Our biweekly News Feed provides you with convenient links on the latest news in the bicycle and pedestrian world.
NJ Bike/Ped Headlines
Dover launches Street Smart pedestrian safety campaign
Apr 2, 2017 – NewJerseyHills.com
Grove Avenue in Metuchen eyed for bicycle and pedestrian safety
April 4, 2017 – GMNews.com
April 4, 2017 – NorthJersey.com
Walkable towns appealing, good for economy
April 4, 2017 – NJTVOnline.org
Bloomfield district to join Safe Routes to School
April 5, 2017 – NorthJersey.com
D&R Greenway Land Trust partners with Bike Exchange
April 5, 2017 – TownTopics.com
Motorists warned to quit texting or risk charges
April 5, 2017 – NewJerseyHills.com
Verona Police crack down on distracted driving
April 6, 2017 – MyVeronaNJ.com
Road Warrior: N.J. walking risks rise sharply for elderly
April 6, 2017 – NorthJersey.com
After 3 kids were hit, cops increase patrols at Newark intersection
April 7, 2017 – NJ.com
Plainfield is the recipient of ‘Safe Routes to School’ NJDOT grant
April 11, 2017 – TapInto.net
Somerville awarded $670,000 for Veterans Memorial Drive East traffic improvements
April 12, 2017 – TapInto.net
$374,000 state grant to help pay for Shunpike Road sidewalk
April 15, 2017 – NewJerseyHills.com
Safer sidewalks coming to one Chatham school
April 17, 2017 – Patch.com
Parkway bike ride? Atlantic-Cape bridge project could open in 2019
April 18, 2017 – NJ1015.com
Rutgers plans to improve campus connectivity by 2030
April 19, 2017 – DailyTargum.com
Route 130 in Burlington City goes from 3 lanes to 2
April 21, 2017 – CourierPostOnline.com
Watch out! These North Jersey crosswalks are the most dangerous
April 21, 2017 – NorthJersey.com
‘Dangerous’ Ramsey train crossing to get safety upgrades
April 22, 2017 – NorthJersey.com
NJ state bicycle champions event returns to Plainfield
April 24, 2017 – TapInto.net
Road Warrior: Runners-up for most perilous crossings
April 27, 2017 – NorthJersey.com
Rutgers Report Praises Somerville as Complete Streets Success Story
May 2, 2017 – TapInto.net
Tour of Somerville Cycling Series Expands Racing into Raritan, Bound Brook
May 6, 2017 – TapInto.net
Somerville: Artists and Students Install Collaborative Bicycle Sculpture on Division Street
May 16, 2017 – TapInto.net
2017 NJ Safe Routes to School Recognition Program Winners Announced
May 16, 2017 – NJ SRTS
Crash Reports
Dunellen man, 27, charged with driving into another man, 25, after argument
April 6, 2017 – Patch.com
JC activists killed in North Bergen
April 9, 2017 – HudsonReporter.com
2 pedestrians struck, 1 killed several weeks into Dover’s pedestrian safety campaign
April 19, 2017 – NewJersey.News12.com
Pedestrian struck in Route 440 in Jersey City
April 20, 2017 – NJ.com
Man fatally struck by light rail train in Jersey City, NJ Transit says
April 21, 2017 – NJ.com
Verona cops: North Caldwell man clipped pedestrian, left scene
April 27, 2017 – Patch.com
Finally, an Entrance Worthy of the Brooklyn Bridge
May 9, 2017 – NYTimes.com
Woman, Child Hit By Car In Highland Park
May 20, 2017 – Patch.com
Woman struck by car at bus stop, police say
May 20, 2017 – NJ.com
National
Forget urban versus suburban. Today, it’s about walkability.
April 3, 2017 – WNYC.org
The easiest way to help save the planet: Get a bike
April 4, 2017 – FastCompany.com
Professor behind designated drivers takes on distracted ones
April 5, 2017 – NJHerald.com
Denver and Philly ask residents: How do our streets work for you?
April 10, 2017 – NextCity.org
We know the solution to transit’s last mile problem – it’s walking
April 12, 2017 – Streetsblog.org
The last place in America you should try and cross a street
April 13, 2017 – Money.cnn.com
‘Racial profiling’? Jaywalking tickets disproportionately given to black people in Sacramento
April 14, 2017 – SacBee.com
The ‘distracted pedestrian’ distracts from real safety problem
April 14, 2017 – Streets.mn
Cycling success: 10 U.S. cities pushing biking forward
April 18, 2017 – Curbed.com
Times Square’s transformation into a pedestrian-friendly space captured in photos
April 19, 2017 – Curbed.com
Cycling to work can cut cancer and heart disease, says study
April 20, 2017 – BBC.com
April 25, 2017 – StrongTowns.org
Video
April 2017 – Streetfilms.org
May 2013 – Imagery with Impact