The viral video of Perth Amboy police officers confiscating bikes from a group of mostly Black and Hispanic teens and putting one of them in handcuffs this week renewed debate over the role police officers should play in enforcing low-level offenses like bicycle...
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Economic development in New Jersey — How COVID has expanded NJEDAs essential role
New programs and initiatives created by the New Jersey Economic Recovery Act are helping the state’s businesses quicken the pace and extent of economic improvement.
Bike and pedestrian danger: How the media, language, and poor policy shift blame and make accidents more likely
The use of certain language and the shift to victim-blaming by the media when reporting crashes, changes the dynamic from a public health issue to a personal issue.
Bike-Share Still Has a Race Problem
Charles Brown, a transportation expert at Rutgers University, says that one reason the programs have struggled to reach minorities is that minority groups have different traditions, languages and cultures but seem to be treated as one large entity by bike-share...
Annual Bike/Ped Summit to be held at Bloustein School, Feb. 21
The New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition and the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University will host the Sixth Annual NJ Bike & Walk Summit on Saturday, February 21 from 8:00...
Together North Jersey releases New Brunswick Ciclovia Evaluation report
Together North Jersey has announced the release of the final report for the “New Brunswick Ciclovia Evaluation” Local Government Capacity Grant, which documents and evaluates the overall success and effectiveness of the New Brunswick Ciclovia, first held on October 6,...
New “road diet” study by Voorhees Transportation Center could create a safer Livingston Avenue
A new research study from the Bloustein School’s Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, “Costs and Benefits of a Road Diet for Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick, New Jersey,” found that by including turning lanes and bike lanes will not only create safer streets for...
Penalosa and Pucher to discuss cycling, walking for sustainable cities, October 4
The Bloustein School’s Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center will present a discussion, Cycling and Walking for Healthy, Sustainable and Socially Just Cities, with internationally-recognized bicycling experts Guillermo ‘Gil’ Penalosa, Executive Director of the...
John Pucher on “Building a bicycling renaissance in Seattle”
In this weekend’s Seattle Times, EJB’s John Pucher discusses Seattle’s decline in bicycling. Once the vanguard of bicycling in North America with one of the highest commuting rates of any major city, Seattle has fallen greatly behind in the last two decades due to a...
Pucher sees Vancouver as a continental leader in cycling
Rutgers University professor John Pucher’s eyes light up when talking about the increasing popularity of cycling among North American commuters. The 62-year-old author and civic transportation expert has studied commuting infrastructure in cities around the world and...
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