BIKE 5 2023: Pedaling Towards Progress and Discovering Central Florida
On October 14, 2023, over 350 cyclists took to the streets of Central Florida for the 7th annual BIKE 5 event.
Transforming Central Florida into a Premier Biking and Walking Community! Articles written by: Bike/Walk Central Florida
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Apopka’s New Trail Network: A Giant Step Towards a More Walkable and Bikeable City
Apopka, Florida, plans to become a friendlier city to all who bike, walk, or roll with the unanimous approval from the Apopka City Council of a new proposed trail network. The network will connect downtown Apopka to essential destinations like healthcare services, grocery stores, parks, and restaurants, making it easier […]
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City of Orlando Publishes Quick Build Guide to Accelerate Better Walking and Biking Conditions
The City of Orlando is taking a transformative approach to bicycling and pedestrian infrastructure with quick-build projects. Quick-builds are flexible, low-cost projects that promise to deliver transportation safety enhancements at an accelerated pace. The interventions, also known as “tactical urbanism,” demonstrate that simple traffic changes help communities show the positive […]
Change Makers / News / News To Use
Op-Ed: How Powerless I Felt, but How Hopeful I am to See Real Changes to Our Transportation Safety Policies and Achieve Vision Zero
As a Professional Engineer, I thought I had done my part to make our roads safer. That was until a few days ago, when I realized that, unfortunately, there are limitations to what roadway engineers can do. We can’t force drivers to follow simple rules, don’t text and drive or […]
Bike/Walk Planning / Change Makers / Featured / News / News To Use
Grassroot Groups Help the Movement Forward
Bike/Walk Central Florida’s mission is to educate and advocate to make communities more walkable, bikeable, and rollable. Having hyper-localized groups advocating for their own neighborhoods’ unique mobility challenges helps express the urgency and need for the adoption of policies, programs, and infrastructure that are fair and accessible for all people […]