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NJAIM: Highlights of Weeks 7 & 8
NJAIM conducted four (4) classroom workshops and one (1) on-street outreach event during the first half of July. Ambassadors conducted classroom workshops on safe bicycling and walking at Boys and Girls Club camps in Trenton and YMCA camps in East Orange. NJAIM conducted on-street outreach in Asbury Park, NJ. NJAIM [...]
Local NJ Bike/Ped News Feed for June 15 – June 30
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!
South Orange River Greenway: Vision & Implementation
Back in the late 1990s, three longtime residents of South Orange, New Jersey envisioned a bicycle and pedestrian path that would allow them to safely walk or bike to the train station to reach their jobs in New York City. That imagined path has become a reality and is known [...]
NJAIM: Highlights from Weeks 5 & 6
NJAIM attended 10 events--reaching approximately 5000 people--during the second half of June. Ambassadors conducted on street outreach five times in Jersey City, two times in Hoboken, twice in Paterson, and once in Trenton. NJAIM also met with representatives from the Chronic Disease Coalition of Monmouth and Ocean Counties to provide an [...]
NJAIM Participates in Elizabeth Walkability Audit
On Thursday, May 23rd, NJAIM attended a walkability audit of six selected corridors in Elizabeth. This examination was conducted by the YMCA of Eastern Union County, Elizabeth Branch and Michael Baker Jr., Inc., with assistance from the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center. Also participating in the audit were New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH), New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA), Meadowlink, Groundwork Elizabeth, the City of Elizabeth, and the Elizabeth Police Department.
NJAIM: Highlights from Weeks 3 & 4
NJAIM attended 10 events during the past two weeks of outreach activities. Ambassadors conducted on-street outreach twice in Woodbridge, five times in Elizabeth, and on three occasions in Newark. They also attended a governmental outreach and technical assistance meeting in New Brunswick.