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Newsletter / People On Bikes

Got a flat? Get it repaired

May is National Bike Month and there is no better way to celebrate than up the ante for bicycle amenities in the City Beautiful. Following the opening of the first phase of Juice Bike Share on May 1, the City of Orlando announced the installation of four bike repair stations around […]

Newsletter / People On Foot

55% of drivers now yield on Lake Underhill Road

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 of the art engineering enhancements by the City of Orlando, […]

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Orlando Sentinel: Orlando’s quest for bike-friendly streets takes small steps forward

Orlando Sentinel Jeff Weiner When Orlando leaders recently unveiled their long-term vision for downtown’s future, it was of a city where cyclists and walkers feel as much at home as people who get around on four wheels. While bigger plans, like a two-way Orange Avenue, are likely a long way […]

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Orlando Sentinel: Best Foot Forward working to reduce pedestrian deaths

Orlando Sentinel Michael W. Freeman [email protected] or 407-420-5290 Amanda Day has a video she likes to present, showing a man doing something simple: crossing the street on Edgewater Drive in College Park. It almost looks like a horror movie, Day noted. The man in the video steps into the crosswalk […]

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A vision for a walkable, bikeable downtown Orlando

Does this intersection look familiar? It is Robinson Street – in 2025, thanks to a new vision plan created by Project DTO Advancing Downtown Orlando. You may be asking, what does 2025 look like? Picture Robinson Street as a two-lane street instead of four, with bike lanes, larger sidewalks and more landscaping. Then […]