NJ SRTS Resource Center staff Leigh Ann Von Hagen and Sean Meehan, together with partners from the Plainfield Public School District and the City of Plainfield, received a 2017 NJ Future Smart Growth Award for the state’s first district-wide school travel plan. The plan resulted from a fall 2016 graduate studio at the Edward J. Bloustein School […]
Check out the updated cost estimates for infrastructure improvements! The NJ Safe Routes to School Resource Center provides technical assistance to communities seeking to improve the safety of kids who walk and bike to school. One helpful resource available is an implementation cost estimate guide that lists cost estimates for infrastructure improvements, like bike lanes and curb ramps, […]
(Trenton) – New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) in partnership with the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) today announced the awarding of nearly $4.1 million in 2016 Safe Routes to School (SRTS) grants in eight counties. “Safety is a key component of New Jersey’s transportation network, including pedestrian and bicycling accommodations,” NJDOT Commissioner Richard […]
In coordination with the 8th annual NJ Bike and Walk Summit held Saturday, February 25, 2017 at Princeton University, the NJ Safe Routes to School Program held its first Safe Routes Academy. Our Safe Routes Academy featured a track of hands-on, interactive sessions designed to help communities enable and encourage safe routes to parks, transit, […]
Funding will help municipalities make pedestrian safety improvements. (Trenton) – New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) in partnership with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) and the South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization (SJTPO) announced on February 14, 2017 the awarding of nearly $2.1 million in 2016 Safe Routes to School (SRTS) grants in Atlantic, […]
