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NJ Safe Routes to School Recognition Program Webinar
“Celebrating New Jersey’s Walk and Roll Stars: The NJ Safe Routes to School Recognition Program” Tuesday, October 23, 1:00pm – 1:45pm Under this new program, municipalities and schools (public, private, or charter) will be recognized for their commitment and support of the New Jersey Safe Routes to School program. Join [...]
Walk and Bike to School Month is Here!
Today is International Walk to School Day-- a great day for kicking off Walk and Bike to School Month by joining students, parents, and community leaders from New Jersey and around the world for a healthy and fun walk to school. According to the International Walk to School in the [...]
Safe Routes in Grad School
In Spring 2012, sixteen graduate students from the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University spent an entire semester studying the Safe Routes to School program, developing their own school travel plans, and coming up with new and refined tools. The end result: producing and implementing school [...]
Looking Forward to Walk and Bike to School Month!
With all the outdoor summer fun gone for another year and thoughts of 10 long months in the classroom weighing you down, do you have the back to school blues? Fear not, Fall is a great time to get outside and we have a great way to kick off a [...]
Safer Crossings in Ship Bottom
It all started the summer of 2009 when Calla Aniski attempted to walk across Ship Bottom’s Long Beach Boulevard to get to the beach. In the process of crossing the road that is seven-lanes wide, she inadvertently caused a 3-car crash. This experience convinced Calla that someone needed to take [...]
Chatham SRTS on Film!
The Milton Avenue School, a primary school in Chatham, N.J., gathered as a flash mob and performed the Ped Safety Dance in front of school one morning during the district’s Walk and Bike to School Week celebration in April 2012. The pedestrian safety-themed dance was modeled after a routine demonstrated [...]