During the past decade, Montclair Township has undergone substantial investment in mixed-use redevelopment projects along the Bloomfield Avenue corridor, creating
Advocacy Moves Asbury Park Forward
After Asbury Park’s Mayor John Moor abruptly shut down NJDOT’s proposed road diet along the city’s Main Street/State Route 71 in October 2015, it appeared that Asbury Park was to remain entrenched in its car-centric approach to transportation issues. Although this city had made great strides towards ending the economic blight of the 1980’s and 1990’s, an important opportunity was going to be missed: the chance to remake Main Street into a safe, vibrant corridor that could contribute substantially to the overall uptick in economic vitality that other parts of Asbury Park were experiencing. It also presented the opportunity to break down the chasm that exists in the city between the east and west sides, creating a fully integrated city where underserved communities could safely connect to the business and commercial center of Asbury Park by reaching them through safer bicycling and walking.
Proposed pedestrian safety bill takes pedestrian safety backwards
A4449 – Driver and Pedestrian Mutual Responsibility Act – could better be known as the “Driver Immunity and Pedestrian Blaming
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Year-end recap and many opportunities for 2017
From providing guidance to community advocacy groups, to advocating for statewide legislation and funding, to supporting federal policy campaigns, NJBWC
Changes in DC Raise Red Flag for Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety in New Jersey
President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Elaine Chao to lead the U.S. Department of Transportation, along with a Republican-controlled Congress, may stifle the advancement
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Asbury Park: What is there to like about Main Street?
Stroad: “…a street/road hybrid and, besides being a very dangerous environment (yes, it is ridiculously dangerous to mix high speed
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Bike Expo New York Recap
It Takes More Than A River to Divide Us: Bike Riders from Both Sides of the Hudson Embrace NJBWC’s Message about
A Tale of Two Bike Shares
Proposed time limit on dockless bike share threatens biking options to Jersey City For Hudson County bike share users, it was
Kennedy Boulevard: Enforcement is not enough
After the deadly crash on March 5 on Kennedy Boulevard in Union City that claimed the lives of two local
Bike the Strike: Use your bike to survive the NJTransit strike
With the looming NJ Transit rail workers strike bringing service cuts that will strand 60% of NJTransit commuter rail riders
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