April 10,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Chris’ idea to move the bus station to the train station is lunacy.
300 NJT buses every weekday at the tiny and already overcrowded Garber Square intersection.
Up to 20 NJT buses an hour in rush hours.
900 new pedestrians in the morning rush and 900 new pedestrians in the afternoon rush.
Buses acting as 40 foot long walls obstructing line of sight for drivers and hundreds of pedestrians alike.
Each bus = 3 car lengths so traffic that already backs up Franklin and down to Monroe will back up more. Fewer cars will get through each light cycle.
900 new pedestrians in the morning rush and 900 new pedestrians in the afternoon rush.
Buses acting as 40 foot long walls obstructing line of sight for drivers and hundreds of pedestrians alike.
Each bus = 3 car lengths so traffic that already backs up Franklin and down to Monroe will back up more. Fewer cars will get through each light cycle.
Listen here to the ill-advised and not thought out plan: https://youtu.be/z5AdA2XVZoU#
Idiot festival….I jump on the bus in front of Bergen CC and avoid the mess in the RBC…
Get a grip. Buses need to be moved out of the CBD because of serious safety and traffic issues. This is a good solution.
It’s not Chris’ idea. The plan was originally brought forth by NJ Transit more than 10 years ago. Makes sense to have a transit hub.
The sky is falling! Geez people. First you loose it over the ecoli, now this.
Why would you want 300 buses a day at Van Neste?
I think it would be okay. Bus traffic would use Franklin instead of East Ridgewood. Much better for the main CBD street. NJT ticketing and waiting room all in one place. Useful for days when cross honoring is needed.
Good thing the green bike lane is there…
Let me guess. The buses will eventually be placed within that parking lot. And that reduction in parking spots will be made up for with a.. wait for it… parking garage!
Sneaky. Very sneaky.
One can only guess 11:24, 11:17, 11:15, & 11:13 do not drive through that intersection at any of the rush hours. Not to mention adding 300 buses a day to the Franklin & Maple intersection, or buses trying to make a left from Maple to E. Ridgewood Ave.
Good thing that the train station has an elevator for wheelchairs.
So he says 11:15 he stated that he drew up the plans and he was the one the brought it in front of the council not NJT.
The Bike Lane needs to go. And regardless of what Mr. Ruthishauser says and our past VM, we had two lanes at that location which worked very well for the previous 40 years that I have lived in town.
Yes, like 300 buses are going to come all at once!
I think they should go to village hall parking lot. make a hub next to vet,s field.
There are NOT 300 buses a day …(faked pumped up numbers) and yes, this has been on the books for years. It’s at the point now that if ANYTHING is suggested or even thought about the social gadflys and old timers FREAK at the notion. We’re not going to get anything done around here until you people put a cap on it. Get back to your blue plate and let the professionals deal with it.
I like that too
11:24 Franklin bus parade has to turn on Maple..that’s a big problem with most of the volume flow directed onto Maple with close right turns upto oncoming corner traffic at Franklin and Ridgewood corner (where jersey mikes is now.) add a selfons housing multifamily complex at near the bank and there you have it.
Jerry that’s the next move they will store the busses under the flood zone boondoggle huge PAC at the elks lodge lot. Insane ..
7:11 blue plate. bravo a new low… what condescending crap,,,those blue platers are the highest longest taxpayers here..they built this place.
The CBD is small with narrow roads. Put added parking in my living room.
Some people will just have to move out of Ridgewood if they are unhappy, that is only solution. Tax base may be smaller; but will be doable. Too much unnecessary stuff anyway.
If only seniors lived here that would be best. Walkable streets , supermarkets close by. Ridgewood could be a wonderful town for majority of residents being seniors. A big school budget wouldn’t be necessary then. Taxes wouldn’t be so high; parking wouldn’t be a problem.
How about that for the future, thinking futuristic.
First let me state that I am definitely a Senior and I am not against progress. We have problems with the busses in their current location and I do not see how moving them will help anything without some street widening, etc. I’m sure all of you have been at the Franklin- Maple corner when a bus is trying to turn on to Franklin. Most of the time the turning cars have gone over their line and are too close to Maple. The bus then must squeeze a turn by going up on the sidewalk on both Maple and Franklin. The same thing happens when a bus goes around the park and tries to turn on to Ridgewood Ave. And yet again at Maple and Ridgewood. Moving to another location will only shift the problem locations. Please plot out all changes before making any moves. One deadly green path that both starts and stops in the middle of traffic intersections (thank heavens no one actually uses it) is enough. We can’t afford costly experiments. At least on Franklin there is basically no street parking so busses have more room to move. They just can’t fit on Ridgewood Ave at all.
ok,how about it at graydon pool lot, or at the old ken smith car lot.
742 neighbors would love that site plan..neighborhood buster bus depot off Lynwood
ok how about rt 17 park & ride lot. and have n j , t have a shuttle bus to the c b d , not bad,
9.23 great idea