City Completes Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Plan

The city completed its Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, which is funded by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and was drafted by consulting firm RBA Group, according to a press release sent out by City Spokesman Juan Melli. 

Based on input from, the RBA consultants drafted a plan. Bycicle safety and the addition of more bike lanes have been priorities of Mayor Dawn Zimmer (a fervent biker herself). 

Here are the top 10 tips from the study:

1. Safe Routes to School + “Walking School Bus” Programs
2. Install pedestrian countdown signal heads (especially along Washington Street)
3. Redesign Observer Highway to function more like a boulevard than a thru-highway
4. Add high-visibility/ergonomic crosswalks throughout the city
5. Pedestrian Scramble aka “Barnes Dance” (all-direction/diagonal pedestrian crossing at high-volume downtown intersections near Hoboken Terminal)
6. Painted crosswalks (at high-volume downtown intersections near Hoboken Terminal)
7. Raised intersections (along 15th Street between Garden St and Hudson Street)
8. “Pedestrian Decoy” operations
9. School Zone speed limit signage
10. Comprehensive citywide wayfinding system

More information about the plan can be found on the city's website.