Grants to Improve Pedestrian Safety in North Jersey Following Spate of Fatalities
In recent legislative developments, two significant acts aim to enhance pedestrian safety and improve transportation infrastructure for non-motorized travelers.
In recent legislative developments, two significant acts aim to enhance pedestrian safety and improve transportation infrastructure for non-motorized travelers.
The streets we walk on are becoming increasingly dangerous for pedestrians, and the vehicles that share these spaces with us are not helping.
Most people have fond childhood memories of dressing up in costume and going trick-or-treating around their neighborhood on Halloween. The fun doesn't stop after you pass the age when it's acceptable to knock on strangers' doors and beg for candy. Every year, countless teenagers, college students and adults participate in Halloween revelry, giving out candy «more»
I recently returned from a family vacation in Europe where busy streets were over-crowded with tourists and pedestrians and miniature smart cars and Vespas zoomed in and out of crowded intersections and streets.
The last two years on New Jersey roads have not been what anyone would describe as safe. In terms of automotive fatalities, though, the roads have only gotten more dangerous for New Jersey’s most vulnerable road users – pedestrians, cyclists, skateboarders and scooter riders.
As the year 2021 concludes and the final reports from law enforcement and road safety organizations are tallied, an indisputable fact arises from the data: New Jersey’s roads are getting more dangerous, especially for cyclists and pedestrians.
Over the past ten years, there has been a nationwide trend of increasing pedestrian deaths in automotive accidents, with pedestrian fatalities increasing by 46 percent from 2010 to 2019. However, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic doubled down on this alarming trend and presented analysts with the Governors Highway Safety Association with the largest single-year «more»
Liability is a legal consent for the party that is responsible for causing an accident. Determining who is responsible for an accident can be the most important part of a personal injury claim in in New Jersey. If you cannot determine who caused an accident, you will never know who to make a claim against. «more»
Thousands of pedestrians are injured and killed by cars throughout New Jersey each year. When pedestrians are injured automobile accidents, they are entitled to compensation for their injuries. However, in order to recover compensation, the injury victim’s attorney identify all parties who be responsible for causing the victim’s injuries. Obviously, that begins with the negligent «more»
In New Jersey, the number one cause of fatal car accidents during 2018 was distracted driving. In fact, distracted driving caused more fatal crashes than DWIs or speeding accidents. The good news is that less motorists are driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The bad news is that motorists are driving while distracted «more»