Thank you to everyone who celebrated Walk and Bike to School Month this May by exploring ideas and resources to learn about bicycle and pedestrian safety, stay physically active, and plan a walking or bicycling route to school. May is over, but there is still plenty to be done to make sure that we stay […]
Even though school is not in session, this is a great time to plan and review your walking or bicycling route to school virtually. If you live too far away to walk and bike to school, plan a route to a Park or other destination in your neighborhood. Get a jump start on route planning […]
School zones can be challenging for walkers and bicyclists who are children. Although distracted driving poses a particular risk, there have been only a few studies on the impacts of distracted driving in school zones where children are walking and bicycling. Catherine Bull, Research Project Coordinator for the NJ Safe Routes Resource Center who conducted and wrote the […]
School zones can be challenging for child pedestrians and bicyclists. Although distracted driving poses a particular risk, there have been few studies on the impacts of distracted driving in school zones where children are walking and biking. This paper discusses distracted driving and examples of laws, engineering, enforcement, educational messaging, and Safe Routes to School approaches that have been implemented to […]
Are you ready to walk? Be sure you understand the rules of the road and how to stay safe while walking. Check out some of the resource below that can help. Students: Cross This Way is a great video from NYC DOT about being safe while walking. “Safety Snippetts” are short informative safety videos […]
