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Ridgewood NJ, Wednesday nights presentation by the village engineer and resident Jeanne Johnson on the availability of a grant for the purpose of pedestrian safety and alternate transit opportunities ( bikes) for municipalities. Better stop lights, bike lanes, refuge islands etc. Mayor Knudsen felt that she would need more information as there had been many complaints regarding the Garber Square do to the so called improvements ie “traffic easing” and “suicide bike lane”. The council will read the plans and come to a decision. The grant application is due November 10th.
Jeanne Johnson actually had the audacity to say that she regularly sees bikers using the “bike lane to and from nowhere,” and to blame all of the complaints about it on the fact that “there was a new Village Council and new Village Manager at the same time?” Hello Jeanne: What have you been smoking lately. The Garber Square bike lane is useless.
Jeanne Johnson claimed she has many photos of people using the bike lane under the railroad tracks??? You take your life in your hands if you use it. I would like to see her MANY photos.
Rutishauser was unwilling to show the plan to the council for the new bike lanes, even when the mayor asked for the plan. Too large to print. Too large to burn onto a disc. Too large to email. What the heck? He wanted them to approve a plan without seeing the plan? For real? And then when the Mayor asked him what happened to the suggestions for the grant that she and other council members had submitted to him he just said that the suggestions were no good and he dismissed them.
But then a reader asked the obvious ,In what capacity was Jeanne Johnsohn sitting with the village engineer? What’s her qualification and has village hired her to be a consultant?
Not only have I never seen a single cyclist on it, but what I have seen instead is a far greater number of cyclists going through the pedestrian underpass as a way of getting from one side of town to the other. Fortunately, most of them dismount and wheel their cycles through the tunnel, but I’ve barely avoided being struck by a few who ride through as I turn the tunnel’s corner.
Show us the photos Jeanne.
Unwilling to show the Council the plan? Huh? Doesn’t he work for them? In the private sector, his ass would be grass.
Well now, there’s an asinine move. Ask your bosses to approve your plan but refuse to show it to them. What a buffoon.
Who’s in charge here?
The village engineer seems to think he needs to lobby for spending tax dollars on useless projects to justify his job. Here’s an idea: eliminate the job and that salary and then the spending on Bike Lanes to Nowhere can be eliminated too. I bet the village could then afford a new traffic light in Garber Sq with a left turn signal from W. Ridgewood Ave with the savings and the whole village would benefit.
Note that the painted icon has one arm and no hands or feet, and its head has been separated from its body. A warning?
Butinsky .
Still waiting to see those photos Jeanne.
Council members should have had the report in their hands at the meeting. Lame excuses from the engineer. Two strikes for him during Wednesday meeting. One more screw up should result in his dismissal.
This is a new low for The Blog. Jesus. Get off your lazy ass and bike through it. It really is not that hard. I do it all of the time. Not fearful at all.
you are full of BS
Those tight bike pants you ware must be cutting the blood flow to your brain 8:17