Woodbine Recognized As Complete Streets Community

WOODBINE – The Borough of Woodbine was recognized at the networking luncheon and recognition ceremony at the 2013 New Jersey Complete Streets Summit held at Rutgers University on Oct. 21 for its accomplishment as a Complete Streets Community. As a recipient of this award, the Borough was cited for its understanding of the economic, public health, and mobility benefits of Complete Streets.
Event partners included the New Jersey Department of Transportation, the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, the New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center, the Federal Highway Administration, and the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association.
The annual conference benchmarks and celebrates efforts by New Jersey’s state and local governments to improve the safety and attractiveness of our public roads for all users of all abilities.
The Complete Streets movement is about institutionalizing the principles of accommodating transit-riders, pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists while making the roads safe for children, the elderly, and the disabled as well as able-bodied adults.
In 2010, the National Complete Streets Coalition ranked The New Jersey Department of Transportation’s Complete Streets policy as the best policy in the nation.
“The Borough is one of 70 municipalities and 5 counties in New Jersey to have passed a local Complete Streets policy, helping to ensure that roadway projects throughout the Borough consider the needs of all road users. Over the years, the Borough has been extremely proactive in securing funds to improve its municipal roadways, provide sidewalks and pedestrian trails, and develop bikeways throughout the community. All of these actions are compatible with the goals of a Complete Streets Program,” added Mayor Pikolycky.