- June 21, 2025
In celebration of National Bicycle Month, the Florida Department of Transportation and six Central Florida schools unveiled student-created bike safety symbol icons. This initiative is part of FDOT’s ongoing efforts to promote transportation safety and the Target Zero campaign’s goal of eliminating traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries in Florida.
Last fall, FDOT collaborated with local art teachers to engage students in designing their own bike safety symbols. Out of 99 submissions, winning designs were selected to be painted on local roads or sidewalks near the schools. Now in its fourth year, this District Five initiative gives young artists the opportunity to see their designs come to life.
Each student winner was recognized during a special bike lane artwork reveal event, which included a certificate presentation and a safety session led by FDOT and its community safety partners. Families and school staff joined to recognize the students’ creativity and commitment to safe cycling.
Design contest student winners in each county include:
“Safety is at the heart of everything we do at the Department,” said Libertad Acosta-Anderson, Passenger Operations Manager for FDOT District Five. “By promoting safety awareness through education and outreach, we’re making a lasting difference for children who walk and bike to school every day in Central Florida. And when we can deliver that message in a fun and creative way, that’s really the icing on the cake.”
