Cyclist Safety in Florida

Here’s a great article from The Economist that really shows the problem:

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2014/10/cycling-florida

Imagine…Florida’s cyclist death rate is higher than that of the United Kingdom which has 3 times the population and far more people using bicycles because of the cost of gas.

It really is time for a fundamental makeover of roads in Florida and not just ‘adding token bicyle lanes’.

Traffic calming principles need to be learned and applied by all Florida’s roadway designers.

Peter Partington

Oct 2014

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