Traffic IYO

This pedestrian cross walk is completely ignored Cars drive by at alarming speeds Completely unsafe for pedestrians

The intersection of Palisade Avenue and Congress Street becomes completely dysfunctional after 7:45 AM. There is not enough storage space between Paterson Plank Road and Palisade Avenue, creating severe congestion. This is compounded by vehicles using Ogden Avenue as a cut-through to avoid the intersection and make the right turn onto Congress. As a result, only one or two vehicles traveling east on Congress are able to get through the signal at a time, including the heavily used 119 bus route. This leads to buses stacking up, multiple full buses passing stops, and hundreds of riders being delayed. It is unacceptable that transit users bear the brunt of these traffic conditions while single-occupant vehicles are prioritized.

This issue has been raised repeatedly but continues to be ignored, leaving residents of the Heights overlooked compared to those downtown. If these concerns are taken seriously, the City should:

Assign a traffic agent at both this intersection and Paterson Plank Road to prevent the daily 30 minute traffic jam stretching to Central Avenue.

Deploy traffic enforcement to discourage cut-through traffic on Ogden Avenue (I acknowledge this is a pipe dream and may be difficult to enforce).

Restrict left turns from Palisade to Congress during AM and PM peak periods.

If these measures are not feasible, then funding an engineering study to identify solutions is essential. Continuing to do nothing is not acceptable.

Multiple cars are parked in the crosswalk or in the no parking area of said address making it difficult to see crossing pedestrians. Can they possible install the traffic sticks so no one parks there to obstruct the view

Cars from both directions regularly turn into this street at a fast speed, not yielding for pedestrians at the crosswalk, many of whom are children headed to the recently built community park.

There are two crosswalks here, and Sip is a busy road. People are constantly speeding down the hill from JFK and almost hitting people in the crosswalk

Is there any sort of traffic calming that can be added here?

We need curb extensions at every intersection along our major commercial streets otherwise every crosswalk just ends up illegal parking.

This is a 5-way intersection where Central Ave. originates at Pavonia and Summit.

This intersection does NOT have accessible pedestrian signal (APS) pushbuttons for the visually impaired.

The 10 existing pushbuttons do NOT control the 10 pedestrian walk signals. Those are on "pedestrian recall" and operate during every traffic cycle.

There are 5 audible signals at the intersection, of which only 2 work. They are on the bottom of pedestrian signals and look like black hockey pucks. The two working signals are on the NORTHWEST and SOUTHEAST corners.

During the WALK phase for crossing Summit and Central, a voice says "Walk sign is on to cross" about 3 times and then stops. There is no audible voice for the countdown during the DON'T WALK phase. There is no audible voice for crossing Pavonia.

These outdated audible signals and the non-working old pushbuttons should be REPLACED with modern APS pushbuttons like those at:
Central & Newark
(https://seeclickfix.com/issues/19838947)
and Central & Hoboken.
(https://seeclickfix.com/issues/19838803)

The intersection of Winfield and Old Bergen Rd. desperately needs stop signs, a traffic signal, or a speed bump. Cars speed dangerously down Old Bergen Rd at all hours as the entire stretch from Merritt St to Bartholdi has no traffic signals, stop signs, speed bumps, etc. The Winfield intersection is particularly vulnerable as residents, including children and those with pets, trying to cross into or out of Columbia Park face very dangerous conditions. These conditions also include cars turning left on to Old Bergen Rd. from Bartholdi when those cars catch the green light. Knowing there's no stop sign or speed bump there, cars turn left on to Old Bergen Rd at or above the speed limit with low visibility. if you're a pedestrian crossing Old Bergen Rd those left-turning cars are an additional hazard that are not visible and can't be anticipated.

Can we get a crosswalk on cottage. Lots of cars racing around the corner trying to avoid traffic.

This area is very dangerous, should be made into a larger pedestrian plaza- the traffic traveling westbound on Second Street is extremely fast and dangerous for children.

Cars park too close to corner. Bumpout Needed