Transforming Central Florida into a Premier Biking and Walking Community! 
The University Blvd./Alafaya Trail area beside the University of Central Florida (UCF) is challenging for people on foot and bikes. With its high speed limits and wide roadway, several people have been killed and more than 200 injured since 2006. After an extensive pedestrian study that began in 2014, the […]
BWCF joined the fun at Orlando’s Ciclovia on December 4th, where people crowded Robinson Street in Downtown Orlando for a celebration of all things biking. Instead of cars, the street was filled with vendors, people biking, and games. The Orlando Sentinel’s Ryan Gillespie connected with BWCF at the event, where we […]
Orlando has come a long way in accommodating cycling, adding bike lanes and paths throughout the city and providing public property for a growing bike-share program. Now, an editorial in the Orlando Sentinel is calling for bus-only lanes in downtown to share space with cyclists. Lynx, which operates buses in […]
Billy Hattaway has been a bicycling and walking advocate for years, most recently leading an initiative for the Florida Department of Transportation to make state-owned roads more accommodating for cyclists and pedestrians. Hattaway, who spent a total of 28 years with FDOT during three separate stints, has accepted a position […]
Talk about a success story. Protected bike lanes, pedestrian plazas, a sea bus – Vancouver has got multi-modal transportation figured out. City residents opposed freeways in the 1960s and Vancouver is now the only major North American city with no freeways within the city limits. Streets were shut down to cars, […]