Recent Report Details National Bicycling and Walking Statistics The Alliance for Biking & Walking released their 2014 Bicycling and Walking in the U.S. Benchmarking Report. The Report includes new data on bicycling and walking in all 50 states, the 52…
A sea of orange cyclists took to the streets of Winter Park for the first official “Biking Works” Bike to Work Day in March. The free community-wide event drew an excited crowd of about 70 people. After the 5-mile group…
Orange County, FL – Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs announces that she accepted U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx’s nationwide Mayors' Challenge to help make roads more pedestrian and bike friendly. Mayor Jacobs is one of the 120 nationwide mayors –…
Local mayors are getting on board U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx’s nationwide challenge to help make roads more pedestrian and bike friendly. Foxx has challenged local officials across the United States to improve safety for bicyclists and pedestrians over the next…
Sometimes, telling someone to take a hike is the nicest thing you can say to him or her. On Saturday, April 4, I'll join a group from Florida Today headlined by Norman Moody to walk and bike along a planned…
When you’ve giggled over “Commas Save Lives” memes, you’re probably the kind of person who enjoys words, grammar and punctuation. On the other hand, you might find that sort of thing to be trivial word policing. But there’s a serious…
The CNU Florida Summit had Bike/Walk Central Florida written all over it. Perhaps the most rewarding aspect was watching the BWCF Board Chair and FDOT District 1 Secretary Billy Hattaway receive the John Nolen award, recognizing his outstanding body of work and achievements…
We applaud Mayor Dyer who noted in his State of the Downtown that great cities of the world have one element in common – great downtowns. We are in the midst of the biggest year in the history of downtown…
We, the BFF interns Shelby and Lisa, were issued a challenge - venture outside our comfort zone to the streets of Orange County to interact with people walking in Orange County using (and sometimes not) crosswalks around the city. The…