Archive for July, 2010

It is time to get rid of bollards on our trails. Tell your story.

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July 2, 2010
It is time to get rid of bollards on our trails. Tell your story.

Bike/Walk Central Florida is collecting stories from Central Florida bicyclists who have had close encounters of the bad kind with “bollards,” those wacky, tacky, uh-oh… smacky posts used to keep cars off of trails. Based on feedback we have received from area cyclists, we are planning to work with Orange and Seminole counties to...
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Does being crazy make people poor, or does being poor make people crazy?

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July 1, 2010

A qustion that I have wondered about for many years because there is no question that many, if not most, poor people are crazy. I became crazed once at the corner of Howell Branch Road and SR-436 when I attempted to use the marked crosswalk there. Cars turning right on green refused to let...
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CyclingSavvy Classroom Session

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July 1, 2010

Our next classroom session for the CyclingSavvy course will be held on Monday July 12 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Florida Safety Council’s new building on Colonial Dr. Through guided discussion with video, animation and interactive excerices, this session familiarizes students with bicycle-specific laws, traffic dynamics and problem-solving strategies. Students discover that...
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When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.
~H.G. Wells