transportation

To anyone living in Palm Beach County, it has become clear that rapid growth means more traffic and fewer ways to get around. Growth expected to increase demand for buses and trains; plan to make case for taxpayer support.

A trio of proposals headed to the City Commission Thursday could dramatically reshape development across Miami — doubling building heights and density near transit hubs and arteries, despite calls for more public input and long-term planning.

The city of Hialeah cut the ribbon on a new infrastructure project in one of its eastern neighborhoods, with a special centennial proclamation.

JetBlue is getting hit with a $2 million penalty for chronically late flights. The Transportation Department said Friday that half the money will go to passengers who were delayed on flights along four routes on the East Coast between summer 2022 and late 2023.

The NTSB is already investigating two crashes involving Brightline’s high-speed trains that killed three people early this year at the same crossing in Melbourne along the railroad’s route between Miami and Orlando.

New toll rates on Card Sound Road will be effective on Oct. 1, 2024. The toll adjustment is following the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index.

Voters must decide in the Aug. 20 primary election whether Miami-Dade County needs to expand its existing rapid mass transit system, which includes the Metrorail, passenger rail and Metromover.

County leaders this week declined to bring to voters the prospect of renewing the tax, which funded infrastructure projects. They favored instead investment in transportation — potentially via another surtax.

The airport's partnership with urban air mobility pioneer Volocopter saw its first successful test flight of the emerging technology on property Thursday morning.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured South Florida last week, hearing from local officials about trains, planes, ports, roads and tunnels. Around $10 billion of last year's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has been earmarked for projects in Florida.

Vermont and Rhode Island have been removed from a list of states with certain types of driver’s licenses deemed invalid in Florida.

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has published a list of out-of-state license classes that are invalid in Florida as of July 1.