NEWS! The 14th Annual NJ Bike Walk Summit! March 29th. And NOTIFICATION: Your invitation to attend the first Target Zero Commission meeting, or submit comment,

The 2025 NJ Bike And Walk Summit will be an exciting event!

Saturday, March 29, 2025 at Princeton University.


Hope you’ll join us as we continue to learn and to advocate for equitable, safe mobility for all road users, especially the most vulnerable.

Register here:  https://njbwc.org/summit-2025/ 

Keynote speakers include:
Fran K. O’Connor, NJ Department of Transportation

Charles L. Marohn Jr., founder and president of Strong Towns, and named one of the 10 Most Influential Urbanists of all time.

Hope to see you there!

 

Notification: Your invitation
The public is invited to the first meeting of NJ’s first-in-the-nation Target Zero Commission is tomorrow morning at 10am
 
If you can’t make it in person, you can also leave a written comment by March 21st.
See details:
What: Target Zero Commission First Meeting
When: Thursday, March 6th, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Where: NJ Transit Headquarters, Two Gateway, 283-299 Market Street, Newark, NJ 07102
*Note* Meeting attendees are required to obtain a guest pass from the 2 Gateway Security Desk, go through police security screenings, and then sign in for the meeting with staff at the reception table outside the Board Room. Please allow extra time.
Agenda:
  • Introduction of Commission Members
  • Safe System Approach Presentation
  • Public Comment
  • Next Steps
A member of the Governor’s Office will also be in the audience on Thursday; if you wish to attend and/or send a comment, please help us by completing this form so that we may know to expect you.The purpose of the public comment period is for the Commission to receive valuable information from the public on agenda matters, not answer questions.
  • Speakers must register to speak outside the Board Room when they arrive for the meeting.
  • Each individual speaker will have three (3) minutes to provide comments.
  • If representing an organization, one speaker will have five (5) minutes to provide comments for the organization.
  • Each speaker should tell the Commission their name, and if applicable, the organization they represent, before providing their comments.
Please note that written comments are also encouraged and will be accepted by the Commission. The Commission will give equal consideration to written comments as it does to those comments provided at the meeting.
Written comments may be submitted to targetzerocommission@dot.nj.gov by or before March 21, 2025. To read more about the agenda and public comment procedures for this meeting, please visit https://www.nj.gov/transportation/about/index_vision_zero.sh
Thank you for your continued support.
Onward!

Polli Schildge, Editor

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