The Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization presented Miami-Dade County Public Schools Board Member Roberto J. Alonso with its Safe Roads Champion Award.
The recognition is for leaders who “strengthen regional safety initiatives” and “advance context-sensitive road design.”
Alonso represents the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Board on the planning organization’s governing board.
His accomplishments included fostering a new partnership with the New World School of the Arts. Its design students competed to create “transportation safety influencers” or mascots named Mobility Guardian, Mobility Maven and Mobility Maverick that are part of the regional bicycle and pedestrian safety campaigns, the school board said in a news release.
Alonso also worked with the school district and the Greater Miami Expressway Agency to allow school buses to use express lanes on S.R. 836/The Dolphin Expressway during rush hour, to shorten commuting times, the school board said.
“This recognition reflects the power of collaboration in advancing transportation safety,” Alonso said in the news release. He also said he was honored to receive the award.
On the school board, Alonso represents District 4, which includes Miami Lakes. He also serves as vice chair of the Miami Dade College District Board of Trustees.