Princeton approves pilot road diet, buffered bike lanes on North Harrison Street

Princeton’s mayor and council voted June 9 to install an interim road diet on North Harrison Street, reducing the roadway from four travel lanes to two and adding buffered bicycle lanes and other striping treatments as a pilot.

Council members and municipal staff said the interim work will include a five-foot painted buffer, bicycle boxes at signalized intersections, striped median extensions to create pedestrian refuges, diagonal buffer markings at driveways and reflective delineators approaching right-turn areas. The pilot will remain in place while the town evaluates data and until a schedule is set for permanent curb and sidewalk improvements.

Council and staff justified the pilot by citing the Harrison Street corridor study completed by Michael Baker International,…