Asbury Park Complete Streets Coalition
Transportation Equity in Our City
“The best trick the auto industry has pulled has been convincing the American public that walking and cycling cannot coexist.” Modacity We’ve all heard it, and maybe expressed it ourselves: “those bike riders are dangerous on sidewalks, ride the wrong way on the street, and scare/endanger people walking…” there’s a sense of fear, antagonism, and chaos …
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City officials and law enforcement (and the rest of us) have been taken in by the auto industry for a long time…so long and so effectively that we are influenced that people on bikes (in this case kids on bikes) are so dangerous to elicit a statement like the one in this this blog post. …
This is a big deal to begin making effective change in slowing traffic speeds and saving lives. #slowthecars. First, we need to understand how traffic speeds have been set by the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (NCUTCD) . On any given street or road speed limits have been set according to the highest speed …
Neglecting to name a driver of a vehicle, or to describe an incident with details of negligence on the part of the victim perpetuates car culture, and the increasing numbers of traffic injuries and deaths of the most vulnerable road users. Language and Perception matters. What are crash report articles really saying? “Inclusion or exclusion …
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If a city is designed from point of view of kids the city will function for everyone. A city’s spaces designed WITH kids, rather than spaces designed by adults FOR kids: Adults tend to think of kids as “future citizens” — their ideas and opinions will matter someday, just not today. But kids make up …
Let’s Rethink What a ‘Bike Lane’ Is How about “light individual transport lane”? “LIT” Andrew Small Aug 24, 2018 “…trying to think of the correct new term for “bike lane” as we proliferate more vehicle types that run more or less at the speed and width of bicycles but are clearly not bicycles, such as electric …
Car manufacturers are getting smart, focusing beyond the industry of building cars, and it’s great news! Ford is acknowledging that there’s a demand for infrastructure for various modes of transportation, and that they need to communicate and work together. From Marcy Klevorn, Ford Executive Vice President and President, Mobility: Optimizing at this system level requires …
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FROM Cyndi Steiner Executive Director New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition www.njbwc.org 973-886-4142 URGENT message: S2894- the bill NJBWC has been working on for a year now- is NOT on the schedule for Monday’s (Nov., 20, 2017) Senate Budget Committee vote. This bill will require the MVC to include bike & pedestrian safety in the …
Sound familiar? “…these eight words, which I call the eight most unhelpful words in the English language: “We could never do that in our city.” Asbury Park, we have a lot to do. Let’s not “pull the bandaid off too slowly.” #apcompletestreets Brent Toderian: Don’t “Balance” Modes — Prioritize Walking, Biking, and Transit