The Miami City Commission endorsed proposed rules this week that would ban the use of e-bikes, motorized scooters, and other micromobility devices on city sidewalks and walkways.
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New E-Bike Safety Rules Proposed in Miami
Nine months after a Coconut Grove couple was struck from behind and severely injured near Kennedy Park by a teenager on an electric dirt bike, the City Commission will consider new restrictions on how and where e-bikes can be ridden in Miami. The proposed legislation – introduced by Miami District[Read More…]
Where We’ll Be: Cheap Dates, Good Music, Big Weekend
Summer may still have Miami by the thermostat, but the fall calendar has clearly arrived. This weekend alone brings Shakespeare, symphonic winds, circus arts, live jazz, bird-friendly gardening, coastal cleanups, brunch in the Grove and a first-rate New World Symphony concert for whatever you feel like paying. Much of it[Read More…]
Where We’ll Be: Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs. The fall performance schedules are filling in, and now the game is to claim your seat before somebody else does. New World Symphony is opening its season, Actors’ Playhouse is rolling out Jekyll & Hyde and The Wizard of Oz, GableStage has a New York Times favorite on[Read More…]
Where We’ll Be: Loosen Your Belt
Schools started weeks ago, Labor Day weekend is here and Miami Spice is already halfway gone. Surely you can manage six meals in three days—lunch and dinner Saturday, Sunday and Monday, all literally under your belt—with friends you haven’t seen since everyone scattered for summer. Check the restaurant schedules, make[Read More…]
Cyclist Hospitalized After Rickenbacker Causeway Crash
A cyclist was hospitalized after a crash involving a vehicle Saturday morning on the Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami police said. Officers responded at about 8:30 a.m. Aug. 29 to the crash at 3501 Rickenbacker Causeway on Virginia Key, near Miami Marine Stadium, according to Miami Police Department spokesperson Kiara Delva. The cyclist[Read More…]
Where We’ll Be: Start Filling the Calendar
Summer is packing up and the concert calendars are spilling onto the table. Theaters are announcing their seasons, the concert halls are tuning up, and a remarkable amount of what’s coming is free, nearly free or cheap enough that there’s really no excuse to stay home. So start filling in[Read More…]
Where We’ll Be: Peacock Park
Looking for something to do this weekend that might, just might, make you feel better about yourself and your community? Miami Waterkeeper and the Coconut Grove Business Improvement District invite you to join a back-to-school community cleanup in Peacock Park on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Details on[Read More…]
Where We’ll Be: Back to School
It’s back to school this week for public school students in Miami-Dade County, which means more traffic for all of us and… more homework for parents! We can’t do much about the traffic, but the county’s library system is ready to help with the homework, beginning August 26, with free[Read More…]
City of Miami Tree Workshops
The City of Miami is revising its tree ordinance and residents are invited to weigh in – starting next week – on what works, what doesn’t and how the rules can better protect the city’s tree canopy. The city will host five workshops over two weeks – one for every[Read More…]


















