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Launch – May 30

Launch – May 30. Goals. Reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries by half in Metro Orlando over the next five years by getting drivers and pedestrians to obey the law. Engineering. Education. The 5 Es. Evaluation. Enforcement. Encouragement. Engineering. MUTCD Standard. Enforcement.

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Launch – May 30

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  1. Launch – May 30

  2. Goals Reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries by half in Metro Orlando over the next five years by getting drivers and pedestrians to obey the law.

  3. Engineering Education The 5 Es Evaluation Enforcement Encouragement

  4. Engineering MUTCD Standard

  5. Enforcement • Informational handouts for all stops • Crosswalk enforcement operations • Warning period • Citations issued

  6. Enforcement - OCSO • $164 fine + 3 pts. • Stops to date: Almost 4000 • Tickets: 396 http://www.orlandosentinel.com/videogallery/71920497/News/Cracking-down-on-crosswalk-violators-

  7. Education

  8. WalkSafe • Developed by UM Miller School • 20 years in Miami-Dade • 130,000 students per year • Sunshine State Standards • Classroom, PE, Art • Adopted as resource by OCPS. • Launched in September at Millennia Elementary.

  9. Evaluation Yield rates (Roads posted 35mph or less) • Baseline • 8.9% (1 in 11 cars) • Yield rate, 08/2012 • 21% (1 in 5 cars) • Yield rate, 09/2012 • 36% (1 in 3 cars)

  10. Our Partners

  11. Partners • Engineering: Orange County, City of Orlando, MetroPlan Orlando • Enforcement: OCSO, OPD • Education: OCPS, WalkSafe, OC Neighborhood Preservation & Revitalization

  12. County Involvement • Resolution of support (May 22) • OCSO Enforcement • OC Traffic Engineering • OC Neighborhood Preservation & Revitalization

  13. Funding Sources Pilot: • Winter Park Health Foundation: $108,250 • MetroPlan Orlando: $41,750 • Private: $12,500 Fiscal 2013 • FDOT: $100,000 • MetroPlan Orlando: $50,000 • City of Orlando: $40,000 • Orange County: $40,000 • Private: $12,500

  14. County Funding How County’s money will be spent: • Technical Analysis: Center for Education and Research in Safety. • Marketing: Media relations, signs, stickers, banners, posters • Community Outreach: Direct contact with more than 200,000 households in OC via HOA contact campaign, speakers bureau, community events. • Educational materials – which may include: brochures, fact sheets, fliers, web copy, etc.

  15. Find us • Website: www.iYield4peds.org • Facebook: www.facebook.com/BestFootOrlando • Twitter: @BestFootOrlando • Volunteer or subscribe to Weekly eNewletter: marianne@bradkuhnandassociates.com

  16. Action Requested Approval to authorize staff to execute a FY 2013 Grant Agreement in the amount of $40,000 with the Florida Bicycle Association for the Best Foot Forward for Pedestrian Safety initiative.

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