Pedestrian Safety
Safer Streets for All: Improvements Continue Along Rio Grande Avenue
Over the next six weeks the safety improvements planned for Rio Grande Avenue will begin to take shape transforming Rio Grande from a five-lane...
Orange County Taking Back to School Pedestrian Safety Seriously
With Orange County Public Schools gearing up for the 2024/2025 school year, it is more important than ever that returning students remain safe as...
Zero Fatalities: Orange County Adopts Vision Zero Strategies to Save Lives
Each year, more than 42,000 people are killed on American streets, and thousands more are injured. In 2022, there were 209 fatalities and 1,208...
Public Works Manager’s Passion: Keeping Pedestrians and Bicyclists Safe
When it comes to pedestrian and bicycle safety, no local public servant is as dedicated to the cause as Lauren Torres, project manager at...
Orange County Solutions are Making Pine Hills Roads Safer for Everyone
In early August, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners voted to adopt Vision Zero, an effective method of eliminating all traffic fatalities and...
Orange County Receives National Honors for 2021 Initiatives
Orange County has been recognized with six 2022 Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo). The awards honor innovative, effective county government...
Orange County Public Works Pitches in after Tragic Crash
It was a horrific accident in March of 2021, as FHP troopers determined a speeding SUV struck the side of a car, killing two...
Local Government in Action: Orange County Traffic Engineering Division Works with Residents to Improve Road Safety
When tragedy struck in January 2018 at the intersection of Pershing Ave. and Redditt Road in Orlando, it was a reminder of the importance...
Orange County Partners with FDOT to Urge Drivers to “Stop on Red”
When Bradenton, Fla. resident Melissa Wandall was nine months pregnant in 2003, her husband was tragically killed by another motorist who was distracted and...