John Bennett

The bicycling (and life) advice you really need

• By John Bennett
On the first day of your first class, look around. It’s nearly 100 percent certain someone in the room will become a victim of bike theft before Thanksgiving.
• Tags: College Student Guide, College Guide, Bicycles, Bike Walk Savannah, Loop It Up Savannah, Forsyth Farmers Market, Savannah Urban Garden Alliance, West Broad YMCA, New Standard Cycles Program

Green bike lanes: A Savannah success story

• By John Bennett
The green color should drastically reduce the number of motorists who fail to recognize it as a bike lane and try to drive in it, a scenario that was shockingly common on Price Street
• Tags: News Cycle, Bike Walk Savannah, Green bike lanes

NewZO era set to begin

• By John Bennett
Shorter block requirements, grid patterns for blocks, mixed use retail and housing, and accessory dwelling units would all contribute to thriving neighborhoods.
• Tags: News Cycle, Bike Walk Savannah, NewZO, Zoning ordinance, Healthy Savannah

The road to Tybee just got a bit more friendly to cyclists

• By John Bennett
In place of the previous rumble strips, GDOT has installed edge line rumble strips, placed directly at the edge of the travel lane
• Tags: News Cycle, Bike Walk Savannah, US Highway 80, Tybee, Cycling, Rumble strips

The street-level impact of passing NewZO

• By John Bennett
The current zoning ordinance superimposes suburban style parking requirements on older areas of the city, which is bad for business. And bad for people.
• Tags: News Cycle, NewZo, Bike Walk Savannah, Zoning ordinance

The slow but sure shift in public opinion about the benefits of bicycling

• By John Bennett
I’ve never turned down an opportunity to talk about how bicycling and walking can make our city safer, healthier, and an altogether better place to live
• Tags: News Cycle, Bike Walk Savannah, Safety, Green Team

Cycling and diversity: The larger context

• By John Bennett
'You really have to figure out what people enjoy doing already and then give them the opportunity and tools to do it more consistently'
• Tags: News Cycle, Bike Walk Savannah, Armand Turner, Healthy Savannah, REACH grant, Tide to Town, NewZO

Remembering Matt Kohler

Moon River Cruise event raises awareness of aggressive auto drivers

• By John Bennett
Georgia state law requires a driver to leave not less than three feet when passing or following someone riding a bike
• Tags: News Cycle, Bike Walk Savannah, Matt Kohler, Matt's Moon River Cruise, Caila Brown, Cycling, Aggressive drivers, PERC Coffee Roasters

Strive for sustainability, not ‘balance’

Coastal Georgia Tourism Conference debuts with spirited discussion

• By John Bennett
Too many tourists descending on a destination can degrade and even destroy the cultural, environmental, and historic resources that made it a place people wanted to visit in the first place
• Tags: News Cycle, Tourism, Bike Walk Savannah, Coastal Georgia Tourism Conference, Sustainability

The economic — and political — power of trails

• By John Bennett
Those working on Savannah’s version of the BeltLine, the Tide to Town urban trail system, would seem to be on the right track by using canal banks for portions of the proposed route
• Tags: News Cycle, Bike Walk Savannah, BeltLine, Civic identity, Tide to Town, Friends of Tide to Town

Widening the transportation focus: Lessons from DC

• By John Bennett
The annual National Bike Summit, organized by the League of American Bicyclists, attracts advocates, traffic engineers, urban planners, and transportation department officials from all over the country
• Tags: News Cycle, Bike Walk Savannah, National Bike Summit, Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, Bike Athens, Georgia Bikes

Tide to Town: An urban trail system for all of Savannah

• By John Bennett
This “urban trail system” is envisioned as a protected network of walking and bicycling trails connecting all of Savannah’s neighborhoods, from the heart of the city to marshes and tidal creeks
• Tags: News Cycle, Tide to Town, Bike Walk Savannah