Transforming Central Florida into a Premier Biking and Walking Community! 
Orlando’s own Edgewater Drive is a national model for Complete Streets, according to a new report released by Smart Growth America’s National Complete Streets Coalition. A Complete Street accommodates people of all ages and abilities traveling on foot, on bicycle, in transit, and in cars. Complete Streets legislation and policies […]
There are recreational cyclists in Orlando who would ride more if there were safer ways to do so. That’s the message BWCF heard from residents at Mayor Buddy Dyer’s 10th Annual Neighborhood and Community Summit. Many of the people who dropped by the BWCF table said they stopped cycling because […]
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer will deliver his 2014 State of Downtown Address on Wednesday, December 3 at Church Street Exchange. Expect updates about the City’s comprehensive visioning process for the continued revitalization of Downtown Orlando, led by the citizen taskforce, Project DTO— Advancing Downtown.BWCF looks forward to hearing the Mayor […]
Bike and pedestrian accessibility top the priority list to advance Downtown Orlando, according to Project DTO’s Access Committee. Think the Orlando Urban Trail becoming the connecting “spine” for a network of bikeways. A pedestrian bridge over Colonial Drive. And, a linear park underneath I-4 with recreation options – skate parks, art exhibits, or […]
By Dan Tracy, Orlando Sentinel In a notion that has been talked about for years, downtown Orlando’s roads could be reworked to slow cars and trucks as a way to encourage more people to walk or ride their bikes. Among the possibilities: returning two-way traffic to streets such as Orange Avenue, narrowing Robinson Street […]