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Sentinel: Drivers who hit pedestrians often get little or no jail time
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Sentinel: Drivers who hit pedestrians often get little or no jail time

(Part of the Orlando Sentinel series, Blood in the Streets) Anguish turned to anger for Bobby Stout’s mother and sister in April, when an Orange County circuit judge decided the woman who ran him down on a sidewalk two years ago would not get any jail time. “When you killed […]

Sentinel: A rage that consumes
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Sentinel: A rage that consumes

(Part of the Orlando Sentinel series, Blood in the Streets) Letters from colleges across the country still arrive addressed to the dead son of Jessica Rodriguez and George Torres. Each one is a reminder of the life that could have been for the boy who wanted to be the nation’s […]

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Sentinel: Walking our roads could kill you

(Part of the Orlando Sentinel 3-part series, Blood in the Streets) Central Florida’s roads run red with pedestrian blood. Nowhere in America are pedestrians at greater risk of being struck and seriously injured or killed. Nowhere are drivers more likely to suffer the life-changing split second of taking someone’s life […]

Operation Best Foot Forward: OPD & OCSO Enforce Driver Yield Laws
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Operation Best Foot Forward: OPD & OCSO Enforce Driver Yield Laws

Orange County Sheriff’s Office and Orlando Police Department completed their fourth round of high-visibility enforcement, dubbed Operation Best Foot Forward, on June 17th where drivers were cited $164 for failing to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.  OPD and OCSO enforced those crosswalks with high pedestrian activity or crosswalks that have […]

Committed to Closing the Gaps
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Committed to Closing the Gaps

Yesterday Governor Scott signed the $74.1 billion state budget, but used his line item authority to strike $50 million for the coast to coast bicycle and pedestrian trail, linking communities between St. Petersburg and Titusville. While disappointed, Bike/Walk Central Florida remains committed to closing the gaps across the state as […]