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How to Make Your Own Green Street
What are Complete and Green Streets? Complete & Green Streets are part of a movement where municipalities, counties and states adopt policies that require road engineering and design projects to consider the everyone who uses the roadway, while addressing stormwater and other environmental issues at the same time. [...]
Study Seeks to Change Traffic Safety Culture by Improving News Coverage of Crashes
Traffic crashes are one of the leading causes of preventable deaths in the United States. Nearly 20% of these fatalities include pedestrians or bicyclists who were hit and killed. The 2022 Dangerous by Design report shows there has been a 62-percent increase in pedestrian fatalities since they began to [...]
ZERO Roadway Fatalities in Hoboken for the Last Four Years!
Imagine a place with no roadway fatalities, where children and seniors can safely walk on the streets. There is a place in New Jersey that has achieved the Vision Zero goal of no traffic fatalities for four consecutive years: Hoboken. Located directly across the Hudson River from New York City, [...]
More Funds for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)
On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). BIL/IIJA includes significant funding for new transportation programs that could dramatically increase access, mobility and safety for all vulnerable road users, especially bicyclists and pedestrians. With [...]
The Impending Shift in Transportation
Transportation trends are changing as gas prices in New Jersey and across the US soar, inflation worsens, and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue. The cost of living has risen significantly, disproportionately affecting poor, working class, and middle-class families. [1] People are reevaluating their daily activities and changing the way they move from point A to B. We must [...]
Tips to Celebrate National Bike Month
Since 1956, the League of American Bicyclists has been promoting May as National Bike Month. The arrival of great weather is a chance to explore the benefits of bicycling and encourage people to use bikes in their everyday lives. Here are some ways to celebrate National Bike Month: Check [...]