Former reality TV star Fredrik Eklund zips up and down Miami in a lilac Rolls-Royce with a turquoise interior, hunting for multi-million-dollar homes for the rich and powerful.
That is, when he’s not stuck in the gridlock.
Eklund, 47, is among the thousands who have moved to south Florida in recent years, only to find themselves in the middle of one of the worst traffic messes in America. It’s a transit nightmare that’s costing commuters an average 70 hours each year, adding up to $3.1 billion in losses by one estimate.
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