A big “BFF Thank You” goes to MetroPlan Orlando for supporting the expansion of the Best Foot Forward Pedestrian Safety model into Osceola and Seminole counties over the next couple years. MetroPlan Orlando allocated $100,000 in its 2015-16 budget for the expansion in July. Pedestrian…
Orange County, FL – Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs announces that she accepted U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx’s nationwide Mayors' Challenge to help make roads more pedestrian and bike friendly. Mayor Jacobs is one of the 120 nationwide mayors –…
What is an RRFB? It stands for Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon, and these flashing lights do a great job of alerting drivers to pedestrians crossing the street. North Reddington Beach, a town just north of St. Petersburg, Florida, used RRFBs…
Intersection City Pedestrian Injuries SR50 & JOHN YOUNG PKY Orlando 12 GOLDENROD RD & GEORGE ANN ST Winter Park 11 S KIRKMAN RD & CONROY RD Orlando 10 SILVER STAR RD & PINE HILLS RD Unincorporated 10 SR50 & N…
Street crossing deaths are high despite efforts to make streets smarter by Brian Mockenhaupt, AARP Bulletin, December 2014 Between 2003 and 2012, crashes killed 47,025 pedestrians nationwide. -Smart Growth America — Edward Linsmier This is the moment Mary McArdle dreads. She steps…
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…
Keeping with the 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan theme. MetroPlan Orlando's Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) is responsible for prioritizing bike/ped projects based on set criteria and a defined process -- data collection, systems analysis, and cost estimates. Check…
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…
Amanda Day, project director for Bike/Walk Central Florida, shared the BFF update with the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) this past month where they all celebrated the success and stressed the importance of the BFF mission to encourage drivers to…