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Ciclovia Returns to New Brunswick for its 4th Year
On Sunday, April 23, 2016, New Brunswick will hold the first of four Ciclovía events this year. The New Brunswick Ciclovía opens the city’s streets to pedestrian and bicycle traffic to encourage active modes of transportation, community engagement, and healthy living. Pedestrians will be free to run, bike, walk, skate, [...]
Camden Circuit Trails Plan Completed!
Camden City recently completed the Camden Circuit Trails Plan, thanks to the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Office of Bicycle and Pedestrian Programs Local Technical Assistance Program (LTA). This plan, managed by Coopers Ferry Partnership, was used to update the Camden portion of the 2010 GreenWay Trail Location Study [...]
Is Bike Sharing the Safest Way to Ride?
News Spotlight | March 19th - April 1st: Is Bike Sharing the Safest Way to Ride? +"Bikesharing and Bicycle Safety," Mineta Transportation Institute, March 2016 The Mineta Transportation Institute released a fascinating new study in March, “Bikesharing and Bicycle Safety,” that shows that using bike share is safer than riding a [...]
Local NJ Bike/Ped News Feed March 19th – April 1st, 2016
NJ Bike/Ped Headlines Residents Hear Options for Improving Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety in Two Shore Towns Shore News Today - March 31, 2016 Lyndhurst Station Improvements on Track NorthJersey.com – March 31, 2016 Lessons on Sustainability from New Jersey’s Bike Summit TapInto. Net - March 31, 2016 Crosswalk Planned for [...]
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 [...]