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Tampa City Council wants more solutions for pedestrian safety listen

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Tags: biking, pedestrians, safety, traffic, Tampa, bicycle, Tampa City Council, Florida DOT, FDOT, Florida Department of Transportation, transportation, roads, transit

Tampa is consistently ranked in the top five most dangerous metropolitan areas for bicycle and pedestrian deaths.

A recent accident where a child was killed crossing a section of Busch Boulevard that lacks crosswalks prompted a discussion on safety at Tampa City Council Thursday morning.

Tampa City Council member Mary Mulhern questioned Debbie Hunt from the Florida Department of Transportation.

Proposed Sarasota bicycle and pedestrian plan listen

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This month Sarasota County is holding several meetings to present a draft plan for bicycle and pedestrian routes. People who attend can comment on the new draft plan.

It’s part of an initiative for Sarasota to have a safer, more effective transportation system. Beth Rozansky, Sarasota County transportation planner says community safety is the number one topic on everyone's mind.

“Similar to what a lot of other communities identified when they went out for outreach on plans, the number...

Bicycle Safety

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Tags: bicycle, bikes, electric cars

We started off today’s program with Tom Krumreich, the Community Representative with the Florida Consumer Action Network (FCAN). Tom will be test driving the Nissin Leaf Electric Car this Saturday here in Tampa and wants to get some support for the chance of winning this EV.

Next we had the director of transportation for the Tampa Downtown Partnership, Karen Kress, joining the show with two of her working partners on urban planning and bicycle issues, Julie Bond, with the Center for Urba...

Bike Bash and Cure on Wheels Promote Safe Bike Riding in Tampa Bay listen

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Tags: bicycle, HART, bikes

You never forget how to ride a bike.

Whether people were getting on a bike for the first time in a while or using their everyday transportation hundreds showed up to support one to the area’s most popular sports, Bike riding.

“Well, we want to energize people about bicycling in the Tampa Bay it is a great lifestyle its healthy for you, great transportation and we need an event to kinda get people juiced up about cycling.”

The fifth annual bike bash gave resident an opportunity ...