Bocafirst Vision Zero Project
Research, analysis, interviews and reports advocating for a better bike friendly Boca Raton.
Reading time: < 1 minWe are surveying all A1A road users to make your voice heard and ideas considered. Fill out the form below to get a survey.
Reading time: 7 minsThe Palm Beach County TPA and Boca Mayor Scott Singer should be screaming bloody murder about this preventable a1a crash. Even cavemen eventually made the connection between sex and babies.
Reading time: 4 minsThe recent cyclist fatal crash highlights Boca Raton A1A safety upgrades needed. The details on…
Reading time: 3 minsYou might think that being a Vision Zero City is a just another public relations stunt. It’s not. Vision Zero is in fact a philosophy for developing city transportation infrastructure. It’s focused on the goal of revamping and forging a city where fatalities and serious injuries on roadways are brought down to zero. Vision Zero cities have access to money and methodologies to achieve this goal.
Reading time: 3 minsWhile West Palm Beach leads the way and converts its alleys into pedestrian and bike ways, Boca Raton gives its alleys away to developers. We need to utilize our potential and reap the benefits of alternative mobility infrastructure.
Reading time: 2 minsThis article provides Boca Raton’s Vision Zero Progress Tracker update. An agreement on schedule milestones…
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.
Reading time: 3 minsThe lack of bicycle infrastructure connectivity or grid is a major barrier to increasing bicycle ridership in Boca Raton.
Reading time: 5 minsTactical Urbanism is a fast, cheap, action oriented approach to improving the quality of life throughout a city and its surrounds.
Reading time: 3 minsThe US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has recently begun awarding grants to cities for implementing demonstration projects.