The End Of The Road: A Special Hour On Danger And The Perception Of Danger On Interstate 95
Series produced by Kenny Malone
A series of tourist murders leads to a national conversation on cruel and unusual punishment for teenagers, two street artists become public enemy number one and a look at the deadly crash history of Miami's experimental express lane system.
For the last year, WLRN in Miami has been bringing its audience stories about life on the final 87 miles of I-95 -- the stretch running from Palm Beach County to Miami-Dade County, Florida. In the culmination of that reporting project, "The End Of The Road," reporter Kenny Malone hosts a special hour of stories about danger and perceived danger on I-95.
Interstate 95 runs just shy of 2,000 miles, snaking its way through virtually every major city on the east coast and, in each of those cities, producing its own breed of traffic-hell. In Miami I-95 unceremoniously ends by dumping drivers onto US1. But just before that, on 95's final leg, the freeway becomes one of nation's busiest highways. And possibly one of the meanest. In the 90s, the Florida Highway Patrol felt the need to form a road rage task force specifically for that stretch of highway. For the last year, WLRN in Miami has been bringing its audience stories about life on the final 87 miles of I-95 -- the stretch running from Palm Beach County to Miami-Dade County, Florida. In the culmination of that reporting project, "The End Of The Road," reporter Kenny Malone hosts a... Show full description