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Orange County working to calm speeders

Orange County will be rolling out 20 new radar feedback signs across roads in Orange County to get drivers to slow down. Radar feedback signs are the electronic signs on the side of a road that provide drivers with instant feedback on their speed. This speed calming application has proven […]

People On Bikes

Orlando’s summer of sharrows

Look out, City Beautiful, Orlando’s working towards a new moniker – the City Bikeable. Earlier this year, we shared an Orlando Sentinel story about the City of Orlando installing 50 new bike sharrows – markings in the road that tell drivers that they must share the road with people biking. […]

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Denning Dr. headed in the right direction

Speedometers in hand, a host of Winter Park workshop participants explored a small segment of Denning Drive up close and personal in May and saw how motorists tend to drive about 10 mph above the 30 mph posted limit. The City of Winter Park is considering the possibility of narrowing four-lane […]

Newsletter / People On Bikes

‘Incredible’ bike ride ends with plans for more

Lisa Portelli was in a foreign place the other day, behind the wheel of her car on her way to a business appointment instead of on a bike seat. A board member of Bike/Walk Central Florida, Portelli recently completed a nearly 2,000-mile cycling trip, riding from Portland, Maine to St. […]

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Q&A: An inside look at walking in Pine Hills

Jarvis Wheeler, 28, is the community school director in charge of social services at Evans Community School. Once a teacher and student at Evans, Jarvis now supports the safety of the 2,600-member student body – especially when it comes to walking safely. Wheeler does not have to look at the crash […]