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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 […]

Design / Engineering / Featured / News / News To Use

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 […]

BIKE 5 / Bike/Walk Planning / Design / News / News To Use

Meet Bike 5’s Partner Municipalities!

Bike 5 would not be possible without Winter Park, Eatonville, Casselberry, Maitland and Orlando – the five municipalities that serve as hosts for the event. Each of these cities have made significant strides towards becoming pedestrian and cyclist friendly, and we are grateful for their partnership. Take a look at […]