Report: Maplewood on Cutting Edge of Bike Use in NJ

Maplewood is helping to set the benchmark for municipal bicycle use, according to a report from the New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center (BRPC).

Using data from 60 cities and towns in New Jersey taken from 2013 to 2014, researchers compared metrics such as municipal level of spending on bicycling, city bicycle policies, and implementation of programs such as Safe Routes to Schools and Complete Streets.

As part of their research, Maplewood was noted for having two of its schools – Seth Boyden Elementary and Tuscan Middle School – win Bronze medals in the Safe Routes to School Recognition Program in 2013 and 2014.

The study also found that:

• Out of 11,651 Maplewood workers that are over 16 years old, 0.1 percent bike to work
• Maplewood spent about $5,000 in bike infrastructure in 2013, or about 21 cents per capita
• Maplewood was one of only six municipalities in the study to report spending on bicycle education in 2013 ($1,000, or 15 cents per capita)
• Maplewood has over two miles of bicycle route infrastructure
• Maplewood has 67.7 miles of roadway with on-street bicycle lanes

Read the full report online here.