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Community Events / Newsletter / People On Bikes / Trails

Coast to Coast Summit Makes History

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

Roundabouts to the Rescue….

As any pedestrian or cyclists knows, crossing the streets in this car-obsessed state can be an adrenalin-pumping rush or an unplanned trip to the hospital. State and local transportation planners, traffic engineers, and bike/ped advocates took note and are questioning the 20th century roadway design doctrines and looking at alternatives that […]

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Orlando Sentinel: Downtown Orlando streets could be reworked to slow traffic, encourage walking and biking

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 […]

Community Events / Newsletter

Cyclists and Pedestrians Rule Robinson

On September 21, FDOT, ReThink, BWCF, City of Orlando, and LYNX collaborated to organize Orlando’s first Ciclovia – an event that closed Robinson Street to automobiles and allow pedestrians and cyclists to walk, bike, and roll freely.  Hundreds of area residents and bike enthusiasts came out to have fun stretching to […]

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Shingle Creek Goes Regional

Great news, trail enthusiasts! The Shingle Creek Regional Trail project is moving along. Partners from Osceola County, City of Kissimmee, Orange County, City of Orlando, and FDOT met at MetroPlan Orlando on September 23 for a joint Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee and Transportation Technical Committee meeting to discuss status, regional […]