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Post Tagged with: "bike safety"

People On Foot

Vancouver’s multi-modal success story

Talk about a success story. Protected bike lanes, pedestrian plazas, a sea bus – Vancouver has got multi-modal transportation figured out. City residents opposed freeways in the 1960s and Vancouver is now the only major North American city with no freeways within the city limits. Streets were shut down to cars, […]

Community Events

Light up the streets on Dec. 2

Join Alert Today Alive Tomorrow and the University of Central Florida for a bicycle ride to promote bicyclist safety and visibility. Jazz up your bike with lights and you may even win the prize for best, bright bike! The ride is taking place on December 2, 2016 and the CFE […]

Featured

Road diet for Robinson Street?

Robinson Street is a major four-lane road that provides one of the main gateways to downtown Orlando’s iconic Lake Eola Park. Cars and trucks often top the posted 35 mph speed limit, making people on foot and bikes leery of using the street or crossing it to enjoy the park, […]

People On Bikes

A (biking) tale of two cities

Guest writer Dan Tracy shares his experiences and observations of biking in London and Copenhagen after visiting Europe.  Europe is drenched in history, relatives, friends and bikes, at least from my humble perspective. My wife Judy and I spent two weeks in Europe recently, primarily in England, Scotland and Denmark. […]

People On Bikes / Trails

Central Florida gets millions for trails

Wow. Thanks largely to the efforts of state Sen. Andy Gardiner of Orlando, the state intends to spend $44.4 million, including $6.7 million in Metro Orlando, designing and constructing bike paths. That’s by far the largest amount of funding ever put forth for bike paths at one time. Gardiner has […]