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Advocates press county to act on Local Safety Action Plan priorities after fatal crossing; leaders call for faster implementation
Summary
Pedestrian safety advocates urged Bergen County to move from plan to action on priority intersections identified in the Local Safety Action Plan (LSAP), recommending low‑cost fixes such as leading pedestrian intervals and plastic delineators and requesting a dedicated county initiative rather than slow, ad hoc work.
Chris Nowell, a Fort Lee resident and pedestrian‑safety advocate, told the board he visited the intersection in Oakland where a pedestrian, Jalen Gomez, was killed and observed drivers failing to yield to pedestrians at the marked crossing. "Leading pedestrian intervals cost nothing to implement," Nowell said, arguing the county should implement low‑cost measures at…
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