Ridgewood plans to set speed limits at 25 mph
FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
An ordinance up for council vote on June 13 will change the speed limit of one of Ridgewood’s main streets and approve a uniform 25 miles per hour maximum for all roadways under village jurisdiction.
The Citizens Safety Advisory Committee recommended changes to Monroe Street’s current speed limits, which in some areas is as high as 35 mph, Village Manager Ken Gabbert said at a recent council meeting.
“[Monroe Street] is the last of our main arteries that has speed above 25 miles per hour. The committee recommends that all streets be the same,” Gabbert said.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/151992385_Speed_limits_to_be_set_at_25_mph.html
Who is going to enforce this? Just drive by any of our schools and see drivers doing up to forty mph. or on grove street it is one big joke.
what a bunch of tools
“Citizens Safety Advisory Committee”
What data do they have to back up their reccomendation to lowere the speed limit on Monroe?
EXACTLY how much less safe is it on Monroe than on other streets?
I’d venture that their are other streets with lowere speed limits that are more dangerous (to pedestrians AND motor vehicles).
Totally arbitrary feel good PC bull.
35 mph is dangerous but 25 mph is safe?
Really – What are the facts FROM THE STREETS WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS TO BE LOWERED (not some generic “study” of reduction of speed limit changes)?
Will the “Citizens Safety Advisory Committee” recommend that the speed limit be increased in the future if there is no change in accidents (or an uptick in accidents)?
Why not reduce it to 20mph or maybe 10 mph?
How about banning all motor vehicles from RW?
That would be safest.
The “Citizens Safety Advisory Committee” – what a bunch of useless authoritarian feel-good fools.
The Citizens Safety Advisory Committee also recommended that teachers hold the hand of each child after school and walk them home. /*SARC*/
Unfortunately the only thing RW teachers do after school is wear burgundy REA shirts and hold each other’s hands as they cross the street.
I haven’t seen, read, or heard of any data to back this speed reduction up. I guess to question it labels you are a reckless speeder, but one would think that there would be some statistical rationale.
Unless, and until I see such data, I view this as nothing more than a bunch of busy-bodies, patting each other on their backs, believing that they have made some kind of safety accomplishment.
Sounds like the Village will reap a bonanza in additional tickert revenue. My hunch is that is the REAL reason behind the proposed change.
I drive N monroe every day. It should be raised from 35 to 40. SAME with Linclon Ave. If these morons wanted to do something that would increase safety, they should consider 15 mph zone in the CBD.
On Race Track Road, posted speed is 25 but going east to Rt 17, very often traffic goes over 45 mph and some people go even faster. It’s harder to speed going the other way (coming off 17) because the off ramp has a sharp curve which forces westbound traffic to slow down.
The road is higher up where it joins Franklin Tpk but then dips down lower for next several blocks going east until it again rises up just before Route 17. (it’s lower from Nagle to beyond Banta) That makes it very difficult for anyone going fast to see anything or anyone in the street until they are nearly on top of the hazard.
And there are often hazards- too many people put junk in the streets and also there is a lot of pedestrian use -espec during rush hour times. Often people park on the street too- which on the Ridgewood side is mostly illegal but still happens all the time. Even mail carriers park on the street and then walk to houses (both Rwd and HHK sides). So do most service vans, UPS/Fedex, landscaper trailers etc.
There are also many homes with young kids on both sides, and many ride bikes, scooters etc along here. People walk to/from the Park and Ride, also many use several bus stops along the road.
The speeding has become a serious problem – especially traffic heading east because of the poor sight lines etc noted above.
Enforcement is pretty rare by the Village. HHK does more but still not a lot. When there is any, they generally ticket only those going over 40mph– and they often write a LOT of tickets when they do that.
The road itself is also in poor shape, making all the problems worse.
And since the walks and curbs on the Rwd side are mostly in very poor shape, people cross the street quite often -and again traffic heading east can’t see them from any distance if that happens in the “dip” section.
There’s always been heavy traffic on the street– it is one of the few that allow heavy trucks. But past several years the speeding problem has become much worse – partic vehicles heading east .
It’s a prime candidate for some kind of traffic “calming” as well as for more enforcement. Yet – at least from the Village– that doesn’t happen- despite many having brought this up to the Village for ages (me included). And I’ve never heard of any “advisory committee” etc. doing anything about this problem either – despite the heavy use the street gets. Sadly, it will likely take a bad accident to get anything changed there, I guess.
Maybe the idiot proclaimers should try walking on North Monroe, particularly north of West Glen. Take a good look-it’s narrow, curvy and has no sidewalks. Same goes for Glen (already 25mph in theory). I guess the extra minute or two you save is more important than the life you might take.
Maybe the idiot #10 shouldn’t walk IN THE STREET. What a dope!
#11-How are you supposed get anywhere-cut through backyards?