Best Foot Forward works diligently with local and national media to help spread the message of pedestrian safety and raise awareness of Florida’s driver yield law. Best Foot Forward is happy to set up interviews with partners. Please contact Emily Hanna or Barbara Giles at [email protected] or 407.542.6074.
All materials, including logos are available for download for use in news articles and stories.
The Best Foot Forward for pedestrian safety program is administered by the local non-profit Bike/Walk Central Florida and first launched in Orange County and the City of Orlando in 2012. It expanded to Osceola County, Kissimmee and St. Cloud in 2017 and Seminole County in October 2019. Best Foot Forward is now made up of some 36 coalition partners across Central Florida.
Best Foot Forward was created to reverse the conflict between pedestrians and drivers by focusing on one specific behavior change – getting more drivers to yield for pedestrians at marked crosswalks as Florida law requires. More than a campaign, Best Foot Forward is a behavior change-based program designed to improve road safety through consistent and persistent education, high-visibility crosswalk enforcement and low-cost engineering at marked crosswalks in close proximity to elementary schools and LYNX bus stops, in urban areas and cross-sections of low and high-speed roads.
Best Foot Forward photos on Flickr
Best Foot Forward videos on YouTube
2021 Dangerous by Design report listing the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford MSA as the most deadly in the country for pedestrians.
All press releases are available for download (pdf).
2021
03.09.21 Pedestrian Risks Rising on Central Florida Streets – Operation Best Foot Forward this Month
2020
07.02.20 Local Law Enforcement Agencies Conduct Crosswalk Crackdown as More Drivers Get Back on Road
Bike/Walk Central Florida Announces New Executive Director: Emily Hanna
02/14/20: Largest Crosswalk Enforcement Operation set for Feb. 18 in Seminole County
2019
10/02/191:Media Alert: Best Foot Forward Launches in Seminole County- Spanish
06/26/19: Law Enforcement Target Unsafe Drivers to Protect Children, Seniors
06/19/19: Law Enforcement Target Unsafe Drivers to Protect Children, Seniors
04/19/19: Stopping Distracted Driving: Crosswalk Crackdown Coming to Osceola County
03/24/19: Spring Break Brings Crosswalk Crackdown in Orange County and Orlando
2018
08/15/18: Crosswalk Crackdown Planned in Kissimmee & Osceola County on Wed., August 15
04/16/18: Operation Best Foot Forward Begins in Osceola County
02/07/18: Operation Best Foot Forward: OPD and OSCO Hit the Roads in Crosswalk Crackdown
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Bike/Walk Central Florida manages and administers the Best Foot Forward program on behalf of coalition partners.
