National Bike Month Calendar – Tallahassee
5 MayDownload the National Bike Month Calendar of Events (PDF)
National Bike Challenge Starting May 1st
24 AprilAlso this year the Leaque of American Bicyclists and Kimberley Clark are hostiing the National Bike Challenge, a fun program to get more people on the bike for both recreation and transportation. And as we would like to get more people peddling around Tallahassee, the Capital City Cyclists also have set up their own local →
Tallahassee is Getting a “Bike Box”
26 OctoberCITY OF TALLAHASSEE NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 2012 CONTACT: Megan Doherty, Transportation Planning, 891-6400; or Misi Tuttle, Communications Department, 891-8533 Bike Box: Get Behind It New Traffic Control Measure Aims to Protect Cyclists Next week, the City of Tallahassee will install a new cyclist friendly traffic control measure on Call Street →
City of Tallahassee releases mysterious videos…
13 OctoberSome people at City Hall are having some fun with the introduction of a new bicycle facility in Tallahassee. Rather than telling everybody what it is, they produced a series of mysterious videos. The first videos was posted October 3rd and features a green cardboard box and a mountain bike meeting up in the park. →
11/16/12: Tallahassee Cycling Savvy Course
26 SeptemberCapital City Cyclists is happy to support the next Tallahassee Cycling Savvy course that will be offered in Tallahassee on Friday, Nov. 16 and Saturday Nov. 17. Click here to register for the course. Cycling Savvy is sponsored by the Florida Bicycle Association and teaches ordinary folks how to bicycle safely on existing roads and streets, as →
Help Shape Florida’s Greenways and Trails Vision Tallahassee 9/12
3 SeptemberHelp Shape Florida’s Greenways and Trails Vision Provide input on the new Florida Greenways and Trails System Plan The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is seeking your input regarding the new vision for the Florida Greenways and Trails System (FGTS). A new FGTS Plan is being developed to establish priorities and define the role of →
Capital City Cyclists members help to improve Florida Driver’s Handbook
21 AugustThe new 2012 edition of the Florida Driver’s Handbook is here and we are happy to report that it brings with it added attention to bicyclists and pedestrians thanks to the work of local (Tallahassee) cyclists! Last year (2011) the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FDHSMV) had the handbook text reviewed by the →
Tell your representatives not to eliminate federal funding for bike and pedestrian projects
16 MayYou might be thinking “Again?”, but it is important to contact your representatives to preserve federal funding for bike and pedestrian transportation projects. We are still operating under the previous transportation act which expired in 2009, but has been extended many times as no agreement could be reached for a new plan. That is also →
Another Extension – No Transportation Vision on Capitol Hill
5 AprilThe extensions to the transportation bill are getting shorter and shorter. We are now close to 1000 days of extension of the current highway bill. Typically these bills cover 5 years and have broad bipartisan support. This time the US Senate managed to produce a 2 year bill, so-called MAP-21. This bill was passed with →
Proposed House and Senate Transportation Bills Leave Cyclists by the Side of the Road
29 FebruaryCurrently about 1.6% of federal transportation dollars is spent on pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure projects ($2.16 per capita/year), even though walking and bicycling make up about 11% of our trips nationwide. Most of these projects are funded through the Transportation Enhancements and Safe Routes to School programs, which are part of the current 5-year transportation →