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Thursday March 17th, 2016 marked the first New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) of the year. BPAC is hosted and chaired by the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) at Rutgers University every four months (March, June, September, [...]
NJ Bike/Ped Headlines New Jersey Lawmaker Proposes Fining Distracted Walkers Newsworks - March 17, 2016 $8.2M bond approved for Millburn Complete Streets plan NorthJersey.com – March 17, 2016 As Annual Tour of Somerville Bike Race Approaches, Sponsorships Are Available Tap [...]
On Saturday, February 27, the New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition hosted their annual New Jersey Bike & Walk Summit. This popular event brings together planners, engineers, advocates, elected officials, and others interested in learning the latest about bicycling and [...]
NJ Bike/Ped Headlines ‘Distracted’ Walkers Could be Ticketed in Morristown Morristown Patch – January 27, 2016 Miles of Pedestrian Trails Coming to South Jersey Courier-Post – January 27, 2016 Hoboken’s Bike-friendly Washington St Plan would Squash Double Parking NJ.com – [...]
On January 28th and 29th the New Jersey chapter of the American Planning Association hosted its annual Conference in New Brunswick. Several sessions were of note to bicycling and walking in New Jersey, and included unique and innovative sessions by [...]
NJ Bike/Ped Headlines Pedestrian Accidents in New Jersey The Legal Examiner – December 2nd Urban, Suburban Philly Join to Blaze New Bike Trail NextCity.org – December 1st Salem County announces dates for indoor walking program NJ.com – November 30th Hiking: [...]
NJ Bike/Ped Headlines The making of a cross-Hudson pedestrian bridge proposal CapitalNewYork.com – October 28th 'Bike Ride and Bands' festival planned to oppose Liberty State Park development NJ.com – October 28th Trail steward orientation to be held Oct. 31 at [...]
Held on October 22, 2021, the 6th biennial New Jersey Complete Streets Summit welcomed over 340 engineers, planners, health professionals, advocates, youth organizers, elected officials, and many more. The Summit, sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), [...]
In 2014, the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center undertook a study to benchmark the state of local bicycling investment in New Jersey municipalities for the years 2013-2014. The New Jersey Bicycling Benchmarking Report reviews the state of bicycle infrastructure, [...]
Held on October 22, 2021, the 6th biennial New Jersey Complete Streets Summit welcomed over 340 engineers, planners, health professionals, advocates, youth organizers, elected officials, and many more. The Summit, sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), [...]
Over the past few years, the City of Camden has taken strides toward implementing its Complete Streets policy and making a more bicycle friendly community. The city plans to link its existing bicycle paths to each other as well as [...]
Enjoying the green space, sheltered by furniture built by landscape architects, 2014. For the fifth consecutive year, Park(ing) Day returns to New Brunswick on Friday, September 18, promising to be the best year yet! Park(ing) Day involves transforming [...]
The Jersey Shore is a haven to some of the most scenic bicycling in the state. From Belmar to Seaside Heights, Long Beach Island to Ocean City, and as far south as Wildwood, there are boardwalks, bicycle lanes and bicycle [...]
By: Ganlin Huang, MCRP candidate Citi Bike NYC user This month Jersey City announced its much-anticipated launch of its bicycle share program, Citi Bike Jersey City. Slated to open in September, Citi Bike Jersey City will be interoperable [...]
By: Ganlin Huang Funded by the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA), Bergen County recently completed the Central Bergen Bicycle & Pedestrian Plans, in order to encourage more walking and bicycling to major destinations in eight municipalities in central Bergen [...]
By: Lorena Guadiana Ciclovías are becoming a prominent activity that are making significant strides to encourage more active transportation in cities throughout the United States. Although they are increasingly more popular, very little is known about whether they have an [...]
By: Ganlin Huang, MCRP Candidate Bicycling in New Jersey is expanding for reasons that include health and environmental benefits, time and cost savings, and more and better bike lanes and paths. Through its many funding opportunities and outreach programs, such [...]
By Steven Zimmerman Over the history of human settlement, streets have been a dynamic if not slightly chaotic part of cities. They are the public space that connects all of the private spaces of everyday life, and allow for most [...]
For some time now there has been a cloudy perception of modern-day bicyclists, with bicycle ridership often thought to be 20-something millennials working at tech companies, with bicycle infrastructure viewed skeptically as a harbinger of gentrification. While these assumptions may [...]
NJ Bike/Ped Headlines Bike rodeo at Wildwood School teaches children about riding safely NorthJersey.com – July 8th Park Ridge named as NJ Transit Village Bergen Dispatch – July 8th What's going on in downtown Somerville? My Central Jersey – July [...]