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School Bus Cameras: Safety, Surveillance, or Stipends?
Illegally passing a stopped school bus can endanger children and their families. Image: Gloucester Township Police Department Bill S-211, which allows school buses to be equipped with outward-facing cameras to record illegally passing cars, is moving on to the State Assembly for approval. The monitoring cameras are mounted [...]
What Makes for Great Bicycle Parking?
Bicycle parking doesn't have to be this fancy, but it does send a positive message. As any avid bicyclist will tell you, not all bicycle racks are created equal. The best bicycle racks are intuitive to use, well lit, protected from the elements, and close to the desired destination. [...]
NJ Bike/Ped News Feed January 5, 2017 – February 3, 2017
Our biweekly News Feed provides you with convenient links on the latest news in the bicycle and pedestrian world. NJ Bike/Ped Headlines Waterfront walkway around Hudson County slowly but surely progressing Jan. 4, 2017 – NJ.com Editorial: More people getting killed on NJ roads Jan. 5, 2017 – App.com More [...]
BPRC at TRB: 2017 Preview
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting will take place next week, January 8-12, 2017, in Washington, DC. Over 12,000 transportation professionals from more than 70 countries will be in attendance. The New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center will be well represented. All papers, presentations, and posters from meeting sessions will be [...]
BPRC’s Top Bicycle and Pedestrian Highlights of 2016
The NJ Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center is pleased to share 2016’s achievements in active transportation and complete streets, in no particular order. Municipalities with complete streets ordinances Complete Streets Update: 134 New Jersey municipalities and 8 counties across the state have now implemented Complete Streets policies. In 2016, [...]
Progress Report: Borough of Bay Head Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan
Map showing the location of Bay Head, New Jersey Things are moving along for bicyclists and pedestrians in the Borough of Bay Head, New Jersey. In December of 2015, the Ocean County municipality and popular shore destination adopted a Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan under the guidance of [...]