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Flagler County proclaims support for Best Foot Forward; program shows rising driver-yield rates at monitored crosswalks
Summary
The Flagler County Board of County Commissioners unanimously adopted a proclamation recognizing the Best Foot Forward pedestrian-safety program and heard a presentation from Bike Walk Central Florida showing multi-county data indicating higher driver-yield rates at treated crosswalks and local priorities for enforcement and engineering.
The Flagler County Board of County Commissioners on March 17 unanimously approved a proclamation recognizing the Best Foot Forward pedestrian-safety program and asked staff to continue coordination with regional partners on enforcement and engineering countermeasures.
The proclamation recognizes a regional program run by Bike Walk Central Florida that uses a three-pronged approach—low-cost engineering, high-visibility enforcement and dynamic public education—to increase driver yield rates at marked crosswalks. Vince Dyer, program manager for Best Foot Forward, told the board the program measures drivers’ behavior at sample crossings, marks drivers who stop as “yielding” and those who do not as “not yielding.”
Dyer said program targets label crosswalks under…
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