Engineering changes or trends designed to increase pedestrian safety
Hosted by Bike/Walk Central Florida, the Best Foot Forward (BFF) Summit of 2024 continued its tradition as the premier annual event uniting advocates, planners, engineers, educators, and law enforcement with one shared objective: the advancement of pedestrian safety in Central…
In an effort to improve road safety and prioritize our youngest pedestrians, the City of Longwood has demonstrated how a relatively inexpensive intervention can yield impressive results.
In the hustle and bustle of Central Florida's diverse landscape, the quest for safer streets has taken center stage with a shared vision from cities and counties to reduce traffic-related deaths to zero, an initiative coined by the Florida Department…
While many of the pedestrian crosswalks monitored by Best Foot Forward have shown improvement over time, we wanted to give special recognition to some of the most improved locations from the past decade in honor of Pedestrian Safety Month. Each…
Whether walking, biking, or rolling across the street, our crosswalks should be safe for everyone. In many cases, very simple changes can have a lasting impact in improving crosswalk safety—changes that allow drivers to see pedestrians sooner and improve infrastructure…
Walking home with heavy shopping bags in-hand, you approach an upcoming intersection. Cars are approaching in the distance, but the crosswalk is clearly marked for pedestrians. On a two-lane street near a shopping plaza, you’d expect drivers would anticipate people…
Hosted by Bike/Walk Central Florida, the 2023 Best Foot Forward Summit is our largest steering committee meeting and annual event that brings together advocates, engineers, educators, and enforcement partners who share a common goal of promoting safer streets for all.…
The Snowball Effect As the adage goes, “When I was your age, I had to walk to school uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow”. While comical, it is true that children are walking to school less than prior generations.…