Want to Improve Your Riding Skills?

Are you interested in improving your bicycling-in-traffic skills? What about your overall comfort with biking or knowledge of basic bike maintenance? A number of organizations offer classes targeted to teaching and improving these skill sets. For example, BikeNY conducts classes, many free of charge. These include mastering basic biking skills; becoming a “Savvy” cyclist, which focuses on teaching bike traffic skills and bike maintenance; and learning about bike commuting. Courses targeted to children are also offered.

 

The League of American Bicyclists offers a variety of classes taught in New Jersey by League Certified Instructors. Classes currently offered include “Traffic Skills 101” and “Group Riding Skills.”

 

Additionally, community groups such as Bike Montclair also often host bike education classes.

 

For more detailed information on bike education, refer to the following resources:

 

http://www.bikenewyork.org/
education/classes/index.html

 

http://www.bikeleague.org/

 

http://www.njbike.org/classes.html

 

http://www.bikemontclair.org/

NJDOT Update: Walking & Biking Projects

This year, the NJ Department of Transportation is supporting and implementing millions of dollars in bicycle and pedestrian improvements through the state’s transportation capital program and projects such as the Governor’s Pedestrian Safety Initiative.
 
Examples of successful projects now in progress or successfully completed through the Governor’s Pedestrian Safety Initiative include:

 

• Route 322 in Glassboro at Rowan University.  The NJDOT’s Office of Bicycle and Pedestrian Programs worked with Rowan University to reconstruct three pedestrian crossings to feature in-road warning lights with push button controls, high visibility markings and warning signs to create safer access to the campus, which is located along busy Route 322.
  
  
• Route 27 in Woodbridge.  The Office of Bicycle and Pedestrian Programs has been coordinating on pedestrian safety elements with NJ TRANSIT on its expansion of the Metropark Station train platform. A mid-block crossing will be installed near the entry/exit ramp for the new platform; the crossing will include a Rapid Rectangular Flashing Beacon warning system, enhanced crosswalk striping, curb ramps and sidewalk.  These improvements are