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BFF visited Mrs. Gordon’s gifted class at St. Mary Magdalene in Maitland last month to talk about today’s pedestrian safety challenges and tomorrow’s planning solutions for walkable communities. Future engineers and game-changers, these students are entering the Florida Engineering Society’s 20th annual “Project CREATE” competition. This year’s topic is right up BFF’s […]
News To Use / Newsletter / People On Foot
Now playing at a City of Orlando office near you: Best Foot Forward for Pedestrian Safety videos! Produced through the city’s talented communications department, these are the first two in a series of public service videos to get more drivers to yield to peds and for peds to use crosswalks. The 40-second spots explain the driver […]
People On Foot / Safe Routes to School
Talk about PED engagement. Try this: More than$100,000 worth of media coverage and reaching 1 million+ people through 6 TV stations, 3 community pubs and a host of online bloggers. Not to mention Facebook, Twitter, Instagram…with likes, retweets, comments from the Florida Department of Transportation, Florida Department of Education, Streetsblog USA, Smart Growth American (Dangerous by […]
Community Events / People On Foot
The Safe Walking Movement Marches On Operation Best Foot Forward: October 9 is Day Two of Crosswalk Enforcement Actions Across Orange County What: On Wednesday, October 8, students, parents, teachers, and volunteers got up and got moving for safe walking across Orange County, celebrating International Walk to School Day. The safe walking […]
People On Foot
International Walk to School Week Kicks-Off with a County-Wide Crosswalk Crackdown OCPS Urges Kids to Walk to School OPD & OCSO Urges Drivers to Yield What: October 6 – 10, 2014 is International Walk to School Week. Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) is celebrating by encouraging parents and students to […]