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Local NJ Bike/Ped News Feed February 20th – March 4th, 2016
NJ Bike/Ped Headlines Summit Council Introduces $1.9 Million Bond Ordinance for Tier Garage Repairs, Digital Access to Transfer Station; Bike Shelters Proposed for City Tap Into. Net - March 2, 2016 Portion of Park at SJ’s ‘Gateway’ Will Finally Open Courier-Post – March 2, 2016 Revamped Website for March Street [...]
News Spotlight: February 20th – March 4th, 2016
This Week's News Spotlight | The Rising Demand for Walkable Neighborhoods [hr style=double-line margin_top=5 margin_bottom=10] + "A Move Toward Three Bedrooms and Two Baths", Marketplace, Feb. 25th, 2016 With all the talk of the millennial generation – folks in their 20s and early 30s – dominating the rental market in cities [...]
Liberty Bridge: A History of Pedestrian Bridges Comes Full Circle in New Jersey
By: Dan Cahalane Missed the PATH? Walk to work. Or at least that’s what the Liberty Bridge would allow you to do. Last year, a group of Jersey City residents, under the banner of the Liberty Bridge Organization, proposed a 5,000 foot long pedestrian and bicycle bridge across the Hudson River. [...]
Rise of Mall Walking Programs in New Jersey
What do America’s shopping malls have to do with health? Surprisingly and increasingly, quite a bit. Picture over 200 people arriving on an early weekday morning at a local shopping mall to get in as many walking steps as possible as a result of participating in organized mall walking programs. [...]
Local NJ Bike/Ped News Feed February 6th – February 19th, 2016
NJ Bike/Ped Headlines Bike Safety, Transit Oversight Bills to be Considered by New Jersey Assembly Transportation Committee Tri-State Transportation Campaign – February 5, 2016 Montclair Pedestrian Safety Committee Report for 2015 Shows Crashes Down 16% Baristanet – February 8, 2016 Legislative Update: Progress on Bike-Ped Safety, Transit Oversight in New [...]
Local NJ Bike/Ped News Feed January 23rd – February 5th, 2016
NJ Bike/Ped Headlines ‘Distracted’ Walkers Could be Ticketed in Morristown Morristown Patch – January 27, 2016 Miles of Pedestrian Trails Coming to South Jersey Courier-Post – January 27, 2016 Hoboken’s Bike-friendly Washington St Plan would Squash Double Parking NJ.com – January 28, 2016 Nutley Program Promotes Road Safety NorthJersey.com – [...]