Meghan Grant , Staff Writer5:51 p.m. ET April 17, 2017
Rutherford will receive $368,000 and Ridgewood $400,000 in funding intended to make bicycling and walking to school safer for local children. The Department of Transportation announced its Safe Routes to School grant recipients last week.
Intended to encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school as a transportation alternative, the grants program facilitates the planning, development and implementation of projects that improve safety, reduce traffic and improve air quality through decreased fuel consumption around schools.
