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Governor Rick Scott has officially declared March 2015 as Florida Bike Month! With National Bike Month peeking around the corner (May), Floridians can enjoy their own slice of the pie a little early. So get out, get off your feet, and get onto two wheels. Between the beautiful Florida sunshine, […]
News To Use / Newsletter / People On Bikes
I, BFFer Katy Magruder, had the good fortune to talk with FDOT District Secretary and BWCF Chair Billy Hattaway about complete streets and what FDOT’s adoption of the policy and what this may mean for us. Imagine a two-way Orange Avenue, lined with buffered bike lanes. Covered LYNX bus stops […]
Newsletter / People On Bikes / Trails
Stretches of remote forests, pristine shorelines, and charming communities comprise most of the scenery along the existing local, regional, state, and federal trails to be joined into one cross-Florida trail, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean through Central Florida. While some sections are scenic, some are more practical […]
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Jan 2, 2015 Megan Ribbens The Florida Department of Transportation’s District 5 has plenty planned for 2015. Here are seven goals FDOT is targeting for next year in Orlando: · Start construction on I-4 Ultimate, the $2.3 billion revamp of 21 miles of Interstate 4 · Start work on SunRail […]
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A sizeable crowd gathered in late October at the Comfort Inn on Sand Lake Road to hear from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and Orange County about the plans to improve multi-modal travel along the Orange Avenue corridor – from Sand Lake Road to Hoffner Road, touching parts of […]