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Seminole Wekiva Trail Crossing
Best Foot Forward

11 Law Enforcement Agencies Team Up to Protect Trail Users

As summer approaches, largest ‘crosswalk crackdown’ to date focuses on trail crossings Trail use soared during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and recent counts indicate that the trend in trail popularity continues. As the school year winds down and summer vacations commence, drivers need to be extra cautious and should expect […]

May The Fourth B(ike) With You - 2022 Bike and Roll to School Day
Community Events / Safe Routes to School / Social Ride

May the Fourth B(ike) with You: Orlando Bike and Roll to School Day 2022

Every May marks National Bike Month here in the U.S. and one of our favorite events, without question, is Bike to School Day! The city of Orlando is going above and beyond this year for the 11th annual National Bike & Roll to School Day on May 4, 2022. Dubbed “May […]

Change Makers

Florida Bike Educator of the Year (2021)

Roni Wood, Community Outreach Specialist with Bike/Walk Central Florida, was named the 2021 Florida Bicycle Educator of the Year by Becky Afonso, Executive Director of the Florida Bicycle Association. The award ceremony took place alongside the City of Orlando’s Bike to Work Day Celebration on March 25, 2022. A transcript […]

Orlando RRFB
New Infrastructure

City of Orlando Installs New Mid-block Crosswalk with Latest in State-of-the-Art Technology

  The City of Orlando recently installed a new mid-block pedestrian crosswalk that features the latest in technology, automated rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFBs), on Primrose Drive, south of Amelia Street. The installation is part of the City’s continued efforts through the Vision Zero initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities and […]

News To Use / People On Foot

Operations Remind Drivers to Stop for Pedestrians While Reports Emphasize Dangers in Region for People Walking

As two major reports in March again named Central Florida the most dangerous region in the nation for pedestrians, Best Foot Forward coalition partners continued working hard to change that trend. Six law enforcement agencies across three counties took part in Operation Best Foot Forward, a high-visibility enforcement operation aimed […]