New Providence, New Jersey

Safer routes for everyday trips.

Bike Walk New Providence is a local resource for families and neighbors working to make walking, biking, and e-biking safer, easier, and more normal for everyday trips around town.

Bike rack full of children's bikes at Salt Brook Elementary School on a sunny June day
Bikes at Salt Brook Elementary School in June
Dozens of children bike to school despite absent bike infrastructure, requiring kids to either ride on the sidewalk or share congested streets with vehicles.

What we're focused on

01

Safer school travel

More kids walking, biking, scootering, and e-biking to school — with routes, crossings, and arrival areas that families can actually trust.

02

Better crossings & sidewalk connections

Small, specific fixes to the crossings and missing sidewalk segments that quietly push every trip into a car.

03

Practical bike routes for families

A connected, low-stress network linking neighborhoods to schools, downtown, parks, the library, and transit.

Why this matters

Most of our trips are already short.

New Providence is compact, relatively flat, and full of short local trips — to school, downtown, parks, the library, transit, and recreation. For many families, the barrier isn't distance. It's confidence in street safety.

This is not anti-car

Most families will still need to drive much of the time. The goal is to make walking and biking safer and more realistic for short local trips — so residents have more options, not fewer.

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