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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 [...]
Remembering Deb Hubsmith, New Jersey native and founder of Safe Routes to School National Partnership
If you’ve ever been connected to a Safe Routes to School program or cared about safer streets, chances are you’ve been influenced by the life and work of Deb Hubsmith. After surviving a 1996 car wreck in San Francisco, the bicycle became Deb’s primary mode of transportation as she vowed [...]
New Report Celebrates a Decade of Achievements for the Safe Routes to School Program
The successes of the Federal Safe Routes to School Program are featured in a new report published by the National Center for Safe Routes, Creating Healthier Generations: A Look at 10 Years of the Federal Safe Routes to School Program. The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program, established by Congress [...]
Celebrate Walking and Bicycling to School This October!
October 7th is International Walk and Bike to School Day! Students from throughout New Jersey will be participating in this global event, joining communities throughout the world in walking and bicycling to school on the same day. But why stop at one day? In New Jersey October is “Walk-tober”, an [...]