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FHWA’s new bike/ped guidebook raises the bar for state and local performance measures

Remember how the Federal Highway Administration (FWHA) announced new performance measures last month for biking and walking? Read our coverage here. The standards aim to hold state and local governments more accountable for the US’ increasingly poor track record on bicyclist and pedestrian safety. Well – there is a guidebook hot off the press that […]

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City of Orlando releases 2015 report on number of people biking/walking

We know that people who walk and ride their bikes in Orlando matter – but how can they if we aren’t even counting them? Data talks.  It helps BWCF advocate for projects that make our neighborhoods more bikeable and walkable. And the City of Orlando is working to make sure people who […]

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Orlando Sentinel: Deaths show need for better bus safety

The following column was written by Scott Maxwell and published in the Orlando Sentinel. It highlights the importance of bus safety and getting legislation passed to prevent deaths.  It was a June afternoon in 2010   — the last week of school — when 12-year-old Gabby Mair stepped off her school […]

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Streetsblog: Will the New “Free Range Kids Law” Protect Parents Who Let Kids Walk?

Kids across the country walk to and from school each day. New federal legislation hopes to clear some blurred lines that have been allowing officers to arrest parents for allowing their kids to walk alone. This article from Streetsblog sheds some light on the situation. Last spring, Alexander and Danielle […]

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Daily Commercial: Rise in Lake County pedestrian deaths is alarming

Counties across the state have been struggling to remove Florida from the top-rank of most dangerous state to be a pedestrian. Recent information shared from the Daily Commercial highlights that while we have come a long way, we still have a long way to go. Read about Lake County’s pedestrian […]