The Circles Orange County Group started their meeting with a delicious homemade feast – a great ice breaker before any presentation is good food and great conversation. Many of the attendees were surprised to find out that pedestrians have the right…
BFF was fortunate enough to host a table at Orlando Health in May and speak with doctors, nurses, priests, patients, and family members about preventing pedestrian injuries and fatalities. But the biggest highlight was meeting and thanking the doctors and nurses at the…
Did you know, that of all the days of the week, Sundays are the days you are least likely to get into a car accident? The Community Traffic Safety Team – made up of representatives from Orlando Police Department, Orange…
Crosswalk infrastructure makes a difference. We can prove it. When Best Foot Forward launched in 2012, only 19 percent of drivers yielded to pedestrians in the marked crosswalk at the Lake Underhill Trail. Thanks to targeted education, high-visibility enforcement operations, and state…
Orlando Sentinel Michael W. Freeman [email protected] or 407-420-5290 Amanda Day has a video she likes to present, showing a man doing something simple: crossing the street on Edgewater Drive in College Park. It almost looks like a horror movie, Day…
Does this intersection look familiar? It is Robinson Street - in 2025, thanks to a new vision plan created by Project DTO Advancing Downtown Orlando. You may be asking, what does 2025 look like? Picture Robinson Street as a two-lane street instead…
National Bike to School Day May 6, 2015 Hundreds of students participated in the day's activities 30+ schools participated Dommerich Elementary and Maitland Middle School Maitland Mayor McDonald walked with students and parents, accompanied by the Maitland Police Healthy Central…
BFF was lucky enough to present about pedestrian safety to the East Bay Homeowners Association, a group of about 150+ homes in the Dr. Phillips area. They were very engaged and ready to learn about their roles in keeping pedestrians safe.…
A Florida bill that, among other things, would have boosted penalties for drivers who injure walkers and bicyclists was one of the many fallouts of the Florida House abruptly ending the legislative session on April 28. The bill passed the…