NJ Bike/Ped Headlines
Cyclists Learn Rules of the Road at Bike Rodeo
Montclair.Patch.com – October 1
TransOptions presents Walk This Way pedestrian safety awareness campaign
NJ.com – October 1
Hundreds Participate in Salt Brook’s ‘Walk to School Day’
The AlternativePress.com – October 2
Lawrence Hopewell Trail adds nearly 1-mile addition
NJ.com – October 2
Bridge replacement underway in Red Bank
GMNews.com – October 3
West Windsor: Town applies for grant for Cranbury Road improvements
The Princeton Packet – October 4
Ocean City Continues to Invest in Bikeways
WalkBikeJersey Blog – October 5
New Brunswick holds its first “Ciclovia” event today
NJ.com – October 6
Garden State Gets a Bit ‘Greener’ Thanks to More Bike Lanes and Bicycle Traffic
NJSpotlight.com – October 8
Grant-Funded Disbrow Hill Trail Completed
EastWindsor.Patch.com – October 8
River Edge urged to ‘complete streets’
NorthJersey.com – October 8
Mine Hill trail system set to expand
NewJerseyHills.com – October 9
‘Put the Brakes on Fatalities’ Day is Oct. 10
SUNne.ws – October 9
Transit group says state spending is headed in the right direction
NJ.com – October 10
Point Pleasant kids go extra mile for Walk to School Day
APP.com – October 10
Tending to Business: Closter Cycle
NorthJersey.com – October 10
Crosswalk and FEMA Extensions Pitched
TheSandPaper.net – October 10
Allendale residents ask council for help with sidewalk and speeding concerns
NorthJersey.com – October 10
Area police participate in safety enforcement
SJ.Sunne.WS – October 11
Bedminster roads get $3.5M for upgrades
NewJerseyHills.com – October 11
Lower Township Seeks Sidewalks for Beach Drive
Cape May County Herald – October 11
County Pedestrian Safety Project Rolls Forward with New Website
Hopatcong-Sparta.Patch.com – October 12
Taking it to the streets: Morristown studying ‘parklets’ for downtown
MorristownGreen.com – October 14
Montgomery commission to receive $10g sustainability grant
MyCentralJersey – October 15
Englewood seeks grant to create bike lanes for riders
NorthJersey.com – October 17
Rutherford: Restripe Orient Way to make safer, but no bike lane yet
NorthJersey.com – October 17
Tacony Palmyra Bridge Walkway Closed Indefinitely
WalkBikeJersey.Blogspot.com – October 18
RideWise seeks input from business and municipal leaders at transportation and mobility forum
NJ.com – October 22
NFI Builds and Donates Bicycles to Benefit UrbanPromise Children
DigitalJournal.com – October 23
Hawthorne police officers focusing on pedestrian safety
NorthJersey.com – October 23, 2014
Woodbine Recognized As Complete Streets Community
CapeMayCountryHerald.com – October 23
GMNews.com – October 24
Asbury Park gets $3.6 million federal grant to repair boardwalk
NJBiz.com – October 24
Bayshore trail, target of Springsteen drummer’s legal threat, to reopen
NJ.com – October 24
NorthJersey.com – October 24
Cranford ‘Complete Streets’ task force recognized at Rutgers summit meeting
NJ.com – October 28
Rutherford Cyclists Fight for Bike Ring
TSTC.org – October 28
Riverton pedestrian crossing buttons may cost $160K
PhillyBurbs.com – October 29
As Hoboken bike share ends, Hudson County mulls its own program
NJ.com – October 30
Metuchen officials foster safety through Complete Streets
GMNews.com – October 30
A Refresher on Taking Your Bike on Regional Rail
BicycleCoalition.org – October 31
Crash Report
Jersey City police say pedestrian hit by taxi is in critical condition
NJ.com – October 3
Pedestrian accident shuts down Route 46 east in Parsippany, DOT says
NJ.com – October 5
One Dead, Two Injured After Being Hit By Train on N.J. Rail Bridge
RTTNews.com – October 9
Pedestrian struck in CVS parking lot in Williamstown
6ABC.com – October 9
NJ Transit train strikes and kills pedestrian, service suspended
NJ.com – October 14
Pedestrian Struck In Gloucester County, N.J.
Philadelphia.CBSlocal.com – October 14
Suspended driver hits cyclist in Long Valley
Obersver Tribune – October 14
Local 15-Year-Old Hit by Car Outside Essex Green
WestOrange.Patch.com – October 14
Train hits, kills pedestrian in Dumont
NorthJersey.com – October 15
Pedestrian is hit by a car while crossing Route 46; Parsippany Police investigating
NorthJersey.com – October 16
Amtrak suspends service after pedestrian is struck by train in Iselin
NJ.com – October 21
Pedestrian Killed In Perth Amboy Auto Collision
NJToday.com – October 21
Man struck by New Jersey Transit bus Thursday in Brigantine
PressOfAtlanticCity.com – October 25
Teen girl struck, killed walking to bus stop in Vineland identified
ABCLocal.go.com – October 30
Opinion
Where Can Bikes Fit Into the Urban Cargo Delivery Market?
StreetsBlog.org – October 4
Seeing Bike-Share as an Alternative to Streetcars
The Atlantic Cities – October 7
Adopt safer street policies to reduce fatalities
ATL.GMNews.com – October 10
What We Can Do About Kids Killed by Cars
The Atlantic Cities – October 15
Motorists, cyclists must keep eyes peeled
Dispatch.com – October 16
Designing Places for Cars Isolates Older Americans
StreetsBlog.net – October 17
Connecting with you Community Webinar: Improving Cyclists Image
BikeLeague.org – October 17
People Pay More For Walkable Neighborhoods
Slate.com – October 18
Spend 30 Minutes Watching This Doc and You’ll Spend the Next 30 Walking
StreetsBlog.org – October 21
Learning to Love Your Traffic Engineer – Suburbs?
WWBPA.org – October 23
Op-Ed: No joy in “Mudville” over Montclair and Princeton gaining BFC status.
WalkBikeJersey.Blogspot.com – October 27
Personal health: Commuting’s hidden cost
Telegram.com – October 30
Opportunities to Rebuild Smarter: A Year After the Day After
TSTC.org – October 30
Learning to Love Your Traffic Engineer – Context Sensitive Solutions
WWBPA.org – October 30
National
Floating a New Kind of Ride: The Water Bike
OutsideOnline.com – October 1
Two-Thirds of New York City Voters Say They Want Better Bike and Pedestrian Infrastructure
The Atlantic Cities – October 1
Poster: 10 Myths About Women & Bikes
The League of American Bicyclists – October 1
Non-Motorized Commutes on Rise
The League of American Bicyclists – October 1
Young people drive less, embrace other transportation
DailyRecord.com – October 2
EveryBodyWalk.org – October 2
Massachusetts DOT Institutes New Policy Directive to Increase Multimodal Transportation Options
AASHTOJournal.org – October 4
Cycling So Popular in Georgia That Lawmaker Carl Rogers Wants to Ban It
StreetsBlog.org – October 7
Used-Bike Donations Can Mean a Much-Improved Life for Third World Residents
The Courant – October 7
BID Leaders Offer Advice on How to Launch a Bike-Friendly Business District
StreetsBlog.org – October 8
City of Phoenix debuts bike lanes painted bright green
MyFoxPhoenix.com – October 8
Pittsburgh moves ahead with rental bike plan
New Jersey Herald – October 10
Suburbs Join the Rise of Bicycle Friendly Communities
The League of American Bicyclists – October 15
Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2012 Benchmarking Report
PeoplePoweredMovement.org
America’s Rails-with-Trails Report
RailsToTrails.org
Memphis Turns to Crowdsourcing for Final Chunk of Bikeway Funds
StreetsBlog.net – October 16
Janette Sadik-Khan’s TED Talk: “You Can Remake Your Streets”
StreetsBlog.org – October 17
The Rise of the Bicycle-Friendly Suburb
TheAtlanticCities.com – October 18
Green Lane Project Looking for Six New Cities With Big Bike Ambitions
StreetsBlog.org – October 18
Beyond “Level of Service” — New Methods for Evaluating Streets
StreetsBlog.org – October 23
Distracted Driving Is Claiming the Lives of More Pedestrians and Cyclists
StreetsBlog.org – October 23
High Heels Designed Especially for Cycling
TheAtlanticCities.com – October 28
Bicycling as Part of Equitable Urbanism
BikeLeague.org – October 29
How National Income Predicts Traffic Safety
TheAtlanticCities.com – October 29
BikeLeague.org – October 30
New York State Law Taking Effect Friday Makes U-Turns In School Zones Illegal
CBSLocal.com – October 31, 2103
Videos
Vimeo.com
Education Video Series: Steering
The League of American Bicyclists – October 7
Education Video Series: Starting and Stopping
The League of American Bicyclists – October 15
Watch These Puppets Rap About Bike Safety
TheAtlanticCities.com – October 17
Even More From The Netherlands: Ride from Assen to Groningen!
StreetsFilms.com – October 21
Education Video Series: Shifting Gears
BikeLeague.org – October 21
LeBron and Friends Reclaim Miami’s Streets in New Ad
Streetsblog.org – October 28