NJ Bike/Ped Headlines
Woodstown crossing guards stop traffic, help students get to the other side
NJ.com – January 15th
New plan promotes walkable downtown for Springfield
NJ.com – January 14th
‘Proper’ roads planned for hillside neighborhood in Frenchtown
NJ.com – January 14th
Plans move forward on Cedar Lane improvements in Teaneck
NorthJersey.com – 14th
State approves Dover bridge project
Daily Record – January 13th
Princeton considers Prospect Avenue improvements to give priority to bicyclists
NJ.com – January 12th
Road Warrior: 2014 safer on the road but deadlier on foot
NorthJersey.com – January 12th
Mercer first to Complete Streets (policies)
West Windsor Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance – January 10th
New Brunswick Today – January 8th
Helping and facilitating the “invisible cyclist”
Walk Bike Jersey – January 8th
Bloomfield ‘Six Points’ improvements appear back on track
NorthJersey.com – January 8th
Hudson Reporter – January 7th
NJ.com – January 7th
Coalition mulls possibilities for ‘great urban spaces’ along NJ Transit line in Newark, Oranges
NJ.com – January 7th
Appellate court blocks DEP from building road along popular rail trail
NJSpotlight.com – January 6th
Burlington County traffic deaths continued to drop in 2014
Burlington County Times – January 5th
The Great Jersey Workout: Let N.J.’s scenery and attractions inspire you to greater fitness in 2015
NJ.com – January 5th
Distracted pedestrians a factor as NJ car crash deaths rise
CBS Philadelphia – January 5th
The list: New Jersey’s deadliest roads, routes, and highways take a tragic toll
NJSpotlight.com – January 5th
Death by walking fuels increase in NJ traffic deaths
Walk Bike Jersey – January 4th
New Jersey traffic deaths spike in 2014 after 2013 low
NBC Philadelphia – January 1st
New Jersey to area residents: Take a hike
Burlington County Times – December 30th
South Park Street earns Downtown New Jersey design award
NorthJersey.com – December 30th
Montclair pedestrian safety committee hosting public meeting Jan. 13
Montclair Patch – December 29th
South Jersey’s pedestrian hostility on full display
South Jerseyist – December 29th
Fair Haven mayor promotes bike paths
The Hub – December 25th
Rockaway Borough Council aims to make improvements for safety
NorthJersey.com – December 24th
Where do you park your bike when visiting Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital?
Walk Bike Jersey – December 23rd
Plan would suspend expanded GWB bike lanes over Hudson River
DNAInfo.com – December 19th
Bogota takes steps to improve pedestrian safety on Palisade Avenue
NorthJersey.com – December 19th
Mobilizing the Region – December 18th
Hopewell Borough: They’re spinning their wheels at bike shop
CentralJersey.com – December 17th
Engineer says pedestrian bridge in River Edge needs work
NorthJersey.com – December 16th
Crash Report
Man struck by car critically hurt in Freehold
NJ.com – January 15th
Newton woman struck by car in Frankford
New Jersey Herald – January 13th
Pedestrian killed in Cape May County traffic accident
NJ.com – January 12th
Police investigate Parkway crash that injured pedestrian
Asbury Park Press – January 12th
Galloway pedestrian killed in White Horse Pike hit and run
ShoreNewsToday.com – January 10th
Reward offered for info on Newark hit-and-run
New 12 New Jersey – January 9th
Girl, 17, struck by car outside Bayonne High School: police
NJ.com – January 9th
Pedestrian hit while crossing Route 31 in Washington Twp.
NJ.com – January 8th
Newark man arrested in dump truck hit-and-run, authorities say
NJ.com – January 8th
South Plainfield woman, 80, in critical condition after she’s hit by car
NJ.com – January 7th
Woman hit by NJ Transit train in Montclair
NJ.com – January 5th
Teen injured by light rail in Cinnaminson
Burlington County Times – January 3rd
Pedestrian, 64, struck and killed in Belleville, report says
NJ.com – December 30th
10-year-old boy walking to sleepover struck & killed by police cruiser
TheStir.com – December 29th
Pedestrian hit by car in New Jersey, killed
NBC40.net – December 29th
Middletown police investigating fatal pedestrian accident at Route 35 and Harmony Road
NJ.com – December 29th
Vineland hit-and-run victim hospitalized, Franklinville man charged
NJ.com – December 28th
Teen and baby cousin struck by vehicle near Journal Square
NJ.com – December 26th
Route 17 lanes blocked after pedestrian accident, DOT says
NJ.com – December 26th
Pedestrian death in Clinton is being investigated
WFMZ.com – December 26th
Car strikes, kills elderly woman as she leaves church on Christmas Eve: Police
NBC Philadelphia – December 25th
Pedestrian Struck by a car in Lakewood
NJ.com – December 24th
Nutley pedestrian is hit on Harrison Street
NorthJersey.com – December 18th
Teaneck police seek driver in hit-and-run
NorthJersey.com – December 16th
Opinion
The Record: Watch while walking
NorthJersey.com – January 14th
Making pedestrian safety a priority
NorthJersey.com – January 14th
Stop blame game in pedestrian fatalities: Editorial
NJ.com- January 2nd
Guest editorial by Alex Kent: ‘Drive with care in Montclair’
NorthJersey.com – January 1st
National
Psst: The Dutch already figured out how to build bikeable suburbs
People for Bikes – January 14th
Jay Walder on what’s next for America’s biggest bike-share company
Streetsblog.org – January 14th
In search of places with “Good Bones”
Streetsblog.org – January 13th
BikeLeague.org – January 13th
City hatches plan to raise private money for free bikes for school kids
BaltimoreBrew.com – January 13th
Three street design pros on the golden age of traffic engineering
Streetsblog.org – January 12th
8 reasons you should go on a cross-country bike ride
People for Bikes – January 12th
What does living ‘close’ to transit really mean?
Citylab.com – January 12th
Is “safe” road design killing bicyclists and pedestrians?
Nextcity.org – January 12th
Bikeshare Hawaii welcomes “vacationing bikes” from New York City and Seattle
Metro Oahu – January 12th
New bike paths key in long-range transportation plan
The Salt Lake Tribune – January 9th
Study: What puts cyclists at greatest risk? It’s not what you wear
Streetsblog.org – January 9th
U.S. awareness of protected bike lanes is literally growing exponentially
Streetsblog.org – January 8th
Courtland Milloy is sort of right: Bikes should have their own roadways
Washingtonian – January 7th
As protected bike lane design evolves, new lessons emerge
Streetsblog.org – January 7th
Top 10 tips for developing effective biking & walking advocacy organizations
Alliance for Biking & Walking – January 6th
Oklahoma City weighs 3-foot passing rule – for cyclists, not drivers
Streetsblog.org – January 6th
Pittsburgh sets aside capital money for cycling as part of 10-year plan
Tribline.com – January 6th
Pittsburgh bike share plans to start up in the spring
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – January 5th
Philly bike share program aims for low-cost access
New Jersey Herald – January 4th
What if we calculated level of service for pedestrians?
Urbankchoze.com – January 3rd
Three charts for protected bike lane designers to remember in 2015
People for Bikes – January 2nd
Texting while walking is obviously dumb. So why can’t we stop doing it?
MotherJones.com – December 29th
Cycling advocates pick 10 best new bike lanes in the U.S.
NextCity.org – December 22nd
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Decline in Traffic Fatalities in 2013
NHTSA.gov – December 19th
A year in review: Advocacy Advance
BikeLeague.org – December 19th
Partnership and Persistence: The bike Pittsburgh model grant story
Alliance for Biking & Walking – December 19th
New info about who rides a bike in DC will let us make the city even greater for cyclists
Greater Greater Washington – December 18th
DeFazio, Norton, and Larsen take on dangerous street design
Streetsblog.org – December 18th
2014 recap: Biking & federal policy
BikeLeauge.org – December 18th
DissentMagazine.org – December 18th
Using a construction project to predict the effect of a road diet
Streetsblog.org – December 17th
In record year, D.C. builds nine miles of bike lanes
Transportation Nation – December 17th
BikeLeague.org – December 17th
Out: “cycletrack.” In: “protected bikeway.”
Greater Greater Washington – December 16th
Complete Streets engineer and intern run over on a Columbus sidewalk
Streetsblog.org – December 16th
Streetsblog.org – December 16th
Video
New Video shows how FHWA makes walking, biking safer
Transportation.gov – January 7th