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Governor Corzine awards Safe Routes to School, Safe Streets to Transit grants

Reiterating his commitment to improving pedestrian safety, Governor Jon S. Corzine today announced that the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) will award $4 million in Safe Routes to School grants and $2 million in Safe Streets to Transit grants.

“These programs are critical components of New Jersey’s five year pedestrian safety program.” Governor Jon S. Corzine said. “Providing kids and commuters with safe facilities to walk and ride their bikes can encourage mass transit use, improve quality of life and prevent childhood obesity.”

Read the rest of the NJDOT press release here.

The Safe Routes to School grantees are listed here.

The Safe Streets to Transit grantees are listed here.




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Sep 10, 2010 - 07:58 PM

Did you know? The highest speed ever achieved on a bicycle is 268.831 km/h (167.043 mph), by Fred Rompelberg (The Netherlands) at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, on October 3, 1995. Rompelberg reached this speed while drafting behind a slipstream vehicle.

-- Guinness Book of World Records
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PABikeRtLPocopsonSBnd1 (Looking south bound on Bike PA Rt L to the crossroads at Pocopson PA)
PABikeRtLPocopsonSBnd1 (Looking south bound on Bike PA Rt L to the crossroads at Pocopson PA)
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