February 2016 - Greater Mercer TMA

In Bicycling, Design, Land Use, Policy, Public Health, Safety, Transit, Transportation

Posted February 25, 2016

What is Vision Zero?

Sweden knows a thing or two about safe streets; they have the safest streets in the world. That is why their approach to reducing traffic fatalities, Vision Zero, was adopted in other countries [...]

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Posted February 17, 2016

GMTMA Third Annual Safe Routes to School Bookmark Contest

Greater Mercer TMA’s (GMTMA) third annual Safe Routes to School Bookmark Design contest is now underway. Mercer County and Ocean County students in third through fifth grade are eligible to show [...]

By Greater Mercer TMA

In Bike to work, Transit, Transportation, Walking

Posted February 11, 2016

Love Yourself – Make Your Commute Better

The average American spends more than 50 minutes each day commuting to and from work. If you live in NJ and commute to NY or Philadelphia, you probably spend more than 50 minutes one way. This [...]

By Greater Mercer TMA

In Public Health, Transit, walk and bike to school, Walking

Posted February 4, 2016

February is Heart Month, Your Yearly Reminder to Love your Heart

February is Heart Month. The American Heart Month and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Million Hearts launched the Million Hearts Initiative in 2012. The initiative aims to prevent 1 [...]