Why was BPAC created?

In 1985, Governor Thomas J. Kean established the New Jersey Bicycle Advisory Council (NJBAC) in Executive Order #101 which directed the Council to examine the status of bicycling in New Jersey. Specifically, the Council was to focus on bicycling as a safe and viable mode of transportation, as well as develop programs which improve the bicycling environment in the state.  In response, Commissioner of Transportation Hazel Frank Gluck led the Council to produce a report on bicycling in New Jersey in July 1987. As a major finding of the report, the Commissioner recommended that the Council continue to develop recommendations for enhancing the safe use of active transportation in New Jersey. Over time, the Council was expanded to include walking in addition to bicycling.