Cape Coral Is One Of The Most Dangerous Cities In The Country For Cyclists

Cape Coral Is One Of The Most Dangerous Cities In The Country For Cyclists

If you're a cyclist living in Southwest Florida, you know all to well about sharing the roads.  The traffic here is bad enough in a car, imagine how intimidating that can be for a cyclist.  The law is to share the road, but that certainly isn't the case.

My father-in-law was a victim of a bad fall on his bicycle in recent years.  He suffered broken bones, severe rash burn and a new sense of worry when out enjoying his rides.  How hard is it to just share the road?

In a recent study conducted by Velotric, it was discovered that Florida is home to 5 of the most dangerous cities for cyclists.   Here's what they had to say.

Florida (7.4), Louisiana (7.2), and Arizona (4.3) are the states with the most fatal bike accidents per million residents.  Houston (20), Los Angeles (14), and Tampa (12) are the most dangerous cities for cyclists by number of fatal bike accidents in a year.   Additional Florida cities in the top 10 include Jacksonville (9), Miami (9), West Palm Beach (9) and Cape Coral (8).

Some other key stats coming out of the study tell us that 82% of cyclists are scared to bike in their city.  That is a HUGE number.  1 in 4 cyclists don't wear a helmet during the rush hour drive from 5pm - 7pm.  You can read the full study here.

When Hurricane Ian hit SWFL Florida in September, Sanibel and Captiva were devastated, but businesses are starting to reopen on the islands.

I love supporting local businesses and I think now more than ever they need our help. It's so sad to see what the storm did to our islands. While it'll take a long time for things to look like they did pre-Ian, I love to see businesses starting to get back on their feet. We live in paradise, so whatever we can do to support our local economy is important.

I've been spending my weekends either at Fort Myers Beach or Sanibel and it makes me so happy to see so many people out enjoying the beach. Almost like nothing ever happened. Also great to see some new things have opened or relocated and even some make-shift bars and ice cream stands (on Fort Myers Beach) set up.

If you want to go out to the islands, whether it's for a staycation, a beach day, or to grab a bite to eat, you have options! SanCap Chamber put together a list of the businesses that have reopened on Sanibel and Captiva. You can check out the full list here, but below we'll have restaurants, lodging, shopping and fun things to do.

3111 W Gulf Dr

15951 Captiva Dr

15300 Captiva Dr

1500 Periwinkle Way

1700 Periwinkle Way

11500 Andy Rosse Lane

1554 Periwinkle Way

11532 Andy Rosse Lane

1551 Periwinkle Dr

1244 Periwinkle Way

1700 Periwinkle Way

2330 Palm Ridge Road

1219 Periwinkle Way

703 Tarpon Bay Road

https://thesanibelgrill.com/

1473 Periwinkle Way

2075 Periwinkle Way

11513 Andy Rosse Lane

1200 Periwinkle Way

703 Tarpon Bay Road

15951 Captiva Dr

11534 Andy Rosse Lane

11401 Andy Rosse Lane

634 N Yachtsman Dr

11513 Andy Rosse Lane

11401 Andy Rosse Lane