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March Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting Update
Thursday March 17th, 2016 marked the first New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) of the year. BPAC is hosted and chaired by the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) at Rutgers University every four months (March, June, September, and December), with phone and in-person subcommittee meetings happening at [...]
News Spotlight: March 5th – March 18th, 2016
This Week's News Spotlight | The Sharrow: What is it Good For? [hr style=double-line margin_top=5 margin_bottom=10] +"The Relative (In)Effectiveness of Bicycle Sharrows on Ridership and Safety Outcomes", Transportation Research Board, Jan. 2016 The ubiquitous sharrow (or “shared lane marking”) has become the center of a debate in bicycle planning in [...]
Ambassadors in Motion Update: Ambassadors Help Make Newark Street Smart
For more information on how the Ambassadors can help you educate and promote safe bicycling and walking, click here. New Jersey Ambassadors in Motion's first event of the 2016 season took place on the afternoons of March 16th and 17th. The Ambassadors assisted Newark with its Street Smart Campaign, a program [...]
Local NJ Bike/Ped News Feed March 5th – March 18th, 2016
NJ Bike/Ped Headlines New Jersey Lawmaker Proposes Fining Distracted Walkers Newsworks - March 17, 2016 $8.2M bond approved for Millburn Complete Streets plan NorthJersey.com – March 17, 2016 As Annual Tour of Somerville Bike Race Approaches, Sponsorships Are Available Tap Into. Net - March 17, 2016 Edison cops raising funds [...]
Morris Canal Greenway Makes Headway
New Jersey’s Morris Canal is getting a new lease on life as a pedestrian and bicycle greenway. The Morris Canal Greenway Working Group, founded in 2012 by the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA), has successfully pushed to rehabilitate the 102 mile canal right of way into a new greenway – with [...]
New Jersey Bike & Walk Summit Recap
On Saturday, February 27, the New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition hosted their annual New Jersey Bike & Walk Summit. This popular event brings together planners, engineers, advocates, elected officials, and others interested in learning the latest about bicycling and walking in New Jersey and around the country. The summit [...]