BFF education and outreach events
Karate exhibitions, live R&B music and true community fun united at the Inaugural Juneteenth Festival at Ivey Lane Park. Best Foot Forward was honored to be a participant at the inaugural festival along with community partners like Get Active Orlando.…
“Just as quick as it can be safe, it can turn unsafe,” says OPD Sgt. Richard Ruth, the lead on the city’s pedestrian and bike safety enforcement efforts along with their partner Best Foot Forward. OPD has received FDOT grant…
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.…
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…
Orlando City Commissioner Sam Ings and local Orlando residents were out in full force at the Happy Healthy Kids Fair at the Charles Smith Community Center. When it was time to talk pedestrian safety, the kids, parents and teens in the…
One-day international event to encourage families, students and the community to be actively aware of pedestrians and encourage safe walking to and from school. What: Best Foot Forward and its partner, Orange County Public Schools (OCPS), are taking their yearly…