NJ Bike/Ped Headlines
Montclair Environmental Commission to review streetscape
Montclair Patch – November 14th
Long Hill Committee mandates clearing of sidewalks
Echoes Sentinel – November 14th
Carlstadt’s Washington Avenue to become safer for pedestrians
NorthJersey.com – November 13th
Road Warrior: Traffic deaths drop – at least for a while
NorthJersey.com – November 13th
Salt Brook announces walk-to-school poster contest winners
Tap into New Providence – November 10th
Busy Plainfield intersections to get new traffic lights, other upgrades
NJ.com – November 9th
Mailonline.com – November 9th
Lincoln Park man walking across N.J. to raise awareness of the East Coast Greenway
NorthJersey.com – November 9th
NorthJersey.com – November 6th
NorthJersey.com – November 6th
Ramsey weighs go-ahead on second Main Street project
NorthJersey.com – November 6th
Livingston streetscape project set to expand in Norwood
NorthJersey.com – November 6th
‘Green’ groups move to block road along popular rail trail
NJSpotlight.com – November 4th
Newark looks to add schools to Safe Routes safety program
NJ.com – November 4th
Vineland City Council vote on Wallace School sidewalk project
NJ.com – November 3rd
Madison bicycle shop to get new name and a new home
Madison Eagle – November 1st
Crash Report
Police looking for hit-and-run driver who struck pedestrian in Paramus Friday
NJ.com – November 14th
Edgewater cops seek clues to hit-and-run driver
NorthJersey.com – November 14th
Person killed on Route 18 in Monmouth County; road closed
Middletown Patch – November 13th
Pedestrian struck, killed in Marlboro
News 12 New Jersey – November 13th
Prosecutors say man hit pedestrian and kept driving with victim lodged in car’s windshield
DailyJournal.net – November 12th
Pine Hill man killed after being hit in Wendy’s parking lot
NJ.com – November 11th
Pedestrian struck on Dolphin Way in Waretown
Barnegat-Manahawkin Patch – November 10th
Pedestrian struck, killed by NJ police cruiser
CBS Philadelphia – November 9th
Pedestrian struck on Vandeventer Avenue Wednesday night
Planet Princeton – November 6th
Pedestrian struck in Jersey City, then taken to work by driver, cops say
NJ.com – November 5th
New Jersey Transit service resumes after train kills pedestrian
ABC 7 New York – November 4th
Pedestrian struck and killed by car in South Jersey, cops say
NJ.com – November 3rd
Flemington pedestrian medevaced after being hit by car in Raritan Township
NJ.com – November 3rd
Sanitation worker in Harrison struck by hit-and-run driver
NJ.com – November 2nd
North Bergen man struck and killed by vehicle in Bayonne
NJ.com – November 2nd
Opinion
Cyclists, drivers can share the road
Kentucky.com – November 10th
Street trees – far from a shady investment
NJ.com – November 3rd
National
Four reasons pedestrian injuries have plummeted along protected bike lanes
StreetsblogUSA.org – November 14th
Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia – November 14th
Sign of the times: Protected bike lanes pop up in Lego book
StreetsblogUSA.org – November 13th
More evidence that adding bike infrastructure boosts biking
StreetsblogUSA.org – November 13th
NYC could ban texting while biking
Transportation Nation – November 12th
9 things drivers need to stop saying in the bikes vs. cars debate
Wired.com – November 12th
Study links walkable neighborhoods to prevention of cognitive decline
StreetsblogUSA.org – November 12th
The Netherlands is set to open the world’s first solar bike lane
ThinkProgress.org – November 11th
Louisville plans 100 miles of bike boulevards
StreetsblogUSA.org – November 11th
Public Works: Shared streets put faith in pedestrians and drivers
Torontoist.com – November 11th
Six tips from Denver for crowdfunding a bike project
StreetsblogUSA.org – November 11th
MARTA’s crowd-funding project foots the bill for bike- repair kiosks
ProgressiveRailroading.com – November 10th
Vision Zero momentum builds from Philly to Portland
StreetsblogUSA.org – November 10th
Making travel quick, safe for cars, bikes, walkers
Pocono Record – November 9th
What’s holding back DC’s bill to help crash victims recover medical costs?
StreetsblogUSA.org – November 7th
People for Bikes – November 7th
Study says bicycling boom could bring gentrification
Memphis Flyer – November 6th
The best thing about a bike-friendly city isn’t the bikes – it’s the city
StreetsblogUSA.org – November 6th
If NYC fixed this intersection, why do people keep dying there?
Transportation Nation – November 6th
Infographic: History of the bike lane
People for Bikes – November 5th
Video
A Solar-Powered Glow-in-the-dark Bike Path by Studio Roosegaarde Inspired by Van Gogh
ThisisColossal.com – November 12th