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	Encouraging Walking and Bicycling through School Policies
	Students and parents often do not follow safe pedestrian behavior. By adopting school bicycle and walking policies, schools can lay the groundwork for better behavior by standardizing bicycle and pedestrian safety rules. More Details

Getting Kids to Wear Helmets

What can a community do to encourage more kids to obey the helmet law? Not wanting only to give tickets, some communities in New Jersey have turned traditional enforcement on its head by instead, focusing their efforts on positive reinforcement. More Details

Moving Forward with SRTS in New Jersey

Advancing SRTS in New Jersey while facing uncertainty at the federal level. More Details


	Striding for Gold in Hudson County
	Using a beat-up sneaker and some gold spray paint, Hudson Transportation Management Association (HTMA) is getting students in Hudson County fired up about walking through their Golden Sneaker program. More Details


	New Jersey DOT Adopts a Complete Streets Policy
	At the forefront of a national trend to encourage a safer, more accommodating, and more livable environment, New Jersey became one of the first ten states to make Complete Streets an official internal policy in December. More Details

Resource Spotlight: Operation Lifesaver

With over 1,000 miles of light and commuter rail and 2,463 miles of freight railroad crisscrossing the state, crossing rail road tracks is serious business. More Details

Safe Routes Scoop

Vol. 3, Issue 2, Winter 2010
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