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New Downtown Orlando Quick Build Project Merges Art and Pedestrian Safety

The City of Orlando has committed to innovatively merging infrastructure improvements with an aesthetic appeal to enhance safety within the community. These types of improvements are proven safety projects that not only make it safer to cross the street but make those intersections stand out through the use of art. […]

Change Makers / News / News To Use

Op-Ed: How Powerless I Felt, but How Hopeful I am to See Real Changes to Our Transportation Safety Policies and Achieve Vision Zero

As a Professional Engineer, I thought I had done my part to make our roads safer. That was until a few days ago, when I realized that, unfortunately, there are limitations to what roadway engineers can do. We can’t force drivers to follow simple rules, don’t text and drive or […]

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BWCF Supports Placing Orange County Transportation Sales Tax on The Ballot

UPDATED 4/26/22 9:06 PM – Following BOCC Vote Orange County has been working on a transportation initiative for some time and early this year the Transportation Sales Tax Referendum effort was relaunched. On April 26, following three Board of County Commissioner (BoCC) Work Sessions and numerous open houses, a public […]

People On Foot

Walkable communities: Turning today’s vision into reality

Creating Vibrant Communities A recent Wall Street Journal article brings about a few questions: Shouldn’t everyone be able to live somewhere that offers a safe, healthy and walkable environment? How do we create more vibrant communities while improving safety for all?  These are more than just goals or ideas for […]

Featured / News To Use

Fire departments are adopting Vision Zero, so why shouldn’t you?

It’s no secret that narrowing a road can make it safer for people walking and biking, but that smaller road can be problematic when you add large, quick-moving fire trucks to the mix. That’s why fire officials are typically some of the first to push back on narrowing car lanes […]