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New cycle tracks near Brookshire Elementary a hit

FOX 35 joined BWCF Project Director, Amanda Day, BWCF Board Member, Rick Geller, and his daughter Melissa on the first day of school for Orange County students. Rick and Melissa got to enjoy their ride to school on the new cycle tracks near the Cady Way Trail that lead to […]

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The City of Orlando gets Complete – Streets, that is

To become a world-class city, the City of Orlando is working to become more “complete” – with an addition of a Complete Streets policy. This ensures that roads are repainted and redesigned with bicyclists, pedestrians, drivers, and transit users in mind. In September, the City of Orlando reviewed and approved the draft of a proposed Complete […]

Newsletter / People On Bikes

Complete Streets policy adopted in City of Longwood

As part of its commitment to provide safe transportation options for all users, the City of Longwood adopted a Complete Streets policy last month. It joins more than 720 agencies nationwide in the effort to integrate people and place into planning and designing of transportation networks and comes after the […]

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Orlando Sentinel: Rain can’t damper fun of first Ride for our Homies

When Retro City Cycles hosted a fundraiser, “Ride for our Homies,” on July 18, they learned a couple of things about how to effectively stage these kinds of events.  The first was that their decision to use “selfies” – having five check points, and encouraging bicycle riders to stop and take […]

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Orlando Sentinel: Florida’s bike paths to get $25 million annually

Gov. Rick Scott was in a cutting mood after the state Legislature passed a $78 billion budget earlier this year, but one $25 million line item escaped his veto. Senate President Andy Gardiner inserted a change into how vehicle-registration fees are spent and siphoned off $25 million annually for what […]