Community Events / Newsletter
Pedalpaloozas, community bike and safety fairs for families and cyclists, have been catching on all over the country. Recently, Bike/Walk Central Florida participated in four Pedalpalooza events around Orlando. Festivities included organized bike rides, bike shops offering tune-ups and cycling tips, bike parades, Lynx demonstrations on how to take your bike […]
Newsletter
Students at Winter Park High School are going above and beyond by implementing a bike share program that reminds everyone that biking is great exercise. Meg Pietkiewicz, a teacher at WPHS, believed that having a bike share program would benefit students that needed a ride home or to get some exercise. […]
Community Events / Newsletter / People On Bikes / Trails
Trail history was made in October. The Office of Greenways and Trails (OGT), the Florida Greenways and Trails Foundation (FGTF), and FDOT hosted more than 140 planners, business owners, elected officials, and trail enthusiasts in Winter Garden where ideas were exchanged about making the Coast to Coast Connector (C2C) American’s best […]
Newsletter / People On Bikes
Walkers and bikers will one day be sauntering or scurrying across this eye-catching, 80 foot tall, 12-feet wide and 700-feet long pedestrian bridge that starts at Wymore Road and will connect to a bike/ped trail in Maitland. Fred Gottenmoeller is the architect and said it’s so complex it will be built in […]
Newsletter
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 […]