ORLANDO, FL – In Central Florida, 82 percent of people drive to and from work alone every day, contributing to traffic congestion and air pollution. reThink, a commuter assistance program sponsored by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), is committed to reducing congestion and saving commuters money through transportation alternatives. Because decreasing the number of…
(Official press release from the Florida Department of Transportation) ALTAMONTE SPRINGS – Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad, Congressman John Mica, Congresswoman Corrine Brown and Federal Transit Administration Regional Administrator Dr. Yvette Taylor today joined local funding partners and several hundred supporters at a ground breaking ceremony at the future home of the SunRail…
January 17, 2012
MetroPlan Orlando Board Endorses Wekiva Parkway Financing Plan
Regional transportation board supports building the Wekiva Parkway to complete the beltway around Central Florida. The MetroPlan Orlando board endorsed the Wekiva Parkway financing plan at its meeting today, marking the first approval of the plan. Next, it will be reviewed by the Lake-Sumter Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority. “Wekiva Parkway…
Bike/Walk Central Florida, MetroPlan Orlando, and the Winter Park Health Foundation are launching an 18-month education and enforcement program to help make Metro Orlando safer for pedestrians. Funding for the effort will be provided by MetroPlan Orlando and the Winter Park Health Foundation. In 2010, there were 59 pedestrians killed in Orange, Seminole, and Osceola counties….
It’s a project nearly a decade in the making. Now, following extensive planning, unanimous approval by local funding partners, and 460 official meetings/public hearings, SunRail is officially moving forward. Federal, state, and local leaders joined hundreds of community supporters at a celebration in mid-July to officially kick-off the project. “This is as significant as when…
(Official press release from Florida Department of Transportation) Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Secretary Ananth Prasad announced today that Governor Rick Scott has authorized the Department on behalf of the State of Florida to sign the pending Full Funding Grant Agreement for the SunRail project in Central Florida. On Tuesday, Secretary Prasad spent the day…