National rankings means national coverage. Orlando was no exception - from the Washington Post and USA Today to the Huffington Post - reporting the #1 ranking in preventable pedestrian deaths by the Dangerous by Design report. What was different this…
NPR - All Things Considered - produced a lengthy segment on region's ped problem and detailing the steps FDOT, MetroPlan Orlando, Orange County and City of Orlando are taking to make our streets walker, biker, people friendly -- especially since…
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 -…
Enforcement is over – data collection begins. The data dudes were out at a mid-block crosswalk at N Pine Hills Rd N of North Lane. The yield rate increased from 7% in February to over 24% in June. Thanks to…
2014 report finds pedestrians disproportionately killed or injured due to poor street design and planning ORLANDO, Fla — According to a new report released by the National Complete Streets Coalition, Central Florida ranks as the most dangerous metropolitan region for…
Operation Best Foot Forward was out in full force the first week of February. If you missed the news, Orlando Police Department (OPD) and Orange County Sherriff’s Office (OCSO) conducted the sixth round of crosswalk enforcement since August 2012. The…
Are you wondering who are those peds with clipboards crossing at marked crosswalks throughout the City of Orlando and Orange County? Well, they are the BFF data collectors measuring driver yield rates after high-visibility enforcement waves. Some of the biggest…
Katy, Best Foot Forward coordinator and data collector, shares her experience collecting baseline yield rates data at various crosswalks throughout Orlando and Orange County They call me an “aggressive” pedestrian. It is probably because of my time spent in Washington,…
MEDIA ADVISORY Immediate Release: Feb 3, 2014 FURTHER INFORMATION: Amanda Day (407) 716-8221 Joan Carragher (508) 415-3351 *MEDIA TIP* Dangerous Drivers, Beware. OPD and OCSO are cracking down on motorists who won’t yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk…