Mayor pedaling bike safety plan

As part of his agenda for neighborhoods, Bob Buckhorn said creating a city friendly to cyclists and pedestrians would enhance Tampa's quality of life.

To do that, Buckhorn said on his campaign website that his administration would "work to foster and codify bike and walkable urban policies in both land development codes and in internal infrastructure planning.”

"In addition,” he added, "the Buckhorn administration will launch a public service campaign to educate and alert motorists to bicycle safety rules.”

On May 19, Buckhorn strapped on a bike helmet and pedaled from Davis Islands,  where he lives, to City Hall. There, police unveiled a "Share the Road” safety campaign, which uses mobile electronic signs to tell motorists to give bicyclists at least three feet of space when passing.

But he said more is coming.

"That's not it in its entirety,” he said. "The public service (campaign), particularly my involvement in it, will be forthcoming.”

We'll watch to see what else Buckhorn does to promote bicycle safety. For now, we rate this promise In the Works.