There’s a trend happening – more businesses are moving to downtowns across the country. Smart Growth America recently released a report titled Core Values: Why American Companies are Moving Downtown that discusses why these businesses are moving downtown. One huge…
Operation Best Foot Forward is about changing behaviors of both drivers and walkers. Look no further than the story that ran on WKMG about Orlando Police Department (OPD) and Orange County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) June's "crosswalk crackdown." Here was a man…
Orlando Police Department and Orange County Sheriff’s Office ramp up crosswalk violations with Operation Best Foot Forward as Orange County students begin summer break To keep roads safe for more than 191,000 Orange County children starting summer break, the Orlando…
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…
I, BFFer Katy Magruder, had the good fortune to talk with FDOT District Secretary and BWCF Chair Billy Hattaway about complete streets and what FDOT’s adoption of the policy and what this may mean for us. Imagine a two-way Orange…
It’s MLK Day! Best Foot Forward arrived in Downtown Orlando and roads were already packed. Without an easy way for one staff member to find parking and take multiple trips to the vendor site to set up the BFF…
People Worth Watching in 2015? Try PEDS. Why? Because drivers colliding with PEDS or PEDS darting in front of cars has become second nature in Central Florida. Orlando Sentinel's Scott Maxwell agrees and calls on leaders - and you and me…
By Megan Elliot For the last few years, Keith Wiedemann wasn’t sure if he could make it across Aloma Avenue alive. If a car ran a red light or turned right on a red, the blind Winter Park resident couldn’t…
Passersby looked a tad confused on October 8, as more than 1,500 OCPS students walked jubilantly towards their schools holding signs and waving to friends all to celebrate International Walk to School Day. Walking? Remarkably refreshing! Encouragers of safe walking and…