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Ridgewood NJ, as previously reported on or about May 15, 2021, the Glenwood Road Hill will be closed while the NJ Department of Transportation and NJ Transit improve the railroad crossing at the Ho-Ho-Kus train station. This closure will last for approximately 30 days. When Glenwood Road reopens, it will be a one-way street, down the hill.
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Ridgewood NJ, at the Village Council meeting on Wednesday night the Council announced that the NJDOT is going forward and will make Glenwood Road one way eastbound in conjunction with renovations of Ho-Ho-Kus Railroad crossing. Construction to begin in Spring of 2021.
Continue reading NJDOT will make Glenwood Road one way Eastbound in Spring
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Ridgewood NJ, NJ TRANSIT buses, light rail and Access Link will operate on a regular weekday schedule for as long as weather and road conditions allow. Rail service will run on a Level 2 Severe Weather Schedule due to the predicted severe winter storm starting tomorrow. Customers should expect delays, detours and potential service cancellations if storm conditions intensify. Level 2 Severe Weather Schedules can be found by clicking here.
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Ridgewood NJ, Rutgers University in partnership with NJ TRANSIT has been selected for a grant award by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for its Safety Research and Demonstration Program. Rutgers University in cooperation with NJ TRANSIT received $357,000 to study pedestrian detection, one of ten grants awarded throughout the country.
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Ho-Ho-Kus NJ, NJ TRANSIT is reminding customers, drivers and pedestrians of the best ways to stay safe near railroad tracks and to always obey warning devices and signals.
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Ridgewood NJ, according to Boyd Loving in a Facebook post, ” It’s official. Barring approval of an estimated $4 million improvement project to widen Glenwood Road, that street will become one-way eastbound (vehicular traffic from Ridgewood to Ho-Ho-Kus only) within the next 6-12 months. The one-way change/designation for vehicles is being mandated by the NJDOT in conjunction with their plans to upgrade the NJ Transit grade level rail crossing at the bottom of the hill. Village and Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus elected officials fought NJDOT on the issue, but NJDOT is refusing to budge citing numerous safety hazards associated with the continuation of two-way vehicular traffic at the grade level rail crossing.”
“If the logic for closing the road or making it one-way is to reduce the risk of accidents from over-sized vehicles, then how about actually first making clear to drivers that this is a road for passenger vehicles only? I encourage you all to look at the signage at the top and bottom of Glenwood. You’ll see they’re all about as clear as a NYC parking sign. Moronic wording that nobody would read or decipher when turning onto the road. Who actually came up with these signs? Clowns?
Proper and clear signage – no words, pictures only – will dramatically cut down on any confused drivers from out of town. This should be the first step in addressing whatever concerns actually drive this issue.
The only other factor possibly behind the drive to make this a one-way road is the very clear anxiety among some of our collective neighbors about how to navigate their Yukon XLs down the twisty road with oncoming traffic. Wouldn’t it be easier for those drivers to simply take another route than to force this change on the rest of us?”
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Ridgewood NJ in 2017 the NJ Dept of Transportation evaluated the railroad crossing from the Upper Heights of Ridgewood to Ho-Ho-Kus via Glenwood Rd to Brookside Ave. Since 2013 the Ridgewood blog has presented close too 75 posts on various issues pertaining to Glenwood Road .
Continue reading We have been Down this Glenwood Road Before
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“This road has been in use for more than 200 years. Closing it is stupid. 40 years ago when the state had to repair the bridge over the Waldwick RR tracks this was the detour route. Closing it is stupid. The biggest problem is enforcement. People stopping at or on tracks to discharge passengers, trucks that are over the limit, idiots who don’t know how to drive slowing down on an uphill grade causing following cars to get stuck on the tracks, etc.”
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“The stats used by the state were obtained when Glen avenue was closed for the PSEG pipe upgrade that forced big trucks to find alternate routes. I’d bet it was the REASON NJDOT would not allow PSEG to excavate W. Glen ave under the trestle for the gas pipe upgrade, which required a longer road closure to ‘push’ pipes underneath. THEN they used this TIME to promote their agenda, which was to close Glenwood by forcing truck traffic off w.glen WITHOUT proper Temporary signage indicating the weight limits on that road. The only time there was temporary proper signage was the few days waldwick PD did some details at the intersection of w.glen and monroe with their temporary sign. The bureacrats at NJ DOT scammed us on this one BIG TIME. I have lived here and driven that hill since the late 1960s and its a very RARE occasion that a truck requires assistance after IGNORING the signs. PS.. The dumb ass village sign was 1/2 down the hill so a truck wouldnt read it until IT WAS ALREADY stuck. Its since been moved to a more appropriate location. So if the bureacrats at the state are successful with this stupid proposal, RPD will need to add a permanent post on W. glen ave to deal with all of the accidents of vehicles making left turns onto w. glen after heading south on Upper Blvd, Hillcrest, and Heights, all of who would otherwise use the glenwood road crossing. The traffic at the intersection of maple and w. glen will be backed up with all the extra traffic. Its bad enough now that the traffic eastbound is backed up to oak street on w. glen during busy times. Actions have consequences. Most don’t recall when the state shut down the racetrack road light/exit on RT 17, it displaced all that traffic into the walthery ave neighborhood from linwood to glen. that used to be a nice quiet street. now they have signs prohibiting RH turns from linwood west into walthery, pershing etc for the after 4pm time. This bone headed idea will displace an orderly flow of traffic *except for the few morons who cant drive* and create problems elsewhere”
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“I drive up and down this road every morning as I take my kid to school. It is fine. I have done it for years and never had a problem. It is a big time saving shortcut. It mostly serves upper RW, HHK sees no benefit from using it. I have never heard of anyone head on collisions, people getting hit etc. Drivers respect each other most of the time. If the problem is with commercial drivers then just put a huge sign that says “No commercial driving. Fine $500. ” and that’s that. And police can also survey the area more often for violators. Closing either direction is just stupid. It fixes NOTHING and only creates problems. Those who can’t use the road anymore will fly down Maple to compensate for the time lost by nor being able to use the shortcut. Knuckleheads will be knuckleheads no matter how much you try to control them.
@Felipe. Majority of HHK station parking lot is used by RW residents.”
Some random musings…
What’s the rationale behind closing this road? Too many auto accidents? Too many vehiclular deaths? Too many pedestrian injuries? Too expensive to maintain? Too many stuck trucks? Who benefits from the closing? Remember, It’s ALWAYS all about the money. Figure out who’s making more money or who’s spending less if the road’s been closed, and you’ll know why it happens.
Continue reading Reader asks , “Who benefits from the closing(Glenwood Road)?”
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Ridgewood NJ ,Village of Ridgewood Mayor Ramon M Hache said on Facebook.”Just an update on the NJDOT plan to change Glenwood Road to a one way street at the bottom of the hill leading into Ho-Ho-Kus. I have personally reached out to Gov. Murphy’s office to seek his support in pushing back on the NJDOT plan. Not only do I disagree with their plan, the NJDOT did not properly inform the Village and have failed to exhaust all available and logical options. Furthermore, I believe the NJDOT failed to provide adequate justification for their plan while not properly considering the impact of such plan on our residents. I would like for the Village Council to explore our available legal options which is why I have placed this on Closed Session for Wednesday night.”
