South Beach Tactical Urbanism: Meeting Planned On New Pedestrian Street

The City of Miami Beach is proposing to pedestrianize Española Way between Washington and Collins avenues, according to a meeting agenda published online.

The proposal is being called the South Beach Promenade Tactical Urbanism plan.

It would become the first pedestrian street in South Beach with an entrance directly on Collins Avenue, which has a high level of foot traffic (the famed Lincoln Road pedestrian street does not have a Collins Avenue entrance).

In addition to Española Way, adjacent areas would also be pedestrianized, the notice said.

Española Way is already partially pedestrianized west of Washington Avenue.

Miami Beach has also begin permitting for a $60 million renovation of the Lincoln Road pedestrian street, with completion in 2027.

 

 

Entrance to the portion of Española Way already partially pedestrianized:

(photo: Phillip Pessar)

 

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Robin Stan
8 months ago

This is real progress, we need more streets like this so people can experience the area, not just move through it.

Anonymous
8 months ago

I live in South Beach and work in Midtown Miami. We need a Metromover to Miami and within Miami Beach.

Melo is sigma and Chad
8 months ago

Do role do you perform in Midtown ?

Anonymous
8 months ago

We do!

Anonymous
8 months ago

I live in downtown and work in Doral, but i support your petition!

Anon
8 months ago

Metro to midtown. The metro would be too wild if it went to the beach. People go insane there.

Anonymous
8 months ago

Move to Midtown. Weekend in South Beach.

Anonymous
8 months ago

I live in Fort Lauderdale and work from home, but you’re right, Metromover should be built to Miami Beach. Also please build something (how about a tram?) in Fort Lauderdale

Anonymous
8 months ago

South Beach residents and transit realists don’t want Metromover. Streetcars would work well, but Fort Lauderdale stopped one, unfortunately.

Anonymous
8 months ago

So it can ruin streets with more flyovers while spending millions on pedestrianization? No thanks.

Bruno
8 months ago

I used to live in South Beach and worked in Brickell.
“WE’ didn’t “NEED” a Metromover to South Beach then, and WE don’t NEED one now.

Anon
8 months ago

No, we’ve needed one for decades.

N, N
8 months ago

I stand ass to ass with strangers on the S (3rd to pass, first to actually take in passengers) after waiting a half hour to get on, then we try to stay upright as it sits in stop and go traffic across the bridge for another half hour at best. You think that’s as good as it gets?

Anonymous
8 months ago

what took so long? This is a natural fit and evolution to Espanola…

Anonymous
8 months ago

very good idea

Not Anonymous
8 months ago

This is great progress. I think the best plan for SoBe forward is for every street except Collins, Alton Meridian, and 11th to be fully pedestrianized, as well as a light rail network around the perimeter and a Metrorail or mover connection to Downtown. There could be a free parking garage just for residents just outside the area as well.

Anonymous
8 months ago

Same with a few blocks around the Metromover in Brickell. there are some hardly used by cars

Bruno
8 months ago

Extraordinary! The most earth shattering proposal ever!
Closing that one block will be a game changer!
Thinking of all the business that have their entrance on that block, there is Lost Weekend (if that is still there) and well…that’s the only one.

Melo, a former giga Chad
8 months ago

way, way long over due! we need about 10 more of these streets in miami beach, wynwood, and brickell!

Bruno
8 months ago

Need?
The fact that this block has been open to cars since 1916 explains the terrible failure of South Beach.

Great project! Now everything changes!

Bruno
8 months ago

That is one helluva big name for closing off one block in South Beach.
South Beach Promenade Tactical Urbanism plan

Realtalk Reilly
8 months ago

Here’s the real talk — this is not a great idea, to have a pedestrian-only zone that crosses Washington Avenue, the busiest thoroughfare in South Beach. Tourists who forget that traffic still happens during vacations will be drunkenly tottering from Lost Weekend to Oh! Mexico annnndd Oh! %#@&! They’ll get hit by a car.

Not to mention, establishing a free-for-all revelry zone on the street outside of the aforesaid Lost Weekend is likely to create more problems than it solves. What problems does it solve, again?

Anonymous
8 months ago

People literally are alway walking in the middle of traffic in south beach. It’s so fucking annoying and frustrating

Juan
8 months ago

99.99% of streets in Miami are for cars. Let the pedestrians have 1 for a change.

South Beeyotch
8 months ago

Tactical Urbanism…..sounds like a police gang response unit