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A small nonprofit with New Jersey roots delivers more than just transportation. Bikes are a way of life in New York City, but 7,000 miles away in the rural villages of southeastern Africa, a bicycle can be the difference between life and death, or education and dropout.

The NJ Transit board of directors has approved the agency’s contract with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, after learning some of the key provisions of the deal. The board’s unanimous vote on Thursday, July 17, ends a years-long dispute between NJ Transit and its engineers that included a brief strike in May.

Plans call for the speed limit on Main Street from MacArthur Avenue to Washington Road to be reduced from 30 mph to 25 mph. Middlesex County has officially approved the change, so the next step is Borough Council approval. An ordinance is scheduled to be introduced at the July 21 meeting.