Florida town reacts to bicycle tragedy by building bike trails
by (syndicated)
20 Nov 09
When two girls, aged 11 and 10, on bicycles were struck and killed by a van driver in October 1987, the people of Davie resolved to make the small south Florida city safer for bicyclists.
By the end of the year the town council budgeted $150,000 for its first bike trail. Within six months work began on a 3-mile bike trail adjacent to the street where the girls were killed.
Twenty-two years later, Davie boasts a network of 135 miles of bike paths and horse trails that connect the two dozen parks in the town with a population of 90,000.
When you consider the reputation of Florida among bicyclists, the feat of building so many bike trails in the town is remarkable. ….
