Description
Wayne Street between Monmouth Street and Brunswick Street is considered an Access Easement, but drivers frequently use it as a shortcut to skip the traffic light at Monmouth and Columbus Drive or a shortcut from Brunswick to Monmouth to avoid the traffic light at Montgomery Street. Drivers frequently race down this narrow access easement at high speeds. Previous signage indicating the status of Wayne Street is old and illegible at this point. Please consider posting new signage of the status of Wayne St., multiple speed bumps / humps, a reduced speed limit of 10 or 15mph, and additional enforcement.
a aussi demandé...
A. 6. Traffic: Other Traffic/Safety Study Request
A. I’ve personally witness several near misses with drivers almost hitting pedestrians or other vehicles, it won’t be long before someone is seriously hurt or worse, assuming it hasn’t happened already.
19 Commentaires
Jersey City, NJ (Membre officiel vérifié)
Betty (Utilisateur inscrit)
Reconnu Traffic – Jennifer C (Membre officiel vérifié)
Tyler P (Utilisateur inscrit)
Aside from Wayne Street, it's all of Brunswick. Cars absolutely fly down Brunswick Street after they cross Columbus, like a drag strip. My guess is an attempt to make the light perpendicular to Montgomery, but some of these folks appear to just take advantage of the wide road.
Additionally, perpendicular to the issue I described above, many cars also use the light at Columbus & Brunswick as a makeshift drag racing course as they approach the underpass at 78. For example, they wait at the light at Columbus & Brunswick, and absolutely floor it towards 78. It's incredibly loud and unsafe. I'm not sure how helpful this is as they do it at random times, but it's constant.
Tyler P (Utilisateur inscrit)
RRC - Samantha (Membre officiel vérifié)
Engineering - Althea (Membre officiel vérifié)
jaycee (Utilisateur inscrit)
Engineering - Althea (Membre officiel vérifié)
Engineering - Althea (Membre officiel vérifié)
On 3/24/24, requestor asked, "Any update on striping this area?"
This issue has been discussed with one of our engineers. He noticed I had labeled this for re-striping. This is a request for a completely new crosswalk. This is being reviewed., as well as Brunswick and Mercer, which has not been requested, but we are looking at making the whole street from Columbus to Montgomery.
Everyone - Please keep making suggestions and asking for updates. This is very helpful.
Engineering - Althea (Membre officiel vérifié)
Issues:
1) Speeding on Wayne St heading to Brunswick
2) Pedestrians trying to cross Brunswick @ Wayne.
Engineering - Althea (Membre officiel vérifié)
Engineering - Althea (Membre officiel vérifié)
Engineering - Althea (Membre officiel vérifié)
Engineering - Althea (Membre officiel vérifié)
We will review the faded signage and look at other solutions, but below is the process for a seed hump.
If you would like to request a speed hump, please fill out the application via the link below, which can also be found on the City's website.
https://www.cognitoforms.com/CityOfJerseyCity1/speedhumpapplication
Engineering - Althea (Membre officiel vérifié)
Engineering - Althea (Membre officiel vérifié)
jaycee (Utilisateur inscrit)
Engineering - Althea (Membre officiel vérifié)
I just received this update from our transportation engineer, who pulled this issue and was reviewing the area:
"Wayne Street between Brunswick and Monmouth is a private street, so I do not believe that we would be able to install a speed hump, FYI."
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This means street signs as well. Anything on this portion that is owned by Dixon Mills would need to be addressed by Dixon Mills management.
But we will be addressing the issues on Brunswick, which is under the aegis of Jersey City.