florida East Coast Corridor/SFECC mtgs held throughout #SoFL over space of a decade seeking citizen input/engagement - I only went to abt 15 of them!- completely contrary to what citizens— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 3, 2019
5/ were told for yrs, and what #SoFL media kept reminding us of, the electeds were now suddenly OK w/idea of #AllAboardFlorida/#Brightline suddenly deciding THEY shld be the party providing intercity commuter rail on the #FEC tracks for dozens of cities connecting #Miami & #WPB?— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 3, 2019
6/ Judging by the complete lack of comments I hear/see, it seems like @browardinfo & @MiamiDadeBCC believe they have no legal or moral authority to push back on this on behalf of #SoFL riders, who were told that THEY needed to be engaged to get somthing that's obvious AND needed!— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 3, 2019
7/ .@browardinfo & @MiamiDadeBCC seem to have no interest in pushing back HARD on this on behalf of #SoFL's #transit riders and publicly hold ppl/groups to account, inc. other electeds. Where's the accountability and oversight? Not for pointing fingers, for conecting-the-dots! 🤨— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 3, 2019
8/ For the better part of a decade, official website 4 South Florida East Coast Corridor/#SFECC Study seldom if ever was updated. Had very basic info -a map & blah blah. That was VERY frustrating. When you'd ask electeds why, they just shrugged thr shoulders, which was no answer.— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 3, 2019
9/ How bad have things gotten in #SoFL 4 ppl like me who are #transit advocates and want to see #SoFL become what it cld be -very easily- w/a simple #CommuterRail line on #FEC tracks, which'd greatly help #HollywoodFL & #HallandaleBeach? Website = a joke! https://t.co/8314XtChcT— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 3, 2019
10/ @SoFlaOpinion @HeraldOpEd More proof that instead of fighting 4 #SoFL's #transit users vs #Brightline's bad idea of running a #CommuterRail on #FEC corridor, local MPO's keep playing role of feckless jokers, just as #Broward & #MiamiDade electeds do. 🙄https://t.co/JGePMOC5T4— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 3, 2019
@browardpolitics @FixMetroMDT 2/ #MPO Chair Blattner = @cohgov Comm. but despite city's longtime claim 2B "#transit-oriented city,"@ SE #Broward's BUSIEST pub transit site, E. side of YoungCircle, R still ZERO bus shelters there 10 yrs AFTER #ArtsPark built! Why? Results matter! pic.twitter.com/hCr6bSzceO— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) March 18, 2018
As you can see below in emails and blog posts I wrote about him and his creepy behavior, and his organization's unsatisfactory performance, I have some history with Greg Stuart, the head of the Broward MPO.
It's the "federally mandated transportation planning body that was welded to the county by a staffing contract since its establishment by the Florida Legislature in 1977. Its 19 members, mostly elected city and county leaders, control approximately hundreds of millions in federal transportation system funds and decide which Broward road and improvement projects get built and which don’t."
As I noted in my blog post of February 6th, 2011, titled, Managed lanes: Broward MPO & FHA up to patronizing mischief on Thursday that'll cost you $$$ to drive on primary roads -the ones YOU already paid for
http://hallandalebeachblog.blo
Did the Broward MPO have any PUBLIC meetings scheduled in in Hollywood or Hallandale Beach in 2009 before this came up?
No, there weren't ANY in all of southeast Broward County.
Satisfied?
Satisfied?
Below a particularly germane excerpt from a 2018 blog post here at Halandale Beach Blog
about transit and transportation policy and execution and how poorly it's thought out and administered in South Florida.
http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-rising-tide-may-lift-all-boats-but.html
My factual blog posts also earned me a lot of animosity from high-ranking people at local transit organizations -like the Broward MPO among others- for daring to hold a mirror up to their consistently dismal performances given the resources they command and their near-anonymous hold on power.
Trust me, there are few govt/agencies in South Florida who are more used to people telling them how wonderful they were/are than the folks at the Broward MPO.
Which, of course, explains a lot.
The evidence of their collective failure is all around us in Broward.
Their failure to take other groups, agencies and elected officials to task publicly and highlight policies and methods that are counter-productive.
Instead, the Broward MPO is known largely by a sub-niche of people within the political power structure, and as I've tweeted about a few times over the years, is often NOT mentioned in the Miami Herald or the South Florida Sun-Sentinel for years at a time. YEARS.
Despite their stranglehold on policies and seemingly endless resources.
Where's the media oversight and accountability? MIA.
Though I could be wrong, I'm pretty sure I'm the only one of you reading this today to be criticized
in public by the head of the Broward MPO after I detailed his and his agency's many failings at a Hallandale Beach City Commission meeting some years ago.
Promises, promises, but where were tangible results that Broward residents, taxpayers and Small Business owners actually wanted? MIA.
Thin-skinned Greg Stuart waited until I could no longer speak before blasting me, then obfuscated instead of simply answering the questions I posed to him because the truth was on my side, not his. As both of us knew at the time.
His aides at the time were not exactly the pick of the litter, either, considering their snide remarks at the time that showed that they were more cronies than transportation experts.
His aides at the time were not exactly the pick of the litter, either, considering their snide remarks at the time that showed that they were more cronies than transportation experts.
Needless to say, then-Mayor Joy Cooper -since removed from office by Gov. Scott after her arrest for numerous felonies- just chuckled from the dais, completely aware that she could prevent me from refuting what Stuart was saying, but unaware that Stuart was, in fact, making a monkey out of HER and the entire Commission.
In short, he took advantage of her great ignorance and was flat-out lying to her -to her face- while he also tried to make an example out of me publicly for daring to challenge him and his band of thin-skinned bureaucrats.
Never heard of the Broward MPO or Greg Stuart? Read this eye-raising article that first appeared in the then-broward now Florida Bulldog
FloridaBulldog
Whistleblower probes expose bad blood behind county, MPO split
By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org
September 15, 2010
Hardly anyone noticed last month when Independence Day arrived for the Metropolitan Planning Organization, Broward’s powerful but obscure transportation agency.
No politicians made speeches; no one marched in a parade. But it turns out that there were plenty of fireworks behind the scenes at the agency that largely decides what county roads get built or improved.
As the MPO was breaking away last spring, county employees filed a pair of whistleblower complaints accusing top MPO officials of mismanagement, unprofessionalism and cronyism.
The names of the whistleblowers are not public by law. But reports of county internal investigations obtained by Broward Bulldog using Florida’s public records law expose a bureaucratic fault line affecting hundreds of millions of dollars in public transportation spending, and future planning efforts.
Read the rest of the article at:
http://www.floridabulldog.org/2010/09/whistleblower-probes-expose-bad-blood-behind-county-mpo-split/
The #Ultra2019 debacle in #Miami = sober reminder that #transit chaos in #SoFL never ends! No matter where we look, nothing but jokers: #Brightline, #TriRail & #Broward & #MiamiDade MPO's.— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 3, 2019
The MPO's? Forget believing that they care what you think or want.https://t.co/aR2TThyuEt pic.twitter.com/toIFgJgPk7
In #Sweden, the stars don't just shine in the night sky, they sing on #transit buses. #Volvo's #EV Bus @Lindholmen, #Gothenburg, the Route #55, as seen in @ZaraLarsson's acoustic ver of 'Carry You Home" #Zara 😍😘 @TENMusicGrouphttps://t.co/QIY0WnJvkc,https://t.co/w5X6hYxcJT— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) April 3, 2019
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