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City staff reports lessons from active-transportation tour; cites Hoboken approach to reduce pedestrian and bicycle deaths
Summary
A staff representative reported the city delegation visited Hoboken and Jersey City to study active-transportation safety measures, saying Hoboken aims to eliminate pedestrian and bicycle deaths by 2030 and has not had a death since 2017; staff proposed changes such as lowering speed limits and daylighting corners.
Sherry reported to the Planning Commission that staff and council members participated in an active-transportation tour to Hoboken and Jersey City to study street-safety measures. She said Hoboken has launched an initiative to eliminate pedestrian and bicycle deaths by 2030 and, as reported in the presentation to the City Council, "they have not had a death since 2017."
Sherry summarized several design and policy ideas the delegation observed, including lowering speed limits, daylighting corners to improve sight lines, and using parking between traffic and bike lanes so parked cars buffer cyclists from moving traffic. She said the city will incorporate lessons from the tour into general-plan discussions and staff presentations to the commission.
Sherry also told commissioners the City Council has adopted a code amendment to the city's noise ordinance to specify measurement methods, the instrument to be used, measurement locations and use-specific noise limits; she said the council plans to address light pollution next. The report was informational; the commission received the update but took no regulatory action at the meeting.
