At 9 a.m. on April 12, local kids ranging from a 2-year old in a tutu to a 4-year old in a Spiderman costume lined up to run alongside firefighters and law enforcement officials from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office…
Amanda Day, project director for Bike/Walk Central Florida, shared the BFF update with the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) this past month where they all celebrated the success and stressed the importance of the BFF mission to encourage drivers to…
ORLANDO, Fla—(March 5, 2014)—Three young students will be honored for their commitment to pedestrian safety as part of UM-WalkSafe’s annual statewide poster contest at the March 11, 2014, Orange County school board meeting.…
Operation Best Foot Forward was out in full force the first week of February. If you missed the news, Orlando Police Department (OPD) and Orange County Sherriff’s Office (OCSO) conducted the sixth round of crosswalk enforcement since August 2012. The…
Are you wondering who are those peds with clipboards crossing at marked crosswalks throughout the City of Orlando and Orange County? Well, they are the BFF data collectors measuring driver yield rates after high-visibility enforcement waves. Some of the biggest…
Katy, Best Foot Forward coordinator and data collector, shares her experience collecting baseline yield rates data at various crosswalks throughout Orlando and Orange County They call me an “aggressive” pedestrian. It is probably because of my time spent in Washington,…
MEDIA ADVISORY Immediate Release: Feb 3, 2014 FURTHER INFORMATION: Amanda Day (407) 716-8221 Joan Carragher (508) 415-3351 *MEDIA TIP* Dangerous Drivers, Beware. OPD and OCSO are cracking down on motorists who won’t yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk…
Crossing Guards are often our first contact with pedestrian safety as children – They are the first ones, besides our parents, who instruct us where to cross, how to be safe and they protect our safe passage across the street…
Deborah Tyrone is the newest member of the FDOT District 5 team Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator. With consistently high pedestrian fatality rates in Florida, FDOT has appropriately carved out two new positions within each district. Tyrone’s position as Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator is focused…