I'd recommend immediate ticketing/towing for anyone blocking the view on any Monmouth intersection. And better road calming/marking near the 7th and Monmouth intersection.]

Vigilante wrote:
Heard from a friend a couple hours ago. Her car was T-boned by a guy who blantantly blew the Stop-Sign at Monmouth and 7th Street. He was driving so fast that he totalled both cars. She seems to be okay (She was wearing a seatbelt) but the a-hole driver was a bloody, albeit walking mess. Cops said the guy had a suspended license and was driving his sister's car. He's on his way to jail.

Vigilante wrote:
Heard from a friend a couple hours ago. Her car was T-boned by a guy who blantantly blew the Stop-Sign at Monmouth and 7th Street. He was driving so fast that he totalled both cars. She seems to be okay (She was wearing a seatbelt) but the a-hole driver was a bloody, albeit walking mess. Cops said the guy had a suspended license and was driving his sister's car. He's on his way to jail.

Crazy_Chester wrote:
It would be helpful if we didn't have to manually activate the pedestrian crosswalk signs at many corners. If the sign says "Don't Walk" even though traffic is stopped in your favor, most drivers think they have the right to turn in front of you.

alanwright wrote:
Sometimes pedestrians do deserve it... like when it's the national sport!

BrightGirl wrote:
Even crossing at Columbus and Grove, which has functioning traffic lights and pedestrian walk signals, is a major hazard. The left turners going south and right turners facing north both aggressively turn onto Columbus heading east while the walk sign is on, especially NJ Transit buses and the various transportation vans.

I've often wish I had a lump of coal or hard rocks in my pocket to through at their windshields.

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disportus wrote:
What about the free for all that is Monmouth St? They put up a giant "Stop for Peds" at Pavonia and Monmouth but when you are going 50mph I suppose it is difficult to see the sign? I actually point at the sign as people blow past it on their way to the Tunnel or Hoboken and surprise surprise they do not stop. I actually had a woman in a white Jeep Cherokee flip me off as she sped past myself and about 6 kids waiting to cross. Always keeping things classy. Giant trucks, constant sirens and crazy drivers make Monmouth miserable. Try loading kids into a car on Monmouth or 9th without some ahole laying on the horn.

This is one of the worst corners, and it's a problem because that park is right there. Once i was trying to cross with my two little girls and their scooters. Car after car just kept going. One of them was a pair of cops who looked at us lazily and just kept going. I pointed at the sign and yelled in the window, " Thanks Officers!". They just kept going without batting an eye. Doesn't really matter to them because their kids live on a cul-de-sac in Howell.

Its not a real stop sign though. The only real one before that is like on 6th.

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What about the free for all that is Monmouth St? They put up a giant "Stop for Peds" at Pavonia and Monmouth but when you are going 50mph I suppose it is difficult to see the sign? I actually point at the sign as people blow past it on their way to the Tunnel or Hoboken and surprise surprise they do not stop. I actually had a woman in a white Jeep Cherokee flip me off as she sped past myself and about 6 kids waiting to cross. Always keeping things classy. Giant trucks, constant sirens and crazy drivers make Monmouth miserable. Try loading kids into a car on Monmouth or 9th without some ahole laying on the horn.

This is one of the worst corners, and it's a problem because that park is right there. Once i was trying to cross with my two little girls and their scooters. Car after car just kept going. One of them was a pair of cops who looked at us lazily and just kept going. I pointed at the sign and yelled in the window, " Thanks Officers!". They just kept going without batting an eye. Doesn't really matter to them because their kids live on a cul-de-sac in Howell.

disportus wrote:
What about the free for all that is Monmouth St? They put up a giant "Stop for Peds" at Pavonia and Monmouth but when you are going 50mph I suppose it is difficult to see the sign? I actually point at the sign as people blow past it on their way to the Tunnel or Hoboken and surprise surprise they do not stop. I actually had a woman in a white Jeep Cherokee flip me off as she sped past myself and about 6 kids waiting to cross. Always keeping things classy. Giant trucks, constant sirens and crazy drivers make Monmouth miserable. Try loading kids into a car on Monmouth or 9th without some ahole laying on the horn.

Vigilante wrote:
From Steve Fulop's email today:

Crosswalks & Street Paving
My office keeps a running list of street paving requests. While we do not have final say in which streets get paved, we do like to hand in a list of constituent requests to the Engineering division, which then looks at these streets to determine priority and funding. They have recently added a similar policy for crosswalks, so we are now keeping a running list of crosswalks in need of repair. Crosswalks in school zones take priority.

Streets last approximately 12 years before needing repaving and crosswalks 3 to 5 years. Let us know if you have a street or crosswalk that you believe needs repaving, and we will include it in our list for Engineering.

We are still waiting on the list of streets to be milled and paved. The list will come out shortly after it has been determined how much money from this year's budget will be allocated to roads.

It would be helpful if we didn't have to manually activate the pedestrian crosswalk signs at many corners. If the sign says "Don't Walk" even though traffic is stopped in your favor, most drivers think they have the right to turn in front of you.