Public streets not just for car owners: Sorensen
Public streets should be for everyone, not just car owners. Our friends in Asbury Park Complete Streets have been successful in implementing a “road diet” on Main Street in Asbury Park. This current project converts four lanes of traffic to a three-lane configuration with a turning lane and bike lanes. It’s much safer for motorists and pedestrians. A road diet is a design tool that reverses six decades of road design focused solely on cars at the expense of pedestrians’ safety and general quality of life.
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https://www.app.com/story/opinion/columnists/2019/01/11/pedestrian-bike-safety-neptune/2540030002/
Great article and video Ken. The freeholders who approve of the conditions on Memorial Drive don’t live there nor do their kids play near it. I wonder how they’d like a 4 lane highway running through the middle of their neighborhood? They have choices that others do not yet hold positions of power that affects the lives of others. Change will only come about when they’re held accountable.