Safe Routes to a Better Future
Last month, a horrific incident involving a bike rider took place in Kearny on Route 7 near Fish House Road. Thirty-two year-old Nour Boules, a GrubHub employee, was making a delivery run on a Friday...
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CALL FOR AN END TO TRAFFIC VIOLENCE IN NEW JERSEY
Support the Vision Zero NJ Alliance. Twice as many people bicycling are dead in NJ this year compared to last year. Our state has one of the worst records of pedestrian deaths. Each year, nearly 600...
View ArticleLooking Back on 2020 and Happy New Year!
A challenging year with a silver lining As the team at New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition settles down for the holiday season, we’d like to share with you some reflections on the whirlwind of this...
View ArticleLobby Day 2021 at the National Bike Summit
On March 3rd, NJBWC served as the New Jersey State Coordinator for virtual Lobby Day at the League of American Bicyclists’ National Bike Summit 2021. New Jersey advocates for bicycling and walking met...
View ArticleNJBWC welcomes two new members to its Advisory Board
Cyndi Steiner Cyndi served as the NJBWC’s executive director from July 2012 through June 2019, when family issues required her to take a part-time role and then to step down. Advocacy wins under...
View ArticleSAFE PASSING & SAFE SHARING A STEP CLOSER FOR NJ THANKS TO NJBWC AND ADVOCACY...
On May 20th, the New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition, along with our community partners, testified before the NJ Senate Law & Public Safety Committee, garnering unanimous support for a...
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Safe Passing Law S2208/A5570 Clears Senate 34-1 and Assembly 68-0, Now Heads...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 30, 2021 CONTACT Debra Kagan, Executive Director, NJ Bike & Walk Coalition: (201) 452-4087 John Boyle, Research Director, Bicycle Coalition of Greater...
View ArticleCongress Introduces Resolution to Reach Zero Traffic Deaths by 2050
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, July 28, 2021 CONTACT Sangeeta Badlani,Founder, Families for Safe Streets New Jersey & Nikhil Badlani Foundation sangeeta@nikhilbadlanifoundation.org,...
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Advocates for protecting non-motorist road users today celebrated the signing...
Advocates for protecting non-motorist road users today celebrated the signing of the NJ SAFE PASSING BILL by Gov. Phil Murphy. New Jersey to join 42 other states with safe passing laws designed to...
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Bike 2 Trenton: Over 150 Cyclists Participate in 58-Mile Cycling Event from...
Photo: Tony Turner Photography, courtesy of the Essex-Hudson Greenway Coalition On Sunday, September 26th more than 150 cyclists set out to take on the nearly 60-mile ride from Newark to the State...
View ArticleTeam4NJ Safe Passing Law Receives 2021 New Jersey Complete Streets Champion...
The Team4NJ Safe Passing Law under NJBWC was honored to receive a Complete Streets Champion Award at the 2021 New Jersey Complete Streets Summit – awarded for the tireless work and determination that...
View ArticleNJBWC Welcomes New Board Member Peter Yacobellis
Peter Yacobellis lives in Montclair, NJ where he serves on the Township Council in an at-large capacity and as the Founder and President of Out Montclair, the town’s LGBTQ+ community organization....
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Community Traffic Safety Program Coordinator, Andy Anderson, Says Goodbye to...
I remember my first Bike & Walk summit held at Rutgers University. I was invited to speak on pedestrian safety but quickly learned that most of the attendees were bike people. It was then that I...
View ArticleNo More Ghost Bikes: The Story of a Bike Crash Survivor
As we approach the 2021 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic victims on November 21st, NJBWC is publishing this guest blog that features a recent vehicle-to-bicycle crash in New Jersey which...
View ArticleState of New Jersey to Secure Purchase Rights for Former Rail Line to Create...
State to Allocate $65 Million to Acquire Former Railway Property for Transformational Linear Park Project Northern New Jersey – November 12, 2021 – After decades of local advocacy and outreach and...
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Press Release: Statement from Vision Zero New Jersey Alliance on Murphy...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2022 Contact: Janna Chernetz, Deputy Director, Tri-State Transportation Campaign (609) 271-0778, janna@tstc.org Sonia Szczesna, Director of Active Transportation,...
View ArticlePress Release: NEW NJ SAFE PASSING LAW Protecting All Who Share the Roads...
NEW NJ SAFE PASSING LAW Protecting All Who Share the Roads Takes Effect Today Law sets guidelines to prevent the near misses, injuries and deaths suffered by the most vulnerable road users after NJ...
View ArticleCongress Introduces Resolution to Reach Zero Traffic Deaths by 2050
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, July 28, 2021 CONTACT Sangeeta Badlani,Founder, Families for Safe Streets New Jersey & Nikhil Badlani Foundation sangeeta@nikhilbadlanifoundation.org,...
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Advocates for protecting non-motorist road users today celebrated the signing...
Advocates for protecting non-motorist road users today celebrated the signing of the NJ SAFE PASSING BILL by Gov. Phil Murphy. New Jersey to join 42 other states with safe passing laws designed to...
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Bike 2 Trenton: Over 150 Cyclists Participate in 58-Mile Cycling Event from...
Photo: Tony Turner Photography, courtesy of the Essex-Hudson Greenway Coalition On Sunday, September 26th more than 150 cyclists set out to take on the nearly 60-mile ride from Newark to the State...
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