Reading time: 2 minsThe city is processing a $4,000,000 USDOT Planning and Demonstration Grant. A map of the proposed uses for the $4M grant by fellow BocaFirst Bike Advocate Les Wilson is included here.
Jim Wood
Jim Wood
Jim Wood is a computer engineer who holds undergraduate degrees in mathematics and management, a master’s degree in computer engineering and an MBA. He is also a veteran who served four years on active duty with the United States Air Force. His interests include cycling, guitar, and cooking. He moved to Boca with his family in 1992 and is a member of the Boca Raton Bicycle Club and the FAU Alumni Association.
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Pedestrian/Bike Advocacy
A Minimum Grid (aka Bicycle Spine Network) for Boca Raton.
by Jim Woodby Jim WoodReading time: 3 minsThe lack of bicycle infrastructure connectivity or grid is a major barrier to increasing bicycle ridership in Boca Raton.
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Reading time: 3 minsThe US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has recently begun awarding grants to cities for implementing demonstration projects.
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Pedestrian/Bike Advocacy
Planned A1A Bike Lane Upgrade in Boca Raton is Dangerous by Design
by Jim Woodby Jim WoodReading time: 3 minsFDOT’s incremental upgrades planned for A1A are noncompliant Complete Streets and Vision Zero solutions. They are dangerous by design.
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Reading time: 3 minsIntroduction The Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) planned A1A upgrade in Boca Raton does not…
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Reading time: 2 minsThe City of Boca Raton’s Vision Zero Action Plan RFP. Is it just lip service?
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Reading time: 3 minsComplete Streets is an approach to planning, designing, building, operating, and maintaining streets that enables safe access for all.
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Pedestrian/Bike AdvocacyThe Watchdog
Vision Zero Lessons Learned for Boca Raton from Two Other Cities
by Jim Woodby Jim WoodReading time: 4 minsDallas is a warning to cities who treat Vision Zero as just a press release and fail to implement systemic changes to funding and city staffing.
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Reading time: 4 minsBoca Raton, FL – How to efficiently and effectively make suggestions and report problems. If you see something, say something.
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Reading time: 4 minsThis article presents lessons learned from studying Vision Zero results in two US cities –…
