Does Hoboken Have Too Many Red Lights?

If you’re frustrated with the red light situation in Hoboken, you are in good company.

While stop lights are one of the necessary evils of commuting, they don’t guarantee safety for pedestrians or cooperation from drivers.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, red-light running is the number one cause of urban crashes. Furthermore in 2013, approximately 127,000 people were injured in red-light related accidents.

In August 2015, the National Coalition for Safer Roads released an interactive safety map that would allow users to see the number of red-light running deaths in their area as part of the group’s ‘Stop on Red’ initiative.

At Patch, we appreciate that our readers and motorists know the stop lights in Hoboken best. We asked you on Facebook how you felt about the red lights in our area. Could Hoboken use more red lights? Are there too many? What intersections need a stop light, or can get rid of one?

Here’s what readers said on social media:

• “Too many entitled drivers who do not obey the law.”

• “I will say I am seeing more police action thanks to Chief Ferrante. I’d like to see more speed traps in Hoboken. DUI checkpoints at 1 a.m. to 4 a.m. If we post two cops at Willow and Newark, we will catch drivers who fly through the stop signs daily.”

• “Never once have I seen a pedestrian or bicyclist ticketed.”

Is there a red light in Hoboken you can’t stand? Is there an intersection that could desperately use a red light? Let us know on Facebook.