by jeremyadmin | Apr 12, 2021 | News
TAMPA, Fla. – Following a judge’s decision to give a 24-year prison sentence to the defendant in a 2018 crash that killed a mother and her baby, pressure builds in Tampa to make Bayshore Boulevard safer. Cameron Herrin, who was 18...
by jeremyadmin | Feb 11, 2021 | News, Press
More than $6.5 million is available to make city streets safer for walkers and bicyclists through All For Transportation tax collections. But the money isn’t being spent. Walk Bike Tampa President Janet Scherberger talked to Bay News 9 about the need to start...
by jeremyadmin | Nov 1, 2020 | Events, News
More than 25 people gathered on Nov. 1 for a Walk Audit of the streets generally bounded by MacDill Avenue, Bayshore Boulevard and Academy of the Holy Names. The group found dozens of issues that make these streets unfriendly to pedestrians and bicyclists. Among the...
by jeremyadmin | Oct 20, 2020 | News, Press
TAMPA, Fla. — With Florida reopening and more people getting out, there’s a local push for something called “open streets” across Tampa Bay. You may be asking, what is an open street? It’s exactly what it sounds like. Shut the street down to cars, and open it up for...
by jeremyadmin | Apr 6, 2020 | News, Press
Pedestrian safety advocacy group Walk Bike Tampa is urging Tampa Mayor Jane Castor to partially close the accident-prone Bayshore Boulevard. The group, which wants to have the boulevard become safer for bicyclists and pedestrians, said shutting down...
by jeremyadmin | Dec 12, 2018 | News, Press
TAMPA — A surprisingly large crowd braved frigid-for-Florida weather Tuesday evening to listen to seven Tampa mayoral candidates agree to pretty much everything related to making the city’s streets safer for bicyclists and pedestrians. For 75 blustery minutes...
