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Safe Streets for Every Student,
By Every Student
Our Goals:
Our Goals:
Vision Zero: We believe in a goal of zero traffic fatalities. Our focus is on data-driven safety improvements across New Hampshire + Massachusetts.
Student Advocacy: Empowering the next generation to reclaim their streets and demand safer routes to school and campus.
Modern Infrastructure + Education: Promoting the implementation of protected bike lanes, raised crosswalks, and pedestrian-first urban design, in addition to public education campaigns and SRTS in every school.
We are advocating for communities where roads are welcoming, accessible, and designed for people, no matter how they get around.
We are advocating for communities where roads are welcoming, accessible, and designed for people, no matter how they get around.
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Join us as we explore tangible ways to improve our streets. Whether it’s looking deeper into advocacy or researching a city or a topic, we are here to share this journey with you!
Our Latest Work
Our Latest Work
Taking Advocacy to the Capital
Taking Advocacy to the Capital
We brought the needs of young commuters directly to federal lawmakers. Our team engaged in critical lobby meetings to influence the future of transit and safety:
Rep. Chris Pappas’s Office: We advocated for TDM (Transportation Demand Management) Reauthorization, ensuring that federal policy supports more innovative, more efficient ways for people to get around without relying solely on private vehicles.
Sen. Maggie Hassan’s Office: We pushed for the funding and installation of SRTS (Safe Routes to School) coordinators, a vital step in protecting the most vulnerable members of our communities.
Representing Youth in NH's State House
Representing Youth in NH's State House
Serving as a Youth Representative on the Governor’s Highway Safety Task Force, I had the opportunity to present to a Republican-led panel. We framed SRTS education not just as a “biking issue,” but as a systemic solution to New Hampshire’s ongoing drunk driving crisis by providing youth with safer, alternative ways to navigate their towns.
E-Bike & E-Moto Youth Safety in MA
E-Bike & E-Moto Youth Safety in MA
After a tragic death in Stoneham, we prepared policy briefs to bring before State Rep. Day & State Sen. Lewis that represent the district of the crash, primarily recommending an increase in enforcement of current laws, along with new regulations on e-bike marketing.
Presenting on Academic Advocacy in Action
Presenting on Academic Advocacy in Action
At the National Youth Bike Summit in Roxbury, MA, Gerard Glover led a workshop on Academic Activism. By bridging the gap between student research and real-world infrastructure changes, much as Complete Streets at Pitt does, we are proving that students are not just users of the road but architects of its future.
Coming soon, Jacob Bikes will be presenting with Laura Pauls-Thomas on a featured panel to discuss effective coalition building, building on the concepts that Gerard presented on Academic Advocacy in Boston. We’ll be sharing strategies for bringing diverse stakeholders together, with a specific focus on empowering young people to take a seat at the table where infrastructure and policy decisions are made.
Collaboration with Halifax Regional Council
Collaboration with Halifax Regional Council
Following our deep dive into the political struggle over the Morris Street bike lane, we collaborated directly with Councillor Laura White (District 7) to ensure our case study fully captures the municipal perspective. While initially framed as a total provincial defeat, Councillor White helped us clarify that the story is actually one of strategic municipal compromise. We’ve updated our analysis to reflect how internal negotiations nearly saved the project with a "tactical" compromise and how Halifax is now entering a one-year re-evaluation phase on Morris St.
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