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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 […]

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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 […]

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Bike/Walk Central Florida Introduces Additions to Board  

This year brought three new voices and fresh viewpoints to the Bike/Walk Central Florida (BWCF) family. The organization welcomed Doug Crenshaw, Director of Capital Planning Services for AdventHealth; Jairo “JR” Rodriguez, Florida Drainage Engineer Leader with Volkert, Inc.; and Lauren Torres, Program Technical Advisor at the National Safety Council to […]

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Bike/Walk Central Florida Celebrates First “Wheel of Achievement” Award Winners

Bike/Walk Central Florida was proud to host its first annual Wheel of Achievement Awards on June 15th at Winter Park’s Center for Health & Wellbeing. The awards recognize the exemplary efforts by various people, businesses, and communities that move the needle in support of those who walk, bike, or roll […]

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Casselberry’s Kelly Brock Claim the 2023 Complete Street Changemaker Title!

Late in the fall of 2022, Smart Growth America, a national organization devoted to creating healthy, prosperous, and resilient communities, opened nominations for inspiring Complete Streets Leaders. The nomination aimed to highlight those behind some of the great projects making navigating by any mode of transportation safer for all.    We’re […]