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Gridlock Alert! Why Ridgewood Traffic is Worse Than Usual This Fall

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Why is Ridgewood Traffic a Nightmare Right Now? Unexpected Utility Work and Road Projects Clogging Maple Avenue

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Ridgewood NJ, if your commute through Ridgewood,  has felt particularly painful lately, you’re not alone. Residents and commuters are experiencing heavier than usual traffic congestion due to a confluence of ongoing utility projects and critical infrastructure work being performed both by Bergen County and PSE&G.

Understanding what’s happening beneath the asphalt can help you plan your routes and ease some of the frustration.

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“Save Ridgewood Outdoor Dining ” petition has been making the rounds on various Facebook groups

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Ridgewood NJ, the “Save Ridgewood Outdoor Dining ” petition has been making the rounds on various Facebook groups . As of this writing the petition had 2023 signers who wish to preserve the outdoor dining corrals.

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New Study : New Jersey Is 9th Worst State to Drive In

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Paramus NJ, With U.S. traffic congestion costing U.S. drivers $88 billion in 2019 but driving reduced in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2021’s Best & Worst States to Drive in, as well as accompanying videos.

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Reader says , “It’s no more Village it’s turning into a city”

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“To my fellow residents what the hell is going to happen another 3 to 5 years in the village of Ridgewood with all this expense. The services are not the same they are dwindling little by little. All village departments are short on staffing. Yes we have great school system great police fire EMTs sanitation recycling do a great job but come on, the village Ridgewood It’s not what are used to be. It’s no more Village it’s turning into a city”

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New Jersey Is 2020’s 8th Worst State to Drive in

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Ridgewood NJ, With U.S. traffic congestion costing U.S. drivers $87 billion in 2018 and the U.S. ranked 17th in the world in road quality, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2020’s Best & Worst States to Drive in as well as accompanying videos.

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Its Not a Parking Problem in the Village It’s a Traffic Congestion Problem

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Ridgewood NJ, on the Facebook page ,”It takes a Ridgewood Village “Steve Kim points out what the Ridgewood blog has continued to point out to no avail for so many years ,more pressing than parking is the problem with traffic congestion in the Village of Ridgewood.  The problem has been so ignored that the Village has over the years exacerbated the situation with so called “traffic easing” ie turn 2 lanes into one under the trestle and install a suicide bike lane  .  Place “valet” parking eating up street parking and of coarse approving massive high density housing in the central business district .

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