Safety
October 18, 2016
Chicago, San Francisco, Portland, and New York are cities we expect to see on Bicycling magazine’s top 50 Best Bike Cities list. This year, a city that has never before seen such an accolade found its way into the top 50. That’s right. We’ve come a long way, Tampa Bay. Every two years Bicycling magazine […]
October 19, 2016
On Wednesday, October 5, 2016, Lawton Chiles Elementary in Tampa invited students, parents, and teachers to walk and bike to school. International Walk to School Day is a global celebration that has been working to encourage alternative modes of transportation that are good for our children since 1997. Chiles Elementary has participated in International Walk […]
October 20, 2016
Temple Terrace has planned for future population growth since the city’s Mobility Element group was formed by Hillsborough County’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) in 2004. Since then, a comprehensive plan was developed to analyze current infrastructure and design bicycle/pedestrian improvements for the city to implement as it grows and changes with time. The plan was […]
October 31, 2016
Moved to action by the high rate of pedestrian injuries and fatalities along Gulf Boulevard, the Rotary Club of the Gulf Beaches is launching a pedestrian safety campaign in the cities of Treasure Island and Madeira Beach. A press conference announcing the campaign was held Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at the Bilmar Beach Resort, 10650 […]
November 7, 2016
On October 26, 2016, the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) hosted its first Vision Zero workshop at Ragan Park Community Center in Tampa. “We want people to know what Vision Zero is and recognize it,” said Gena Torres, an Executive Planner for the MPO. The Vision Zero movement began in Sweden and has since […]