BFF education and outreach events
MetroPlan Orlando is the metropolitan planning organization for Central Florida as well as a member of the Best Foot Forward for Pedestrian Safety coalition (BFF). Recently, MetroPlan Orlando launched a new website featuring information on transportation planning projects, meeting calendars…
It’s the money, as in a $164 fine motorists are issued for barreling through a crosswalk while a pedestrian is using it. Publicize the tickets, hand out a bunch of them and motorists will get the message and stop, contends…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o5CF1TOhT0&feature=youtu.be Students at the University of Central Florida talked about improving pedestrian safety with officials and students in their Knightly News Webcast. Bike/Walk Central Florida Executive Director Amanda Day talks about the great strides Orlando has made in moving the needle…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ght0owRyMUI The City of Orlando, a member of the Best Foot Forward coalition, put together this video reminding drivers and walkers that safety doesn't happen by accident. Get a refresher on what you can do to help make Central Florida…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NevKYreCp34 Best Foot Forward helped lead the effort to get WalkSafe curriculum in Orange County Public Schools. This curriculum, part of the University of Miami WalkSafe program, provides educational materials about safe walking to schools for kids in K-5. In…
This year, make time for yourself during the holidays and “reThink” your commute during the Winter Park Commute Challenge. Join reThink for the kickoff event on Friday, December 9, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. when Good Morning Winter…
Jarvis Wheeler, 28, is the community school director in charge of social services at Evans Community School. Once a teacher and student at Evans, Jarvis now supports the safety of the 2,600-member student body – especially when it comes to walking…
David Moran, 32, is the program coordinator for Bike/Walk Central Florida and the related program Best Foot Forward. An avid walker, he put his feet in motion as he grappled with the aftermath of the Pulse shootings. Why walk? Walking…
Meet superstar, Best Foot Forward data collector (and retired school crossing guard) Tony Calabro - if you haven't already. The past month and a half have been busy for Tony. He visited both the BFF Steering Committee and the Pine Hills Boys…