Best Foot Forward addresses rising trend in pedestrian injuries and fatalities in Osceola County & City of Kissimmee Osceola County, City of Kissimmee, their respective law enforcement agencies, MetroPlan Orlando, LYNX, Osceola County Public Schools, Florida Health Department and local safety…
Big improvements are coming to Downtown Orlando. First, Orange County Public Schools is opening one of its brand new schools in downtown, named OCPS Academic Center for Excellence (OCPS ACE). The new preschool through eight grade school is particularly remarkable.…
You hear of resolutions being passed and policies being adopted, but it’s way more exciting when those resolutions and policies lead to action. Case in point: The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)’s Complete Streets Policy, which the department took up…
MetroPlan Orlando - in coordination with Orange County, the City of Orlando and the City of Winter Park - launched a Complete Streets Study of Corrine Drive in East Orlando last month, kicking off the study's first phase: Research and Public…
When you picture a roundabout, you might also picture Big Ben or the Eiffel Tower in the distance behind it. Thanks to recent reports, though, we're starting to see more roundabouts stateside. Research points to these road circles as safer and more…
The City of Orlando is working toward becoming a safer, more connected place for pedestrians and bicyclists. Part of that work starts this month, as construction gets underway on a pedestrian overpass. From the City of Orlando website: The City of Orlando…
Speedometers in hand, a host of Winter Park workshop participants explored a small segment of Denning Drive up close and personal in May and saw how motorists tend to drive about 10 mph above the 30 mph posted limit. The City…
The University of Central Florida has grown immensely over the past decade...and so have issues with pedestrians and bicycle safety in the area surrounding the school. Read the Orlando Sentinel article below to see what UCF, Orange County and FDOT…
A word that keeps popping up as the Florida Department of Transportation moves toward safer streets is road diet. The concept can be hard to wrap your head around. If you need a visual, take a look at these four short…