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Post Tagged with: "pedestrian safety"

People On Foot / Safe Routes to School

The Super Bowl of Ped Safety Initiatives

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 […]

News To Use

Orlando Sentinel: Downtown Orlando streets could be reworked to slow traffic, encourage walking and biking

By Dan Tracy, Orlando Sentinel In a notion that has been talked about for years, downtown Orlando’s roads could be reworked to slow cars and trucks as a way to encourage more people to walk or ride their bikes. Among the possibilities: returning two-way traffic to streets such as Orange Avenue, narrowing Robinson Street […]

Community Events

Community Input Needed on 10.28.14: Final Planning Meeting for Orange Ave. around Sand Lake SunRail Station

Have you tried to walk around the Sand Lake Road SunRail station? Not an easy task for cyclists or peds. Please join us at this very important final public meeting regarding the engineering concept plan for Orange Ave. Remind Orange County Government – Office of the Mayor Teresa Jacobs and FDOT Central Floridathat widening roads […]

OPD Rolls Out Day 2 of Operation BFF
Community Events / People On Foot

OPD Rolls Out Day 2 of Operation BFF

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

OCPS Urges Kids to Walk to School & OPD & OCSO Urges Drivers to Yield

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 […]