Transforming Central Florida into a Premier Biking and Walking Community! 
The Aaron Cohen Life Protection act unanimously passed the Florida Legislature and now goes to Governor Rick Scott to sign into a law. This brings comfort to family and friends that have lost a loved one in hit and run accidents. The act seeks to change the law in Florida […]
The Florida Department of Transportation, District 5, gathered transit leaders from FDOT, local cities and counties, Lynx, SunRail, MetroPlan Orlando, Bike/Walk Central Florida, and many more to learn the do’s and don’ts of bus facility placement and design. Cyclist and pedestrian safety are considered in the new Accessing Transit: Design […]
Among the 628 bicyclist fatalities recorded between 2011 and 2013, the League of American Bicyclists found three trends after manually collecting details about the circumstances of each death. Rear-end collisions cause the highest percentage of cyclist fatalities. Although rear-end collisions comprise of only 3.8 percent of collisions, of those, 40 […]
By Dan Tracy, Orlando Sentinel Metro Orlando once again is the most dangerous place in the country to take a walk, followed closely by three other Florida regions: Tampa-St. Petersburg, Jacksonville and Miami-Fort Lauderdale. Wide roads designed to speed traffic and far-flung subdivisions served by strip centers have combined in Orlando and much of […]
Best Foot Forward is a powerful coalition of community leaders coming together to reduce pedestrian injuries and fatalities in Central Florida. Read about BFF’s progress in our Annual Report.