All this effort for 5 MPH. Bowing to persistent pressure from Brickell residents, bicycle and pedestrian activists, and city and county officials, state roadway engineers have agreed to reduce speeds along busy Brickell Avenue, as well as add crosswalks and “share-the-road” markings to improve safety. The changes will be incorporated into a year-long,$9 million...
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A friend posted this video on Facebook. I’m a fan of shared space concepts (in context), so I followed it to the homepage of FiTRoads. Traffic lights seem to be the primary focus there. I use traffic lights to my advantage in the current system, so I feel more friendly toward them than, say,...
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The first First Friday ride was a blast! We had 19 riders so we split into 2 groups. The object is to have a small enough group that it's easy to communicate between front and rear riders and for the whole group to make it through a traffic signal. We decided to ride...
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Thanks to Florida HB 971, we now have a “Mandatory Use” , when present, bike lane (BL) statute becoming active Wednesday, September 1, 2010.  Although the wording has officially changed, de facto BL use (F.S. 316.2065 (5)(a) is already on the books and such wording amounts to nothing more than doublespeak! While some BL’s...
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Come celebrate cycling with us! Bike/Walk Central Florida, CommuteOrlando and reThink want to promote cycling and roadway cooperation. We want cyclists to be expected and respected as a normal part of the traffic mix, as groups or as solo riders. As one part of our ongoing campaign, we’re organizing a monthly group ride during...
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I kid you not, there is an expert at everything on the internet. Just so you know, there are people who claim to have the “secret” to riding in a bike lane next to parked cars like we have in Orlando in College Park and Baldwin Park. Here is Gary from California explaining how...
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From the NY Post March 18, 2010: A Bronx cyclist was killed in a freak accident yesterday when the driver of a parked car opened his door and knocked her into the path of a city bus, authorities said. The 57-year-old woman, identified as Megan Charlop, from The Bronx, was riding on Crotona Avenue...
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The situation is pretty bad,” he said. ”To add anything to that will get some people killed.” — Travis Killgore, vice president of the Waterbridge Homeowners Association (1997) I’ve always thought that the bike route from Lakemont to Glenridge was dumb. even before it existed. The bike lane becomes way too narrow and I...
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…fuel and time. They also increase emissions, wear and tear, noise and, of course, frustration. We all know how cyclists feel about them. In recent years they’ve infested our neighborhoods as they’re increasingly used to compensate for bad motorist behavior. Gary Lauder has another idea. What do you think? Here’s an interview with Lauder...
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