Today, tell FDOT that you deserve safer streets where you live and do business.
Brickell Avenue, one of Florida’s premier residential and business streets, will soon be upgraded as a priority project of the Florida Department of Transportation. FDOT can make this street safer and they need to know that this is YOUR priority.
The South Florida Bike Coalition joins our neighbors on Brickell in asking for a speed limit that reflects the character and the reality of life in Downtown Miami. Sign your name today and we will deliver this letter to FDOT District Secretary Gus Pego a week from today (Monday, September 20th). Leave your name in the comment section or email us (Subject- FDOT letter).
Dear Gus Pego,
As people who live, work and play in the Brickell Corridor of the City of Miami, we are passionate about this place and we would like you to consider how important the Avenue is as you consider its speed limit in the FDOT Redesign project, currently scheduled to break ground in 2011.
As you know, most residential and business streets in the State of Florida enjoy speed limits between 20-30mph. We are more than 29,000 people – families and professionals who live along Brickell – and we walk to Mary Brickell Village, Simpson Park, our waterfront and Downtown from our homes along streets with traffic moving well over a posted speed of 40mph.
I-95 serves those (including ourselves, when we need it) who wish to get through our neighborhood quickly. The speed limit on Brickell Avenue should be no more than 25mph.
We hope you will agree that we deserve safer streets because you can make this happen. We deserve more crosswalks, a residential/business area speed limit and consistent law enforcement practices that make walking an inviting activity rather than an extreme sport.
Thank you for your consideration. We look forward to hearing how FDOT will help our community be a safer place to live, work and visit.
The South Florida Bike Coalition
TransitMiami.com Editorial Staff
Brickell Homeowner’s Association (representing thousands of residents in over 31 condominiums)
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South Florida Bike Coalition 
Eddy Stevens-Torrealba
Miami, FL
(Bicycle Commuter)
Barbara Manzano
Miami, FL
I would love to see FDOT launch a pedestrian safety campaign similar to one Oregon’s Dot launched in Portlands a few years ago. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/01/stop-blaming-the-victim.php
Thanks for doing this! I’ll spread the word around!
North Miami Beach, FL
Miami, FL
Miami
say yes to bicycles for a healthier more vibrant miami
YES to lower speed limits AND lower design speeds.
I frequently cycle in the City’s streets
–Victor
South Miami, FL
Joseph Montes de Oca. Make the city better for bicyclists!
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Megan Tice
Miami, FL
Connie Johnson
Miami, FL
Please make our streets safer!
Attorney, Lydecker Diaz
1201 Brickell Avenue
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Miami, FL.
Brickell needs a better avenue.
Brickell Avenue is not a “highway” Mr. Pego
Flavia Ribeiro
FDOT needs to do a better job making all roads more pedestrian friendly. Miami Beach
Hey I don’t know if its too late, but I too would like to contribute. I don’t live in Brickell but I tend to go there on the weekends and see many of the problems mentioned first hand.
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Build a safer, cleaner, and healthier Brickell for all.
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We need stronger action in light of the pedestrian and cyclist accidents like the one yesterday that critically injured a cyclist in a crosswalk.