Resources
Princeton News
January 28, 2025
League of American Bicyclists awards Princeton Silver level Bicycle Friendly Community Award for 2025
January 6, 2025
December Crashes in Princeton
December 10, 2024
November Crash Data: Princeton Police Report
October 25, 2024
Police reports show where in Princeton cars are crashing into bicyclists and pedestrians
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.
August 5, 2021
Governor Phil Murphy signs the four-foot passing law
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.
January 18, 2025
UK’s 20mph speed limits ‘are cutting car insurance costs’ as there are fewer crashes and lower claims.
January 6, 2025
Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment in bike lanes
… 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.”
Rules, Regulations, Guides
NJDOT Pedestrian Laws
NJDOT Bicycle Laws
NJ Rules on e-bikes and e-scooters
FHWA Pedestrian Lighting Primer, April 2022
Rutgers Pedestrian Scale Lighting Brochure, October 2019 (PDF)