Reading time: < 1 min In this Better Bike Friendly Boca Advocate Edition, we profile an East Boca who commutes from Boca Square to Mizner Blvd and Federal Hwy.
Les Wilson

Les Wilson
With 35 years experience at IBM in simplifying complex statistics, systems and data for executive decision making, Les Wilson does research, analysis, video production, graphics and editing at BocaFirst. He is a retired IBM Senior Technical Staff Member in product Research and Development. He has a BS Degree in Computer Science from Rutgers University. Les has lived in Boca since the early '90s, raised a family in several neighborhoods and is an expert resident of South East Boca. He is one of several Bike Advocates at BocaFirst.
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Pedestrian/Bike AdvocacyThe Watchdog
Cyclist in Crash on Glades Beats Odds and Survives
by Les Wilsonby Les WilsonReading time: 2 mins This Glades bike crash comes on the heals of two CBS 12 News reports about concerns over bike safety on Boca.
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Boca ViewpointPedestrian/Bike Advocacy
Three Boca cyclists killed in 3 months. Here’s why.
by Les Wilsonby Les WilsonReading time: 8 mins Before the 60 day blackout on the police report on the March 3 2023 death of 66 year old Mark Rudow in downtown Boca Raton, another cyclist has been killed in Boca Raton.
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Reading time: 4 mins A commonly voiced reason against extending term lengths has nothing to do with the debate over four year terms incentivizing corruption.
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Reading time: 4 mins Extending term lengths erodes what little power residents have against the well funded lobbyists.
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Boca ViewpointPedestrian/Bike Advocacy
Visitors Beware Boca’s Pedestrian and Bike Infrastructure
by Les Wilsonby Les WilsonReading time: 4 mins You might expect a welcoming beautiful introduction to the beach with wonderful pedestrian and bike infrastructure. But you would be wrong.
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Reading time: 6 mins Enough has to be enough. They chip away at our single-family districts, small steps at a time, until they won’t exist. New Dixie Boca failed.
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Reading time: 5 mins The City of Boca Raton has three east-west roads that go all the way to the ocean. None of them have bike lanes that reach it. NONE.
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Reading time: 3 mins Is this move to change residential zoning laws to allow ALFs nothing more than move to create more land for high density development? If so, might we see an effort to raise the cap on developing the downtown district?
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Reading time: 6 mins The Sun Sentinel and others would have you believe that the application for Park Square in Boca Raton is about an Assisted Living Facility (ALF) and that Boca is in dire need of one. It’s not and Boca isn’t.