Miami Surprised Us: The Crazy Urbanism of South Florida

We would say that Miami isn’t what we expected but we actually didn’t really know what to expect from this city. We knew we wanted a break from Canadian winter and that we wanted a city we could explore a bit instead of going to a beach resort in the Caribbean. On the positive side, Miami has a very unique aesthetic and vibe. Spanish architecture, art deco, palm trees, cool skyscrapers, elevated rail, tropical colours — it’s really nice. We were even pleasantly surprised by the transit, especially for a place not known for it. On the negative side, this might be the most pedestrian-unfriendly major city we’ve ever walked around, definitely in recent memory. It’s the design of the roads, which feel like highways and sometimes literally are highways. It’s the oversized cars with tinted windows and drivers acting like pedestrians don’t matter. Florida is the third worst state in the US for pedestrian fatalities and it shows.

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References:

Higher vehicles are more likely to kill pedestrians: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212012224000017
Passing a stopped school bus is illegal: https://www.fox13news.com/news/when-do-you-have-to-stop-for-a-school-bus-in-florida
Miami-Dade County versus Miami Beach: https://www.miamitodaynews.com/breaking/county-rejects-promenades-for-ocean-drive-and-espanola-way/
US bike commuting statistics: https://censusreporter.org
Miami-Dade County pedestrian and cyclist volumes: https://miamidadetpo.org/library/studies/miami-dade-bicycle-and-pedestrian-data-collection-2018-06.pdf

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