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Safe Routes to School Grant Funding is NOW Available!
Grant funding is available for the construction and engineering of bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure projects. The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) offers Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program funding to projects that 1) enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school, 2) make [...]
Celebrate NJ Walk and Bike to School Month in April!
We will be celebrating NJ Walk and Bike to School Month in April again this year and everyone is getting involved. Join students, parents, school and municipal staff, and community members from all over New Jersey who will be walking and biking to school this month! Walking and bicycling to [...]
Charlie Lee is our NJ Safe Routes to School Champion!
Charlie Lee, a crossing guard in Leonia, risked his life to save a mother and daughter after a car came speeding around the block, ignoring the stop sign. Lee, who has been a crossing guard for 15 years, says he was just doing his job. Lee jumped in front of [...]
Nominate your school and municipality for the NJ Safe Routes to School Recognition Program which has new criteria this year! Applications due January 31, 2016
With the holidays wrapping up, it’s time to begin nominating the highest achieving Safe Routes to School Programs (SRTS) across New Jersey. A new development to keep in mind for this year’s nominating process is that the criteria is now separate and different for municipalities and schools (public, private and [...]
October 2015 Walk and Bike to School Month – Part 2
Walk and Bike to School Month was celebrated this past October throughout New Jersey with schools and communities participating in walk and bike to school days, walking school buses, walking contests and competitions as well as bike rodeos. Here are some highlights from the Safe Routes to School Regional Coordinators [...]
October 2015 Walk and Bike to School Celebrated throughout NJ
Walk and Bike to School Month was celebrated this past October throughout NJ with schools and communities participating in walk and bike to school days, walking school buses, walking contests and competitions as well as bike rodeos. Here are some highlights from Safe Routes Regional Coordinators from four of the [...]