Welcome to the NJ Bike/Ped News Feed for the first half of June! We’ve scoured the web to bring you all of the latest news on bicycle and pedestrian issues occurring in New Jersey. If you have any articles you think we should add, please let us know! Click past the break to see the entire feed!
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NJ Bike/Ped Headlines
Ward Tour a 15-mile bike ride great way to see Jersey City
The Jersey Journal – NJ.com – June 1, 2012
The Jersey Journal – NJ.com- June 01, 2012
Uptown Hoboken farmers market to make debut at Garden Street Mews
The Jersey Journal – NJ.com- June 01, 2012
Generating Support for Cleaner Air through Bike Advocacy
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)- June 1, 2012
The Jersey Journal – NJ.com – June 2, 2012
Be a savvier cyclist by taking the Hudson TMA’s Traffic Safety 101 class on June 23
The Jersey Journal – NJ.com (blog) – June 4, 2012
June 2012 family-friendly NJ Cycling & Trail Events – part 1 (June 6-15)
The Jersey Journal – NJ.com (blog) – June 5, 2012
Sidewalk sales are coming back to downtown Vineland
Vineland Daily Journal- June 5, 2012
Brookdale to Host 12th Annual Ride for Autism
MiddletownPatch.com- June 7, 2012
Princeton Cyclist Completes 1800 Mile Solo Ride for Eden Autism Services
PR.com (press release) – June 8, 2012
Hoboken looking for businesses to apply to install one of city’s first three bicycle corrals
The Jersey Journal – NJ.com – June 09, 2012
Class helps teach kids to ride their bikes
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – June 10, 2012
NJ Transit opening all trains, stations to bikes
NorthJersey.com – June 11, 2012
Cape May County Herald (press release) – June 11, 2012
Tell us: Does your town do enough to promote bicycling?
Independent Press – June 12, 2012
Jersey City proposing bike-parking requirements for most new retail, residential structures
The Jersey Journal – NJ.com- June 12, 2012
Summit Police Investigating Bicycle Thefts
TheAlternativePress.com (press release) (blog)- June 12, 2012
Upper Saddle River to install sidewalk across the street from Elmer’s Country Store
NorthJersey.com- June 13, 2012
New Jersey-born Artist Dan Colen’s first solo exhibition in Paris opens at Gagosian Gallery
Artdaily.org- June 14, 2012
Philly-area biking enthusiasts chart a route toward 750 miles of trails
Newsworks.org June 1, 2012
Villages residents prepare for Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in October in New York City
Villages Daily Sun – June 1, 2012
Accidents involving ‘pedtextrians’ on the rise, researchers find
Sacramento Bee – June 2, 2012
1500 Walk Against Drunk Driving
Patch.com – June 4, 2012
Boston Bike Share Hits Milestone
Transportation Nation- June 4,2012
Philadelphia launches major bike trail system
SmartPlanet.com (blog) – June 4, 2012
Bike gunman shoots father, toddler in Los Angeles
FOXSports.com – June 5, 2012
National Women’s Bicycling Summit at Pro Walk/Pro Bike
Bikewalk- June 6, 2012
Should police ban distracted texting?
CTV News- Thursday June. 14, 2012
Crash Report
Bicyclist, 27, badly hurt in collision with pickup truck in Stockton
Hunterdon County Democrat – June, 2, 2012
26-year-old Elizabeth man injured in pedestrian hit-and-run crash
The Star-Ledger – June 3, 2012
Hunterdon County Democrat – June 6, 2012
Officials: 72-Year-Old Man Hit, Killed By NJ TRANSIT Bus In Newark
CBS Local – June 6, 2012
Danbury News Times – June 6, 2012
Berkeley Heights police seek witnesses for cyclist-vehicle crash on Springfield Avenue
NJ.com – June 7, 2012
Pedestrian killed when motorist drives off I-84
Mid-Hudson News – June 8, 2012
In Raritan Township, pedestrian struck by vehicle on Route 31 is in critical condition
Hunterdon County Democrat – June 8, 2012
Opinion
Trenton continues push toward becoming bicycle friendly with Complete Streets initiative
The Times of Trenton – NJ.com- June 05, 2012
Tell us: Does your town do enough to promote bicycling?
Independent Press – NJ.com- June 12, 2012
National
Philly-area biking enthusiasts chart a route toward 750 miles of trails
Newsworks.org June 1, 2012
Villages residents prepare for Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in October in New York City
Villages Daily Sun – June 1, 2012
Accidents involving ‘pedtextrians’ on the rise, researchers find
Sacramento Bee – June 2, 2012
1500 Walk Against Drunk Driving
Patch.com – June 4, 2012
Boston Bike Share Hits Milestone
Transportation Nation- June 4,2012
Philadelphia launches major bike trail system
SmartPlanet.com (blog) – June 4, 2012
Bike gunman shoots father, toddler in Los Angeles
FOXSports.com – June 5, 2012
National Women’s Bicycling Summit at Pro Walk/Pro Bike
Bikewalk- June 6, 2012
Should police ban distracted texting?
CTV News- Thursday June. 14, 2012
Videos
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The Huffington Post- June 11, 2012