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Bicycle Tourism
Over the past ten years, bicycling has gained a wave of popularity in the United States. It serves as exercise, a quick way to travel, and also as a source of leisurely fun. More and more communities are viewing bicycling amenities as an asset and taking the steps to make [...]
Local NJ Bike/Ped Newsfeed for Sep 1 – Sep 15, 2014
Welcome to the NJ Bike/Ped News Feed! We’ve scoured the web to bring you all of the latest news on bicycle and pedestrian issues occurring in New Jersey and the region. Click past the break to see all of the news! Enjoy!
New Brunswick Begins Introducing On-street Parking Corrals
How do you add bicycle-parking capacity to a busy business district with narrow sidewalks and hordes of pedestrians? You put the parking in the roadway. An innovative strategy to help get more people to choose bicycling as their preferred form of transportation for daily, local trips is by introducing on-street [...]
NJAIM Highlights 8/15 to 9/1
New Jersey Ambassadors in Motion (NJAIM) NJAIM is the New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center’s public outreach team. The team consists of adult ambassadors trained to educate and conduct outreach to bicyclists, pedestrians, and motorists to promote safety and active transportation throughout the state of New Jersey. [...]
Rutgers International Student Orientation: Bicycle Safety Workshop
In New Brunswick, September means the arrival of thousands of new and returning students beginning a new year of their college education. However, before the Labor Day weekend, when SUVs and minivans congregate on New Brunswick streets, international students are asked to arrive early and take part in a weeklong [...]
Bike Shares
Over the past few years, third-generation bicycle share programs have increased in popularity across U.S. cities, mimicking a trend started in Europe a decade ago. They are identified as systems that allow people to borrow bikes to get from one location to another without having to return the bicycle to [...]