MIAMI'S CALLE OCHO CORRIDOR CAN BECOME A COMPLETE STREET, MAIN STREET CORRIDOR

LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING, AS A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE, WITH FDOT DISTRICT 6, MIAMI-DADE MPO, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OTHER TO CALM TRAFFIC, BOOST WALKABILITY AND RESTORE 2-WAY TRAFFIC TO CALLE 8 

The fine people at StrongTowns published PlusUrbia's essay on Complete Streets and Calle 8's potential.

Here's an excerpt:

The long effort to turn public opinion in favor of Complete Streets has gained traction. In December, Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado wrote to the head of the Florida Department of Transportation urging that the Calle Ocho Corridor be redesigned as “complete street would serve residents, visitors, merchants, arts hubs and traffic with:

• Wide sidewalks, safe pedestrian crosswalks, retention of all on-street parking.
• Calmed traffic that eliminates the three-lane, one-way configuration that encourages speeding and dangerous driving that has resulted in pedestrian fatalities in each of the past several years.
• Enhanced public transit, transit stops and bicycle lanes (bikes could be on SW 7th or SW 9th)
• A redesign that gives equal priority to pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders and commuters, recognizing Little Havana is one of the most important cultural destinations in South Florida.

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