Resources
Princeton News
January 28, 2025
League of American Bicyclists awards Princeton Silver level Bicycle Friendly Community Award for 2025
https://bikeleague.org/91-places-earned-bicycle-friendly-community-awards-in-2024/
January 6, 2025
December Crashes in Princeton
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/princeton/sections/police-and-fire/articles/december-crashes-2-pedestrians-hit-in-princeton-crosswalks-2-bicyclists-1-scooter-rider-struck-by-cars-6-drivers-run-stop-signs-6-crashes-due-to-weather
December 10, 2024
November Crash Data: Princeton Police Report
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/princeton/sections/police-and-fire/articles/november-crash-data-princeton-police-report-2-pedestrians-and-2-bicyclists-struck-by-cars-20-parked-cars-hit-by-other-cars
October 25, 2024
Police reports show where in Princeton cars are crashing into bicyclists and pedestrians
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/princeton/sections/government/articles/the-most-dangerous-place-for-princeton-s-pedestrians-on-a-crosswalk
Regional news
January 13, 2025
Governor Murphy Signs Legislation Creating Target Zero Commission with the goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries in New Jersey by 2040.
https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/562025/approved/20250113a.shtml
August 5, 2021
Governor Phil Murphy signs the four-foot passing law
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/politics/new-jersey/2021/08/05/pedestrian-safety-bill-gov-murphy-metuchen-nj-death/5428366001/
Details at NJDOT: https://njbikeped.org/new-jerseys-safe-passing-law/
“In 2009, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) passed a Complete Streets policy”
https://www.nj.gov/transportation/about/safety/completestreets.shtm
Research
January 23, 2025
In the first 12 days of congestion pricing in NYC there was a 51-percent drop in injuries and a 55-percent drop in crashes year over year.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/congestion-relief-zone-is-also-a-crash-relief-zone-data
January 18, 2025
UK’s 20mph speed limits ‘are cutting car insurance costs’ as there are fewer crashes and lower claims.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/jan/18/uk-20mph-speed-limits-car-insurance-costs-premiums
January 6, 2025
Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment in bike lanes
https://momentummag.com/paris-cycling-numbers-double/
… and that has reduced air pollution in Paris significantly.
Maps of NOx (related to air pollution) in Paris, 2007 – today
https://social.rebellion.global/@ExtinctionR/113700801697779795
October 8, 2024
“The [characteristics] of car crashes associated with COVID-19 was comparable to driving under the influence of alcohol at legal limits or driving with a seizure disorder.”
https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/01.wnl.0001051276.37012.c2
Rules, Regulations, Guides
NJDOT Pedestrian Laws
https://njbikeped.org/pedestrian-laws/
NJDOT Bicycle Laws
https://njbikeped.org/bicycle-laws/
NJ Rules on e-bikes and e-scooters
https://njbikeped.org/micromobility/
FHWA Pedestrian Lighting Primer, April 2022
https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/roadway_dept/night_visib/docs/Pedestrian_Lighting_Primer_Final.pdf
Rutgers Pedestrian Scale Lighting Brichure, October 2019
https://njbikeped.org/wp-content/uploads/Ped-Scale-Lighting-Brochure-2019.10.22.pdf
FWHA: Roundabouts are a proven safety countermeasure.
https://highways.dot.gov/safety/proven-safety-countermeasures/roundabouts