Some of the Miami Herald editorials that local readers liked the most in 2025 included a piece on the opening of a new public transit project, Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s changing stance on Venezuelan migrants and what Miami-Dade could teach Broward County about changing its name.
Here are the best performing editorials among South Florida readers:
BRT finally opens
Ideally, Miami-Dade should have gotten a train extension connecting the MetroRail to Florida City. But that idea turned out to be unfeasible and too expensive. The new MetroExpress Bus Rapid Transit system “might be the next best thing,” the Herald Editorial Board wrote days before the project opened in October, but only “if it is fast enough to encourage drivers to leave their cars at home.” The jury is still out on that.
The BRT runs along U.S. 1 in dedicated bus lanes for 20 miles. There are 14 covered stations with pay stations at the entrances, air-conditioned lobbies and boarding platforms at the same level as the buses. Crossing gates block traffic so the buses can run with fewer interruptions…