Worst traffic suburb in Miami-Dade county (Hialeah, Pembroke Pines: how much, new home, gated communities)

[tallrick]

Although traffic in Miami-Dade county is worst around man-made dividers (canals, expressways, gated communities) what area do YOU feel is the worst. My vote is for Doral, which was developed in a grid of agricultural roads without adding a single new through-street besides main avenues and streets. I have spent as long as 1.5 hours just to go through Doral, from 74st 87ave to 107 ave Flagler st.

[compelled to reply]

1. Kendall
2. Doral
3. Hialeah
4. North Miami (Beach)
5. Aventura

For Broward the worst are Pembroke Pines and Hallandle Beach. Pembroke=Kendall of Broward and Pines Blvd is always at it's limit. Hallandle Beach Blvd is also just plain brutal.

Still, driving in NMB just reminded me of how much worse it could be. Reminds me a bit of driving in parts of Queens.

[HGONZ001]

826: north, south, west, east, the big curve.
836: mornings east bound by MIA, afternoons west bound by MIA.
Downtown area, specially when the bridge is up at 8:00 AM!!!
West Kendall

[mbmouse]

Ok, how about the best, or least amount of traffic? Some new folks might like to know both, good and bad.

[Chelito23]

Only the worst?? There are so many, but I would say Hialeah is up there. Doral sucks cause of the industrial traffic which are those converted dump trucks, then you have shoppers, expressway traffic...yeah Doral is rough.

Westchester just to the south is right up there as well...and West Kendall too.

[PBCboy]

The worst have already been mentioned, though the best would probably be the new SW sections of Miami, south of Doral. Very courteous drivers (and no, I'm not being sarcastic).

[eaglecall]

Kendall. A punishment, a living nightmare. I don't blame the city planning, I think the reason is undiscriminated immigration.

[tallrick]

As for the best areas, those invariably are the estate and "horse country" areas with straight through streets and no artificial barriers. A good example of this is "horse country" west of the Turnpike between Sunset and Bird Road. Was also true of Palmetto-Pinecrest before it became the "Village of Pinecrest". Redland and related areas are also traffic-free. Any area bisected by the Miami River, or any canal, transmission-line corridors, the Turnpike or any other toll road, expressways like the 826/836, an airport, or some railroads will have terrible traffic backups. Planned communities with few entrances/exits will clog any road they feed into (Kendall Drive, Killian Drive, NW 12st NW 25st, NW 36st, NW 58st) and the worst roads of all combine these factors. Okeechobee road and US-1 are off-grid roads that often suffer from peak traffic congestion. Every new home and shopping center adds to a decades-long problem that NOBODY wants to solve. Flyover intersections and more bridges, as well as forcing through traffic in and out of closed developments are not things people want, so let them waste their lives in the traffic they obviously desire.

[diddiyo]

Doral.

I'd like to know what kind of drugs those people were smoking while planning this crappy city. If my work wasn't in Doral I'd love to get outta here...

[305guy]

Doral by far bar none has the worst traffic in the county.

If anyone disagrees I suggest they saunter over there around the non-peak hours of 12pm-1pm on a wednesday afternoon and attempt to travel north or south on 87 ave just north of NW 12 street. You will sit amazed with your mouth open on how they planned that city. There are old ladies pushing shopping carts in 95 degree weather and 200% humidity that are going to go faster than you are. Thanks for the dolphin mall! If traffic already wasn't bad enough why don't we add another mall in addition to international mall and make it a huge success and still only have 2 lanes in each direction of travel?!

I think the city planners for Doral and West Kendall (about 88 st from 117 ave to 162 ave) reside in Arkansas and never set foot down here. Either that or they got their city planning degrees at a Sedano's in Hialeah.