goHunterdon: Promoting Sustainable Transportation

Serving Hunterdon County, NJ | Phone: (908) 788-5553 | About Us

Promoting Sustainable Transportation

Serving Hunterdon County, NJ
Phone: (908) 788-5553 | About Us

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Be Visible

Being visible is an important part of being a safe pedestrian! Watch this video from Australia’s Science Channel. Then, create and decorate a reflective vest using a yellow highlighter to indicate the reflective strips.

Take It Outside!Go outside into your yard or driveway at night with a flashlight. Shine a light on different items that may have a reflector, reflective tape or lettering. (street signs, mailbox numbers, your bicycle, stop for pedestrian signs, etc.) You can see for yourself reflective materials help you to be visible and increase safety.

Resources

Watch the VideoSafety Vest Coloring SheetWalking Safety: Item Search Activity

External links are being provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by goHunterdon of any of the products, services or opinions of the corporation or organization or individual. goHunterdon bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality, or content of the external site or for that of subsequent links. Contact the external site for answers to questions regarding its content. Age ranges are only provided for reference. Your child’s capability and interests may differ.

"Take it Outside" activities are only suggestions. Parents and guardians should determine if children/families can maintain sufficient social distancing before allowing children to go outside. Children should obtain permission from a parent or guardian before drawing on driveways, patios, or sidewalks.

Other Walking Activities

Ages 5-10

I Spy: Pedestrian Safety Signs

Ages 5-6

Watch Out: On the Road

Ages 5-9

Walk this Way!

Ages 5-9

Walking School Bus

Ages 6-13

DIY Galaxy Sneakers

Ages 5-10

Red Hand, Walking Man Game

Ages 5-13

Pedestrian Safety Crossword Puzzle

Ages 5-7

Pedestrian Matching Game

Ages 5-13

Learning to Cross the Street

Ages 5-13

Using the Crosswalk

Safe Routes
To School

For more information about Safe Routes to School contact
Ryan Fisher
(908) 788-5553

Grant Assistance

Funding for federal Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Grant projects is administered by the NJ Department of Transportation Office of Local Aid.
state website

Infrastructure projects include the planning, design, and construction or installation of sidewalks, crosswalks, signals, traffic-calming, and bicycle facilities. County and municipal governments, school districts, schools, and nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply to the program.

The federal-aid provides federal-aid highway funds to State Departments of Transportation. The main objectives of the program are:

  • to enable and encourage children in grades K-8, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school;
  • to make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative, thereby encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age; and,
  • to facilitate the planning, development and implementation of projects and activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption and air pollution in the vicinity of schools.