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Speakers urge Bergen County to adopt ambitious Local Safety Action Plan goals and redesign roads for safety
Summary
During public comment speakers urged the board to commit to Vision Zero‑style targets and prioritize road designs that reduce speeds and protect pedestrians and cyclists as Bergen County prepares a local safety action plan.
Several members of the public urged the Bergen County Board of Commissioners to treat the county's forthcoming Local Safety Action Plan as a vehicle to prioritize non‑motorized safety, reduce greenhouse‑gas emissions and redesign roads to reduce speeds and serious injuries. Pat Deroma, a resident, said recent extreme heat and storm events show infrastructure must adapt and called for less impermeable surface, more…
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