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Jersey City Students Learn Bike Safety – Check out our video!
Students from Whitney Young School, PS 15 in Jersey City learn about bike safety during physical education classes. Using a fleet of bikes and a bicycle safety curriculum from the Safe Routes to School Director at Hudson Transportation Management Association (Hudson TMA), students learn bicycle safety skills like proper helmet usage, [...]
Plainfield School District Travel Plan Earns 2017 Smart Growth Award
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 [...]
Updated Costs for Infrastructure Improvements!
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 [...]
Catch the Walking School Bus!
Students at Bound Brook’s Smalley School in Somerset County ditch the car and take the Walking School Bus instead! Students and staff meet in the morning at a designated spot and walk to school along a pre-determined route. More students meet up with the group along the way, forming a Walking [...]
Get Ready, Get Set, Walk to School!
[button color="success" link="http://www.walkbiketoschool.org/registration/" size="default" target="_self" block="false"]Is your school celebrating Walk and Bike to School Month? Register here![/button] Did you know October is Walk and Bike to School Month? Students, parents, schools, and community partners across the country will celebrate and promote the benefits of walking to school. How will your [...]
Testing, testing! Montclair tries temporary bike lanes
Want to explore the benefits of bike lanes in your town? Is your town or school district exploring implementation of bike lanes? Bike lanes are an excellent addition to the streetscape, encouraging active streets, safer biking conditions, and healthier lifestyles among kids and adults. There are a variety of options available [...]