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Orlando Sentinel: Plan, cooperate to make roads safer for bicyclists

Orlando Sentinel Editorial Lake County promotes its friendliness to recreation, especially cycling, where one can pedal for miles on rolling green hills. The county’s motto is “Real Florida. Real Close” — though presumably that doesn’t mean face down on the asphalt. Yet that’s the threat felt by some bike riders […]

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Round and Round: Roundabouts are coming to Central Florida

Ready or not, roundabouts are coming to Florida. And it’s best to be ready for them. Last year, the Florida Department of Transportation adopted a roundabout policy and is encouraging its use on future road projects, directing other areas to build at least two roundabouts within a five-year span. Lake […]

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Mark your calendars for What’s Up Downtown: Transportation Update

Keeping Orlando moving continues to be a priority for the City of Orlando. By providing multi-modal forms of transportation, the city offer those who live, work and play in Orlando options for getting around Downtown Orlando. Join What’s Up Downtown on Thursday, Aug. 6 at 8:30 a.m. at the Dorothy […]

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Fox 35: MetroPlan gives $100k for pedestrian safety initiative

Fox 35 By Mike Synan, Reporter ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35 ORLANDO) – Metroplan Orlando, the region’s transportation planning agency will expand a program called Best Foot Forward to Osceola and Seminole counties at a cost of $100,000 to taxpayers. The program has already been in operation in both Orlando and […]

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Orlando Sentinel Editorial: Jacobs’ focus on the future is welcome

Two very different visions of leadership were on display in Tallahassee and Orange County this past month. It boils down to the difference between focusing on the next election and the next generation. A special session of the Florida Legislature belatedly produced a $78 billion state budget that featured a […]