John Bennett

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

Trash Warriors, to battle!

• By John Bennett
Jenna Bower, a self-proclaimed introvert, and Stacey Fuller, who declares herself an extrovert, combined their superpowers last fall to become superheroes
• Tags: News Cycle, Bike Walk Savannah, Savannah Trash Warriors

Victim-blaming in crash coverage

• By John Bennett
We don’t often find out if the drivers involved were speeding, distracted, or impaired. Instead, the behavior of people who were riding bikes or walking becomes the focus of reporting.
• Tags: News Cycle, Bike Walk Savannah, Georgia Bikes

Bigger vehicles, bigger problems

• By John Bennett
Last Tuesday I heard the Trolley Problem mentioned by two different people in less than an hour
• Tags: News Cycle, Bike Walk Savannah, The Trolley Problem, Big vehicles, SUVs, Ford