Trails / Bicycle Infrastructure

[spenser1058]

Lakeland converts road to 1-way for autos with a cycle track for bikes:

https://www.theledger.com/news/20190628/new-york-avenue-cycle-track-ready-for-riders

From the Lakeland Ledger

[Naqiy90]

On 6/29/2019 at 10:33 AM, spenser1058 said:

Lakeland converts road to 1-way for autos with a cycle track for bikes:

https://www.theledger.com/news/20190628/new-york-avenue-cycle-track-ready-for-riders

From the Lakeland Ledger

Awesome! Lakeland is really an underrated city, I hope they get a Brightline stop if it ever makes it to Tampa. The Amtrak station  is right in the middle of their cute little historical downtown, but alas gets only 2 trains a day.

[spenser1058]

The latest in the ongoing Lime soap opera:

https://bungalower.com/2019/07/09/ask-bungalower-why-is-lime-throwing-out-all-of-these-bikes/

From Bungalower 

[nite owℓ]

3 hours ago, spenser1058 said:

The latest in the ongoing Lime soap opera:

https://bungalower.com/2019/07/09/ask-bungalower-why-is-lime-throwing-out-all-of-these-bikes/

From Bungalower 

All we need to do is look to China to see what happens when too many bikes flood the market (of course, bike graveyards will be proportionate to it's respective market). I suspect bike sharing companies are more apt to write off bikes that need service as losses on their taxes because the high cost of maintenance (replacing flat tires, cables, warped wheels, alignments, etc) will undoubtedly cut into profits. How can they properly maintain a fleet of bikes and ensure their safety for public at a low cost? Even the story about the bikes being recycled for parts reeks of Fido being sent upstate to live on a farm. Being the skeptic that I am, I'm not buying any of it!

 

 

[spenser1058]

More on Lime leaving UCF (or not). Supposedly, Orlando is unaffected. Sooo.. that leaves the question - what about UCF Downtown.? The saga continues.... *cue Dynasty theme music*.

https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2019/07/10/lime-opts-to-remove-ride-share-bikes-from-ucfs-campus?media=AMP+HTML

From Orlando Weekly 

Edited July 11, 2019 by spenser1058

[Jernigan]

They won’t stay in Orlando as Bike only.   They are playing nice and sitting tight for now while they work to get scooters here 

[spenser1058]

Progress on The Gap:

https://www.thedailycity.com/post/orlando-urban-trail-north-quarter

From The Daily City 

 

[spenser1058]

We’ll be Gone With the Schwinn- Now Open!

https://twitter.com/citybeautiful/status/1179749134565302272?s=21

 

[spenser1058]

REAL Central Florida:

Take WOT up towards Apopka and then Rock Springs Rd.

[dcluley98]

Old Florida:
 

Edited October 17, 2019 by dcluley98

[dcluley98]

Another striking picture    from my   68 -mile backpacking trip along the Suwanee River section of the Florida Trail this week: 

Edited October 17, 2019 by dcluley98

[dcluley98]

My Spidey Sense is tingling after this trek!

(yup, 7 if you were counting. That's a tough, old, hungry sombeotch!)

Edited October 17, 2019 by dcluley98

[spenser1058]

dcluley is that you?

 

[spenser1058]

If you want to extend your WOT ride for a weekend, there’s no place better to head out to than Rock Springs!

https://youtu.be/hUaiuM-HGI8

 

[AmIReal]

Florida move up to #10 per League of American Bicyclists.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/transportation/os-ne-florida-cycling-safety-grade-20200106-yihkucusnbdjxe2pbqozq5ajwi-story.html

Florida report card here:

https://bikeleague.org/sites/default/files/BFS Report Card_2019_Florida.pdf

Don't shoot the messenger- just sharing info...

 

[Jernigan]

Saw these outside Craft & Common today...owners were inside.  Didn’t pester them but they are looking to launch here with nicer scooters that have suspension and are pictured in the screenshot of their website.

No relation to LYNX - although I’m sure these will keep their call center busy 

[dcluley98]

Saw 4 construction workers riding these up Magnolia  at lunch the other day. It was an interesting sight. 

[AmIReal]

1 hour ago, Jernigan said:

Saw these outside Craft & Common today...owners were inside.  Didn’t pester them but they are looking to launch here with nicer scooters that have suspension and are pictured in the screenshot of their website.

No relation to LYNX - although I’m sure these will keep their call center busy 

Excellent. I am looking forward to breaking my femur on one of these in a near drunken future.

[codypet]

How'd they get their approval to launch ahead of Bird and Lime?

[AmIReal]

There was a very good segment on NPR 1A today primarily about scooter in the city. One of the points was about how poorly bicycles were viewed when they first came on the scene- to the point that NY banned them in all parks and public spaces and now NY has banned scooters in the city.

The transcript is not up yet, but the podcast is. "Two Wheels, Lots Of Controversy: Electric Scooters And Urban Space"-  https://the1a.org/shows/2020-01-13/electric-scooters

 

[spenser1058]

Lime scooters have arrived in town - they’ll pull their bikes in a few days:

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orange-county/os-ne-lime-scooters-orlando-20200121-vccqubjwjvfpxlja44j55xiji4-story.html

From the Sentinel 

Edited January 22, 2020 by spenser1058

[codypet]

I'm signed up to be a juicer.  We'll see how that goes.

[jgardnerucf]

1 hour ago, codypet said:

I'm signed up to be a juicer.  We'll see how that goes.

You're 750th in line. Lol

[codypet]

I signed up back in Dec 2018 so I'm supposed to pick up chargers this week.  We'll see how many are out there.   I've seen horror stories on the reddit thread.

[dcluley98]

Lime scooter was promptly parked on the sidewalk in front of the exit door leading to our garage this morning.