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NJDOT Bike Tours
In celebration of Bike Month, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) released three new bicycle tours. Columbia Trail These new tours, one in Jersey City and Hoboken, one in Gloucester County and one through the Columbia Trail in Hunterdon and Morris counties are all around 15 miles [...]
Multimodal Complete Streets
The “first-mile/last-mile” problem refers to the challenge of public transportation passengers to reach either the home or office after leaving the bus or train station. This can be especially challenging if the station is more than just a block or two away. Some commuters may take a taxi or a [...]
The City of Elizabeth Releases a Complete Streets Concept Plan for Morris Avenue
Complete Streets study area As part of a federal Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant, Together North Jersey, a regional planning collaboration led by the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center and the New Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, recently completed the Morris Avenue Complete Streets Concept Plan for the City [...]
Local NJ Bike/Ped News Feed for April 25, 2015 – May 15, 2015
NJ Bike/Ped Headlines Millions in state aid going to Camden County towns to help fund improvements NJ.com – May 15th NJDOT releases new tour route for Columbia Trail as part of Bike Month NJ.com – May 15th Passaic Valley towns to get road, electricity and drainage improvements NorthJersey.com – May [...]
NJBPRC inspires teens to bring positive change to their communities
Charles Brown showing an incomplete street to the students This past Friday, April 24, 2015, Raritan Valley Community College hosted over two hundred Black and Hispanic teenagers for the 7th Annual From Boys to Men Conference. The conference was organized and co-hosted by the New Brunswick Alumni Chapter [...]
When a State Route is a Main Street
New Jersey State Route 27, stretching from Princeton to Newark, has an identity crisis. In downtown Princeton, NJ-27 is a vibrant, slow moving main street (Nassau Street), while just a few miles to the north, NJ-27 is virtually a country road, running alongside a lake with no pedestrian or bicycle [...]