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People On Bikes

City of Orlando installs new bike racks in Mills 50

Next time you’re biking around Mills 50, you have a new place to park your wheels. The City of Orlando has installed new bike racks on Virginia Drive near the Orlando Urban Trail. Perfect for popping into the Quantum Leap Winery or the Fresh Market at Mills Park. The new […]

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Bike infrastructure = jobs

Bicycling is good for business in Orlando. Investing in bike lanes, bike racks and other types of bike infrastructure is also great for the job market.  Bike-friendly projects have proven to create jobs – an estimated 11.4 jobs statewide per $1 million spent. In 2014, 655,000 jobs were created by the bicycling industry […]

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Orlando Sentinel: Humanizing ‘cyclists’

One Orlandoan shares his thoughts on the bicycling culture in Orlando in the Letters section of the Orlando Sentinel:  Regarding the article “Florida named deadliest state for cyclists” on OrlandoSentinel.com   on Tuesday: That’s a scary fact, and it’s not uncommon to see headlines like “Cyclist killed after being struck […]

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Begin easing into fall with the Camp Boggy Creek Challenge Ride

Cooler weather, football season, and pumpkin everything – it’s almost time. The fall equinox doesn’t happen until September 23rd, but you can start easing into the season with the Camp Boggy Creek Challenge Ride in Lake County on September 12, 2015. The ride features routes of 40 and 60 miles, […]

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How to get more people biking? Women transportation planners

There’s one woman for every three men riding a bike in the United States. So how do you get more women to bike? Well, hire more women transportation planners. According to a Time Magazine story, women are “changing the rulebook for how we design streets, and how we entice more […]