Community Events / Newsletter
On September 21, FDOT, ReThink, BWCF, City of Orlando, and LYNX collaborated to organize Orlando’s first Ciclovia – an event that closed Robinson Street to automobiles and allow pedestrians and cyclists to walk, bike, and roll freely. Hundreds of area residents and bike enthusiasts came out to have fun stretching to […]
News To Use / Newsletter
A big shout out to the MetroPlan Orlando board, who has approved additional funding to support BFF’s goal to cut pedestrian injuries by half over the next few years. Our plans are ambitious, but with partners like MetroPlan Orlando, City of Orlando, Orange County government, LYNX, Orlando Health, Winter Park Health Foundation, […]
Newsletter / Social Ride
While there is a jump in bike to work commuters nationally, our numbers are tiny – more like 500 riders out of the 250,000 population in the city of Orlando. The positive is that the City of Orlando and Orange County are encouraging biking and walking by installing more sidewalks, […]
Featured / Newsletter
Dedicated neighbors made it through the torrential downpour to make it to the Englewood Neighborhood Association meeting this month near Azalea Park, where BFF ran into Commissioner Tony Ortiz and Orlando Police Department Officer Eddie Rosado. BFF had the pleasure of opening the pedestrian safety conversation with concerned citizens and […]
Newsletter
Smart Growth America released a report,Dangerous by Design 2014, ranking how safe it is to walk in the major metropolitan areas. It looked at the number of residents who walk to work and the pedestrians killed over 2003-2012 – called the Pedestrian Danger Index (PDI). News flash — A high PDI […]