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ConnDOT officials will target pedestrian safety improvements at the section of Post Road East near the popular Shake Shack restaurant in Westport. | Photo: The Hour Operation 130 Safe Passage aims to address pedestrian safety along New Jersey’s most dangerous road. | Photo: Burlington County Times Since the release of TSTC’s most recent Most Dangerous [...] Good Jobs First’s recently-released report, “Bosses for Buses,” finds a schism in business support for transit. At the local level, non-profits such as universities and hospitals, as well as local business coalitions largely recognize the importance of transit investment, pushing “state and local ballot initiatives for transit [that] consistently win more than 70 percent of [...] New Jersey State Senator Diane Allen, and Assemblymembers Herb Conaway, Timothy Eustace, Celeste Riley, Scott Rudder, Troy Singleton, Grace Spencer and Connie Wagner, have sponsored legislation that could help make New Jersey safer for walking and biking. New Jersey legislators are steadily advancing bills that would improve pedestrian and bicycle safety in the [...] Senator Frank R. Lautenberg Today, the tri-state region lost one of its most steadfast champions of sustainable transportation, New Jersey Senator Frank R. Lautenberg. Few people in the history of New Jersey have contributed more to the expansion and safety of the state’s rail network than Senator Lautenberg. He worked tirelessly to revitalize Amtrak, [...] Across the United States, the suburbs have often been synonymous with affluence. But a new publication from Brookings titled Confronting Suburban Poverty highlights that “the poor population in America’s suburbs is growing faster than anywhere else in the country, surging 64 percent in the past decade [...] A New Jersey bill would allow neighborhoods to request lower speed limits on residential streets without sidewalks, which would improve safety for walking and cycling. | Photo: visualphotos.com How do you implement complete streets policies on low-volume streets in residential communities where it’s rare to find sidewalks, bike lanes or even shoulders? A [...] When Jersey City Mayor-elect Steven Fulop takes office, what types of transportation policies will he bring with him? | Photo: NJ.com Change is in the air in Jersey City. On Tuesday, City Councilmember Steven Fulop defeated incumbent Jerramiah Healy to become the next mayor of the Garden State’s second most populous city. This new development [...] “Alternative 2,” shows a continuous ramp that also widens a section of the Ben Franklin Bridge walkway that is currently very narrow. | Image: DRPA, Ammann & Whitney Last night, the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) outlined the three current design alternatives for the planned Ben Franklin Bridge pedestrian and bicyclist ramp and [...] NJ Transit advanced a plan to extend Hudson-Bergen Light Rail to Englewood last week. | Photo: The Jersey Journal “If Tenafly doesn’t want it, that’s OK. We’ll take it!” That was New Jersey Assemblyman Gordon Johnson’s reaction when the New Jersey Transit (NJT) Board of Directors voted to approve the study of a modified alternative [...]
According to the Federal Highway Administration, “[H]ighway and recreational facilities that fail to fully incorporate the needs of all users increase the likelihood of potential court settlements in favor of those who are excluded.” | Photo: Smart Growth America Ever since the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) adopted its Complete Streets policy in December 2009, [...] |
 
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