This paper looks at the economic, health, and environmental elements that would be included in a benefit-cost analysis for Safe Routes to School (SRTS) infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects. A benefit-cost analysis would assist decision-makers in prioritizing transportation projects for investment. Researchers found few examples of benefit-cost analysis tools currently in use in transportation agencies. However, […]
infrastructure, non-infrastructure, safe routes to school, Strategy
Fostering Walking and Bicycling to School throughout New Jersey: January-December 2015 Summary of Technical Assistance and Training supported by the NJ Safe Routes to School Program 2015 marked the fourth year of the enhanced non-infrastructure program managed through the NJ Safe Routes to School Resource Center, and the program continues to develop and expand. Working […]
Bicycling, Safety, Strategy, Walking
Review of the New Jersey Safe Routes to School Program: Services, Training, Coordination, Research and Technical Assistance Update Report NJ SRTS Resource Center is a partnership between the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center and the NJ Department of Transportation has continued and was expanded to include all eight of NJ’s Transportation Management Associations (TMAs). Through […]
Bicycling, Strategy, WalkingAs tax relief and aid diminish each year while transportation costs rise, New Jersey school districts are under increasing pressure to consolidate, reduce or eliminate bus services for students. School districts are not the only transportation provider facing constrained resources. Public transit agencies face their own financial squeeze to efficiently deliver quality transportation services to […]
Busing, Strategy
New Jersey launched a new strategic planning process in late 2011 to revisit and revise the SRTS Program’s mission, vision, goals, and objectives and, where necessary, align SRTS with the measures to gauge program performance. Much of the work in developing the plan took place at several strategic planning meetings that involved members of the […]
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