Transforming Central Florida into a Premier Biking and Walking Community! 
Health leaders across Central Florida joined together on May 15 to make a more healthy and vibrant community. Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Antonia Novello kicked off the workshop with an eye-opening and inspirational presentation noting the importance of a tri-county summit, bringing interdisciplinary, regional leaders together to find innovative […]
The Long Range Transportation Plan for the year 2040 is currently being drafted by MetroPlan Orlando, the metropolitan transportation planning organization for Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties. The plan will include considerations for better bike and pedestrian safety measures, including narrowing roads and connecting bike trails. “The LRTP is one […]
The Aaron Cohen Life Protection act unanimously passed the Florida Legislature and now goes to Governor Rick Scott to sign into a law. This brings comfort to family and friends that have lost a loved one in hit and run accidents. The act seeks to change the law in Florida […]
The Florida Department of Transportation, District 5, gathered transit leaders from FDOT, local cities and counties, Lynx, SunRail, MetroPlan Orlando, Bike/Walk Central Florida, and many more to learn the do’s and don’ts of bus facility placement and design. Cyclist and pedestrian safety are considered in the new Accessing Transit: Design […]
Among the 628 bicyclist fatalities recorded between 2011 and 2013, the League of American Bicyclists found three trends after manually collecting details about the circumstances of each death. Rear-end collisions cause the highest percentage of cyclist fatalities. Although rear-end collisions comprise of only 3.8 percent of collisions, of those, 40 […]