Bike Walk Central Florida Inc

Our key priorities:
1. Policy: Advocate, educate, and support policies and infrastructure that reduce serious and fatal bicycle and pedestrian crashes.
2. Perception: Normalize walking and biking and foster a culture of courtesy among road users.
3. Practice: Get people of all ages and abilities to walk, bike, and roll more.
4. Sustain: Ensure the long-term sustainability of the organization to achieve our mission.

1. Policy:
• Develop a board composition strategy that allows for participation across diverse disciplines.
• Leverage board members to educate and advocate and further achieve the mission and vision of the organization.
• Establish a Technical Advisory Committee for reviewing projects and educating on best practices.
• Highlight and celebrate successful biking and walking projects.

2. Perception:
• Develop partnerships so BWCF is also connected to health, protecting the environment, and a broader definition of mobility.
• Expand the Best Foot Forward program, focused on changing driver behavior, to new regions.
• Promote League of American Bicyclists’ Bicycle Friendly Business program in conjunction with established main street districts, downtowns, or other urban planning districts.

3. Practice:
• Become a go-to online resource for all things biking and walking in Central Florida.
• Engage the community through education and events.
• Create or expand programs to foster behavior change.

4. Sustain:
• Create a long-term sustainability plan.
• Increase brand awareness.
• Diversify revenue sources and expand fundraising.
• Creating a staffing model to support programs and future growth.
• Ensure the diversity of the board and staff reflects that of the community it serves.
• Implement a central management system for all constituencies.

We’ve made progress with more than eight cities adopting and implementing Complete Streets policies; successfully advocating for Orange County Government to change its School Siting Ordinance so future elementary and middle schools will no longer be built on “high volume” roads, and worked with local cities to bring Orange County its first cycle track and second road diet.

Regarding trails, the BWCF Board and staff successfully advocated for $15 million in state funding to complete the 275-mile Coast to Coast Connector trail network and the passage of House Bill 2514-A requiring the Florida Department of Transportation to allocate $25 million per year to the Florida Shared-Use Non-motorized Trail Network (SunTrail), an initiative backed by then-Senate President Andy Gardiner that will create a statewide network of biking and walking trails that are physically separated from roadways. And, since 2012, Bike/Walk Central Florida has managed the largest, grassroots pedestrian safety initiative in the country called Best Foot Forward.