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One year of safer streets, thanks to NJ’s Safe Passing Law!
March 1, 2023 marks the one-year anniversary of New Jersey’s Safe Passing Law. The law, which went into effect on March 1, 2022 (NJSA 39:4-92.4), provides clear rules of the road for all motorists when interacting with vulnerable road users, including people on foot, bicycle, scooter, in a wheelchair, [...]
NJ Bicycle & Pedestrian Resource Center: 2022 Year in Review
2022 was an exciting year for the NJ Bicycle & Pedestrian Resource Center (BPRC). NJBPRC, supported by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) through funds provided by the Federal Highway Administration, was involved in numerous activities and engagement in the past year. From providing technical assistance, such as [...]
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 [...]