Description
Washington St headed south by Whole Foods needs better pedestrian infrastructure. The are two travel lanes for cars, but drivers use the bus stop and the bike lane to jump the line and make illegal right turns on red. This endangers anyone walking and rolling at the intersection.
6 Comments
Jersey City, NJ (Verified Official)
David (Registered User)
KathrynM (Registered User)
The bike lane along Washington Street has different barriers and no delineators.
Sixth St to Second St (traffic signal) - Bike lane, cement barriers, two lanes of traffic (construction restrictions)
Second St to First St (Lightrail Crossing) - NO Bike lane, permit parking but no parking during rush hour, two lanes of traffic (construction restrictions)
First St to Bay St (traffic signal) - Bike lane RETURNS mid block, cement barrier, two lanes of traffic (construction restrictions)
Bay St to Morgan St (traffic signal) - Bike lane, cement barriers, two lanes of traffic (construction restrictions)
Morgan St to Steuben St (pedestrian crosswalk) - Bike lane, cement barriers, two lanes of traffic
Steuben St to Pearl Street (pedestrian crosswalk) - Bike lane, permit parking, no delineators, two lanes of traffic
Marin Blvd - Bike lane, permit parking, no delineators, two lanes of traffic, "bus stop"/turn lane, huge unused street surface that could be diagonal parking on the left side.
VEHICLES rapidly speed up between First St (lightrail crossing) to Columbus Drive
BIKES travel north and south in the southbound bike lane. There is a north bound bike lane on Greene Street.
Washington becomes two-ways at the Columbus Drive intersection
KathrynM (Registered User)
Pearl St to C. Columbus, NOT Marin Blvd - Bike lane, permit parking, no delineators, two lanes of traffic, "bus stop"/turn lane, huge unused street surface that could be diagonal parking on the left side.
Acknowledged Engineering - Althea (Verified Official)
God this drives me nuts! No, the bicycle lanes and painted areas are not a drivable (bypass) lane nor a free parking spot! Everyone who does this, knows this. I often pull my car just close enough to the lane so cars can't cut through.
I will put this on the list of intersections for the traffic engineers and planners to review. There may already be plans in the works.
An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Registered User)