Asbury Park Moves Forward With Street Smart Initiatives
Campaign emphasizes pedestrian safety as students return to school
Asbury Park will be kicking off a Street Smart pedestrian safety initiative Wednesday by hosting a news conference at its Transportation Center, located at 1 Municipal Plaza.
Asbury Park adopted a complete streets policy in 2017. It has been working with EZ Ride Transportation Management Association and North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority [NJTPA] in making the roadways safe for all who use them.
Speakers at the 11 a.m. event will include Monmouth County Freeholder Director and NJTPA Board Member Thomas A. Arnone, Mayor John Moor, EZ Ride’s Lisa Lee, who manages the bike & pedestrian safety programs, the safe routes to school initiative and their Ride TMA.
Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey Vice President Wendy Berk, NJTPA’s Director of Planning Zenobia Fields, and Government Affairs’ Director David Behrend will also participate.
Organizers say the campaign will work to emphasize pedestrian safety in the community, particularly as students return to school.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration pedestrian fatality rate is the nearly double the national average. New Jersey was ranked 17 in the nation in 206 for pedestrian fatalities; with 824 pedestrians killed statewide, more than 22,000 injured between 2013-2017, and pedestrian deaths accounting for 28.5 percent of all crash-related fatalities from 2013-2017.
For more information about the Street Smart NJ initiative, visit bestreetsmartnj.org.
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