bike racks at Ridgewood Post Office
Ticket Blitz : Bike ordinance scrubbed
May 13, 2013
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, The Village Council voted down a proposed ordinance that would have given police the authority to remove bicycles blocking public rights-of-way.
Residents had expressed concern that commuters often leave their bicycles chained to sign posts and fences near the Ridgewood Train Station, blocking pedestrian right a ways.
After receiving heavy criticism from commuters, bike riders and environmentalist Mayor Paul Aronsohn recanted telling the Bergen Record that the ordinance was not meant to be “punitive,” but that after careful consideration, “there may not be such a compelling need” for new rules.https://www.northjersey.com/news/207152811_Bike_ordinance_scrubbed.html
Critics suggested a simple fix of adding a few more bike racks at the train station and that the Village needed to change its attitude toward alternative methods of transportation primary bycyles. Blog readers suggested the Village like the rest of the country should be encouraging bicycles not discouraging them . While other thought the Mayor had simply hoped to squeeze more ticket revenue from commuters .
The Village council decide to defer action until a better plan can be established with
Deputy Mayor Al Pucciarelli,telling the Record any change should “encourage the use of bicycles as something that’s in the public interest.”https://www.northjersey.com/news/207152811_Bike_ordinance_scrubbed.html
The fact of the matter is the whole village need to made more bike friendly and the first step would be to offer more bike racks .
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