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The new Speedway Elementary School was built near two busy roads and the Garden State Parkway. As previously reported in MTR, the new Speedway Elementary School was built along two very busy roadways and near ramps for the Garden State Parkway, without a playground or safe access to a large park across the street. The [...] Speedway Elementary School in Newark (seen under construction in this photo) is at the intersection of two major roads that feed into and off of the Garden State Parkway. We learn some of our most important lessons in elementary school: how to share, how to read, how to study. For the students slated to move [...] This time, it's personal: Widening Route 21 would impact properties on the west side of the road (on the left in the photo) — including my house. The following is a first-person account by TSTC general counsel Kyle Wiswall. Tri-State often works with victims of unnecessary road projects. But this is the first time one of [...] In parts of Newark, walking to and from school can mean dealing with unsafe traffic, violent crime, and a general lack of infrastructure. Many communities that receive federal Safe Routes to School grants are looking to encourage more students to walk and bike to school through programs like the “walking school bus.” However, in urban [...] Mayor Cory Booker and Newark residents meet for the Brick City Bike Collective's first ride. (Zoe Baldwin contributed to this story.) Founded in June, the Brick City Bike Collective (BCBC) recently hit Newark’s streets, with Mayor Cory Booker joining the group for its first ride on August 7th. Since the middle of the last century, Newark has [...] High school students in the Newark Youth Leadership Project were asked if they knew someone who had been hit by a vehicle. This was their response. “Who in this room personally knows someone who has been hit by a car?” Tri-State’s Zoe Baldwin asked a classroom of the 45 high school students interning as part [...] The approximate locations of NJ Transit's major bus projects. (Springfield Ave. GoBus is already running; the others are being implemented or studied.) An expansion of Newark’s GoBus service is only the first of many bus projects NJ Transit has in the works, TSTC learned after a recent meeting with agency staff. Statewide bus plans include [...] Sometimes it becomes very clear why many people don’t trust government. When government agencies and officials are slow to respond, give incorrect information, or just don’t perform the duties charged to them by the public, the result is the loss of public trust. Here are three recent examples — two which Tri-State directly experienced, and [...] The town of Brookhaven will use its grant for an environmental review of its plan to develop around the Ronkonkoma LIRR station. A community visioning process to identify ways to reuse the old Department of Public Works site next to the Ossining Train Station. Changing city ordinances to allow denser development at key locations along Newark’s [...] Newark will install a red-light camera at the intersection of Raymond Blvd. and Broad St. In January of this year, the New Jersey Legislature passed a bill allowing municipalities to join a pilot program that will install red light cameras at key intersections throughout the state. Taking an important step forward, NJDOT announced last week [...] |
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