Asbury Park Complete Streets Coalition
Transportation Equity in Our City
The initiative is a part of the recently launched Mayor’s Wellness Committee, organized in collaboration with the school district, Alliance for a Healthier Asbury Park, Hackensack Meridian Health, and EZ Rides’ Safe Routes to School team.
http://asburyparksun.com/walk-to-school-day-at-thurghood-marshall-elementary/
Let’s go for a bike ride around Asbury Park!
Sponsored by Asbury Park Cyclery, with a safety check beforehand.
http://nyc.streetsblog.org/2017/04/24/a-little-rain-didnt-stop-new-yorkers-from-enjoying-the-car-free-streets-this-weekend/
Within several months Asbury Park’s Transportation Planner Mike Manzella has helped to make city streets safer. “Stop for Pedestrian” signs (also known as bollards) have been placed at intersections along the dangerous length of Memorial Dr, and additionally at 40 other city intersections with recorded pedestrian-involved crashes. Literally life transforming.
“Interviews with the mayor, city planners, and enthusiastic citizens give insight into how the city is working to reach its impressive goal. We also get a cool glimpse into how city-wide construction is ripping up roads to make way for wider bike lanes and pedestrian walkways in this future-minded city.”
https://www.inverse.com/article/30381-oslo-norway-no-cars-plan
Bike share coming for Memorial Day!
The city is doing great work on creative ideas for transit alternatives.
Bike corral on Cookman! We’re seeing commitment from the city to become accommodating to bicyclists. A big thanks to our Transportation Manager!
“…this ought to be a signal that road diets, which have been shown to greatly improve safety and encourage walking and cycling, don’t have anything approaching the kinds of adverse effects on travel that highway engineers usually predict.”
https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/04/what-happened-to-atlantas-carmageddon/521805/
Following a recent thread on Next Door Asbury Park, this article helps to clear up the perception of “bicyclist scofflaws”.
“It would be safe to say that almost 100 percent of roadway users break traffic laws. Yet the general public’s perception of lawbreaking behavior by drivers and bicyclists is vastly different—at least if you listen to talk radio or read the comments section to online news stories.”
