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UPPER JOURNAL SQUAREROAD SAFETY AUDIT

Jersey City, Hudson County, New JerseyREPORT

>> December 2015

RSA facilitated by the Transportation Safety Resource Center (TSRC) at the Rutgers’ Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) in partnership with the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) and Hudson County, with funding provided by FHWA and NJDOT

>> cait.rutgers.edu/tsrc

>> Upper Journal Square RSA Report, Final, p. 2

Table of Contents

>> Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................3What is an Road Safety Audit (RSA)? ...................................................................................................................3Disclaimer ............................................................................................................................................................3Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................................4

>> 1.0 Corridor Description and Analysis .........................................................................................................................51.1 Site Selection .................................................................................................................................................51.2 Traffic Volumes ..............................................................................................................................................51.3 Transit Service ...............................................................................................................................................61.4 Area Characteristics .......................................................................................................................................61.5 Intersection Characteristics ...........................................................................................................................81.6 Cross Sections ..............................................................................................................................................10

>> 2.0 Crash Findings ......................................................................................................................................................112.1 Temporal Trends ..........................................................................................................................................112.2 Type & Severity ............................................................................................................................................122.3 Roadway Surface and Lighting Conditions ...................................................................................................13

>> 3.0 Identified Issues ...................................................................................................................................................19Issues List ...........................................................................................................................................................19Issue Visuals: St. Paul’s Avenue .........................................................................................................................22Issue Visuals: Van Winkle Avenue/Brooks Place ...............................................................................................23Issue Visuals: Newark Avenue ...........................................................................................................................24Issue Visuals: Cottage Avenue to Van Reipen ....................................................................................................25Issue Visuals: Pavonia Avenue ...........................................................................................................................26Issue Visuals: General ........................................................................................................................................27

>> 4.0 Recommendations ...............................................................................................................................................29Recommendations List ......................................................................................................................................29Concept Designs ................................................................................................................................................32Photosimulations ...............................................................................................................................................34

>> Appendix A – RSA Team .............................................................................................................................................36>> Appendix B – Area Maps ...........................................................................................................................................37

Study Area .........................................................................................................................................................38Area Transit .......................................................................................................................................................39Traffic Volumes ..................................................................................................................................................40

>> Appendix C – Crash Data & Diagrams ........................................................................................................................41Crash Corridor ...................................................................................................................................................42Pavonia Avenue .................................................................................................................................................44Cottage Street ....................................................................................................................................................46Newark Avenue .................................................................................................................................................48Van Winkle Avenue/Brooks Place ......................................................................................................................50St. Paul’s Avenue ...............................................................................................................................................52

>> Appendix D – Straight Line Diagrams ........................................................................................................................54Straight Line Diagrams .......................................................................................................................................55


>> Introduction

A Road Safety Audit report provided by the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation staff does not constitute an engineering report. The agency responsible for design and construction should consult a professional engineer licensed in the State of New Jersey in preparing construction documents to implement any of the safety countermeasures in the report.

A Road Safety Audit report provided by the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation staff does not constitute an engineering report. The agency responsible for design and construction should consult a professional engineer licensed in the State of New Jersey in preparing construction documents to implement any of the safety countermeasures in the report.

The contents of this report reflect the views of the authors, who are responsible for the facts and the accuracy of the data presented herein. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the New Jersey Department of Transportation or the Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation. This report does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program, in the inter-est of information exchange. The US government assumes no liability for the contents or use thereof.

What is an Road Safety Audit (RSA)?

CAIT’s Transportation Safety Resource Center (TSRC) offers a statewide Road Safety Audit (RSA) service at no charge to New Jersey towns and counties. Interested parties can request RSA surveys conducted by a team of engineers, planners, and law-enforcement officers to help municipalities and counties make cost-effective safety improvements.

A multidisciplinary team of professionals offers assessments on roadway issues such as pedestrian and bicycle safety, intersection analyses, rural roads, human factors, speed management, and sign visibility and retrore-flectivity standards.

RSAs include data-driven considerations and analysis of crashes. To determine the best safety solutions, RSA professionals perform incisive crash data evaluations on the target area using Plan4Safety, TSRC’s award-win-ning crash database and software.

The RSA team provides a final report that includes long- and short-term countermeasure recommendations that fit within the requestor’s budget. Furthermore, RSAs pay off. According to the Federal Highway Adminis-tration (FHWA), countermeasures applied after RSAs can reduce crashes by about 60 percent.

For more information, contact Andy Kaplan, Safety Program Manager, at [email protected].

Disclaimer


Executive Summary

A Upper Journal Square road safety audit (RSA) was conducted along JFK Boulevard from Pavonia Avenue to St. Paul’s Avenue on April 28, 2015. The RSA is a continuation the 2014 Journal Square RSA for Hudson County. A section of the corridor lies within NJTPA’s highest-ranked pedestrian corridor and two of the intersections have high “spot” rankings.

Journal Square area is a high-traffic zone for car, bus, rail, foot, and bicycle traffic alike due to its proximity to the Pulaski Skyway, its PATH station, and areas of commercial, office and residential zones. Vehicular traffic is especially high during the morning and afternoon rush hours.

The corridor’s cross section varies, but is generally 2 lanes wide in each direction with curbside parking north of Van Winkle Avenue/Brooks Place. South of the intersection, a third southbound lane is added. At Pavonia Avenue, a fourth lane is added southbound and a third lane from the south terminates. Of the six intersections in the RSA corridor, Van Reipen Avenue is the only unsignalized intersection. Sidewalks exist along the entirety of the corridor, though there are no bicycle facilities.

The following crashes were overrepresented:

• Temporal:morningandeveningrushhours,severalweekdays,September–February• Type:Samedirection(bothrearendandsideswipe),Leftturn/u-turn,andPedestrian• Conditions:Daylight;Wetsurfaces

The following general issues were observed:

• Maintenancedeficiencies,suchasfadedpavementmarkingsandabandonedfoundations• Pedestrianfacilities,includinglackofconsistentADAfacilitiesandahistoryleft-turnvehicle-pedestriancrashes• Lackofcyclistfacilities• Trafficoperations,includingillegalparkingintravellanesandaggressivedriving

Recommendations include the following:

• Upgradepedestrianfacilities• Repaintpavementmarkings• Installin-streetcyclistfacilitiesoralternativemarkedroutes• Installedgelines

Other intersection-specific intersections are also listed with accompanying diagrams. Many of intersection-specific recommendations included installing pedestrian refuge islands or curb extensions, and extending the planted median from south of the corridor.


1.1 Site Selection

>> 1.0 Corridor Description and Analysis

The Upper Journal Square RSA is a continuation of the Journal Square RSA* conducted in September 2014 along the same corridor, Kennedy Boulevard. The Upper Journal Square RSA began at the intersection of Pavonia Avenue and continues north to the intersection of St. Paul’s Avenue.

The Upper Journal Square RSA is located in the northern section of the NJTPA’s highest ranked pedestrian corridor. There are two pedestrian “spots,” the Hudson County #11-ranked spot at the Newark Avenue intersection and the Hudson County #27-ranked spot at the St. Paul’s Avenue intersection. The St. Paul’s Avenue intersection is also the location of Hudson County’s #10-ranked “intersection” spot.

Because the RSA is located in a pedestrian corridor, the entirety of the Pavonia Avenue to St. Paul’s Avenue segment was analyzed during the RSA.

Figure 1 – Identified Priority High Crash Locations

Symbol Safety FocusHudson County Ranking

NJTPA Ranking

IntersectionSpot #10 #60PedestrianSpot #11;#27 #44;#86

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1.2 Traffic Volumes

The most recent and geographically-close traffic counts for Kennedy Boulevard are 0.85 miles south of the Pavonia Avenue intersection, at Duncan Avenue, where there were approximately 19,000 vehicles a day. Anecdotally, the area is heavily congested during peak hours. According to locals, off-peak hours and weekends the is noticeably less-congested.

It was observed that foot traffic is quite heavy, especially on weekends near the commercial enterprises on Newark Avenue and Sundays near the church at northeast corner of the Pavonia Avenue intersection.

Significant bicycle traffic was observed as well. There are no recorded counts, though based on the heavily-utilized bike rack at the Journal Square station, it would seem that there is a sizable population that bike commutes to the station.

*The 2014 RSA at Journal Square ran from Bergen Avenue to Sip Avenue. There was also a 2013 RSA further south along Kennedy Boulevard from Montgomery Street to Communipaw Avenue.

Figure 2 – Bike parking at PATH


1.3 Transit Service

Nearly half of Jersey City residents rely on public transportation for their work commute. The Journal Square area has high public transit use due to its proximity to the PATH station. Many people use the Kennedy Boulevard corridor to walk, bicycle or bus to the PATH station. There are also many through-routes that connect the Journal Square area to the rest of Jersey City and the surrounding region. Running the entire length of the corridor are three NJ Transit buses, as well as two lines that travel northbound until Newark Avenue where they turn to travel eastbound.

1.4 Area Characteristics

The Journal Square area of Jersey City is centered around the Port Authority’s Journal Square PATH station. The main thoroughfare is Kennedy Boulevard, also known as county road 501. Kennedy Boulevard runs continuously for approximately 12.5 miles from Bayonne northwards to North Bergen. Journal Square is bordered by the Pulaski Skyway/Route 139/Routes 1 & 9 north and east of the study area.

The neighborhood is mostly residential on the side streets with smaller commercial units along Kennedy Boulevard and Newark Avenue. Kennedy Boulevard takes on a more neighborhood mixed use character north of Van Winkle Avenue with preservation zones beginning northeast of Van Winkle with the St. John the Baptist Church and Golden Door Charter School. Northwest of St. Paul’s Avenue is another preservation zone in which Public School #31 is located. At the southern end of the corridor, there is high density office space at the Pavonia Avenue intersection as well as the well-attended Jersey City Assembly Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses church.

Complete Streets: Both Jersey City and Hudson County have established Complete Streets policies that support safe and accessible roads for all users, including pedestrians and cyclists. The 2008 Hudson County Master Plan also explicitly supports pedestrian and bicycle facilities in their Circulation Goals 10 and 11:

Goal 10: To promote a pedestrian-first approach in downtown areas.

Goal 11: To provide pedestrian and bicycle access along all roadways, particularly those roads that lead residents to job centers.

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Source:U.S.CensusBureau,ACS2010– AmericanCommunitySurvey3-YearEstimates,JerseyCity,NJ

Journey to Work

Figure 3 – Journey to Work Figure 4 – Area Bus TransitAt least five other bus lines also pass through the Pavonia Avenue intersection to pick up passengers at the Journal Square bus terminal.

Jersey City’s modal split differs greatly from the rest of New Jersey. At the state level, 11 percent of people commute via public transit, and over 70 percent drive alone, whereas in Jersey City, nearly one-half of people use public transit and only one-third drive alone.1 The increased frequency of workers using public transit has many implications for the transportation network, but in terms of safety, it is important to understand that transit users are also typically pedestrians for a time, especially near a large transit hub like Journal Square. When added to the actual number of people who walk to work, we see that Jersey City has over half of its population traveling by foot at some point in their daily commute to work. This high number of pedestrians does not account for all of the students who walk or take the bus to the area’s various primary and secondary schools, colleges, universities, and institutes.

1HudsonCountyReexaminationoftheMasterPlan.p.34http://www.hudsoncountynj.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Hudson_County_Master_Plan_Reexamination_Report_2008.pdf


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TrailsDedicatedlanesBicycle-friendlyroadsDirt/unpavedtrailsRSAarea

Sidewalks exist along the entirety of the corridor.

In terms of bicycle accommodations Journal Square Area has noticeably fewer facilities than parts of Jersey City north and east of the neighborhood, as seen in figure 5. On-road facilities are proposed on Summit Avenue, the street immediately east of Kennedy Boulevard, though as of yet, nothing has been constructed.

In terms of transit, the Journal Square 2060 Plan Circulation Map shows that Kennedy Boulevard operations may someday include a streetcar, street widening on Pavonia Avenue and an expanded pedestrian area over the rail tracks.

Incoming developments: Journal Square will be home to several new residential and commercial buildings in the next several years. For example, phase one of the 1,840-unit Journal Squared complex is expected to be completed in mid-2016. New residential developments will especially impact traffic patterns, creating an increase in the number of pedestrians during non-peak hours (as compared with the current abundance of daytime commuters). Furthermore, Jersey City seeks to become more sustainable, encouraging transit-friendly development and “[...] reducing parking to limit traffic congestion and effects on air quality, requiring bicycle parking and wider sidewalks to limit automobile use, and promote alternative modes, requiring retail uses along pedestrian corridors to create an enjoyable and safe neighborhood environment...”2 The ideas are supported in the recommendation of the RSA team.

2“JournalSquare2060RedevelopmentPlan.”CityPlanningDivision,JerseyCity,July2010,p.2.

Figure 5 – Excerpt of Google Maps bike facilities


1.5 Intersection Characteristics

Van Winkle/Brooks Pl. and Kennedy Blvd.• Signalized• Northleg:Curbsideparkinglanesnorth/southbound,

1 through lane, 1 through/left-turn lane, 2 receivinglanes

• East leg: Curbside parking lanes east/westbound,singlelaneforthroughandleft/rightturns,1receivinglane

• Southleg:3receivinglanes,apaintedmedianatin-tersection,1 through lane,1 through/right-turn lane.Busstoponeastside.

• Westleg:Eastboundonly.1left-turnlane,1through/rightturnlane.

St. Paul’s Ave. & Kennedy Blvd.• Signalized• Northleg:1right-turnlane,2throughlanes,1left-turn

lane,2receivinglanes.• East leg:Curbsideparkingonbothsides,1through/

right/left-turnlane,1receivinglane.• Southleg:Curbsideparkingonbothsides.1left-turn,

1throughlane,1through/right-turnlane,2receivinglanes.

• Westleg:1left-turnlane,1through/right-turnlane,1receivinglane.

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Pavonia Ave. & Kennedy Blvd.• Signalized• North leg: 4 southbound through lanes, 1 left-turn

lane,1medianrefuge island,3northboundthroughlanes.

• Eastleg:1right-turnlane,1through/left-turnlane,1left-turnlane.

• Southleg:4receivinglanes,1left-turn/u-turnlane,1refugeisland,3throughlanes,1right-turnlane

• Westleg:Drivewaytoofficebuildingparking.

Cottage St. & Kennedy Blvd.• Signalized• Northleg:2throughlanes,1through/right-turnlane,

paintedmedian,2receivinglanes.• Eastleg:Westboundonly.1through/right-turnlane,1

left-turnlane,curbsideparkingonsouthside.• Southleg:2throughlanes,1left-turnlane,3receiv-

inglanes.• Westleg:1left-turnlane,1right-turnlane,1receiving

lane,1curbsideparkinglaneonnorthside.

Newark Ave. & Kennedy Blvd.• Signalized• Northleg:2throughlanes,1through/right-turnlane,

1left-turnlane,2receivinglanes.• Eastleg:1through/right-turnlane,1left-turnlane,1

receivinglane.Curbsideparkingonsouthedge.• Southleg:2throughlanes,1right-turnramplane,1

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70’ widening south to 100’

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1.6 Cross Sections

CROSS SECTION

Figure 6 – Facing north, just north of St. Paul’s Avenue (65’)

Figure 7 – Facing south, just north of Van Winkle Avenue/Brooks Place (60’)

Figure 8 – Facing south at Newark Avenue

Figure 9 – Facing south, between Cottage Avenue and Pavonia Avenue


2.1 Temporal Trends

>> 2.0 Crash Findings

In terms of time of day (figure 8), crashes were over-represented during the 8 to 9 o’clock AM hours , the noon hour, and between 3 and 8 p.m. Crashes occurred most frequently on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays with below-average representation over the weekend (figure 9). The time of day patterns and day of week crashes correlate slightly with the rush hour, weekday traffic.

When compared with county-wide data, the corridor’s three-year crash data had a slight over-representation of crashes occurring in 2012 (figure 10). There was also a slightly higher proportion of crashes occurring between September and February (figure 11).

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Figure 13 – Crashes by Month


When looking at crash type trends, the following were found to be over-represented in the dataset when compared with county-wide crash percentages (figure 13):

• Left-turn/U-turn:>2.5timesmorelikely• SameDirection–RearEnd:1.5timesmorelikely• SameDirection–SideSwipe:2.2timesmorelikely• Pedestrian:1.6timesmorelikely

In terms of injury trends, the bicycle/pedestrian crashes were the most severe. Every single bicycle or pedestrian crashes resulted in an injury, whereas at the county level, slightly fewer (87%) bicycle or pedestrian crashes resulted in injury.

2.2 Type & Severity

Severity Pedestrians Bicyclists All CrashesFatal 1 - 1

Incapacitated - - -ModerateInjury 5 2 9ComplaintofPain 19 2 55

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Figure 15 – Crash Type & Severity

Figure 16 – Crash Type in RSA Area

Crash Type Count in RSA Area

% in RSA Area

% in Hudson County

SameDirection–RearEnd 89 27% 18%

SameDirection–SideSwipe 118 35% 16%

RightAngle 12 4% 15%OppositeDirection–HeadOn/Angular 3 1% 1%

OppositeDirection–SideSwipe 4 1% 1%

StruckParkedVehicle 40 12% 28%LeftTurn/U-Turn 15 5% 2%

Backing 12 4% 7%Encroachment 1 0% 0%FixedObject 10 3% 4%Pedestrian 25 8% 5%Pedalcyclist 4 1% 1%

*Otherincludes:Oppositedirection,Encroachment,Overturned,Animal,Fixedobject,Non-fixedobject,railcar-vehicle,and"other"


2.3 Roadway Surface and Lighting Conditions

Wet roadway conditions, accounted for slightly more crashes than dry roadways when compared to countywide data. Typical contributing factors to wet roadway crashes reduced friction, reduced visibility or obstruction of lanes due to pooling rainwater.

In terms of light condition, crashes tended to occur more predominantly during daylight hours when compared with countywide data, possibly indicating that lighting is not necessarily an issue. The overrepresented percentage of daylight crashes may also be because the roadway experiences more daytime commuter traffic.

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Figure 17 – Crashes by Surface Condition

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Figure 18 – Crashes by Light Condition

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Between 2010 and 2012, there were approximately 23.3 crashes/year. Overrepresented crash characteristics were:

• Severity:Fatal,pain• Crashmonth:October–December,February,August• Dayofweek:Monday,Wednesday,Friday• Year:Increasing

• Lightcondition:Daylight• Surfacecondition:Wet• CrashType:Samedirection(rearendandsideswipe),Left/U-

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• Severity:Moderateinjury• Crashmonth:July,September–February• Dayofweek:Tuesday,Thursday,Friday• Year:Decreasing

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Between 2010 and 2012, there were approximately 36 crashes/year. Overrepresented crash characteristics were:

• Severity:Pain• Crashmonth:January,June,August,October• Dayofweek:Tuesday,Wednesday,Saturday• Year:Decreasing

• Lightcondition:Daylight• Surfacecondition:Dry• CrashType:Samedirection(rearendandsideswipe),Pedes-

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• Severity:Moderateinjury,pain• Crashmonth:June–October• Dayofweek:Wednesday,Sunday• Year:Increasing

• Lightcondition:Night• Surfacecondition:Wet• Crash Type: Same direction (side swipe), Pedestrian/cyclist,

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SurfaceCondition


• Severity:Propertydamageonly(PDO)• Crashmonth:February,April,July,September• Dayofweek:Tuesday,Thursday,Saturday• Year:Increasing

• Lightcondition:Daylight• Surfacecondition:Dry• Crash Type: Same direction (side swipe), Pedestrian/cyclist,

Fixedobject


>> 3.0 Identified Issues

Issues ListCorridorwide Maintenance

1 Lanestriping,especiallyatsidestreets,wasfaded.2 Pavementwasuneven,especiallyattheNewarkAvenueintersection.

3Severaldrainagegrateswereobservedtobelooseinthepavement.

• BadlydamageddrainagegrateatCottageAvenueinnorthboundlane.

4Severaldrainagegrateswereobservedtobefilledwithsediment.

• NorthwestcornerofSt.Paul’sAvenue

5

Missingorbrokentrafficsigns• AtSt.Paul’sAvenue:Schoolcrossingsignandplaque• AtVanWinkleAvenue:

• MissingoverheardstreetnamesignforJFKBoulevard.• Leftturnsignonnorthboundapproachwasskewed.• Signmissingonpoleonnortheastcorner.• Busstopsignsdon’tappeartobeinstandardformat.

• AtPavoniaAvenue:• MissingoverheadsignforPavoniaAvenue• Right-turnonlyfromdrivewayisnotMUTCDcompliant

54 Signcluttermaydistractdrivers.

6

Brokenorabandonedfoundations:• BetweenCottageAvenueandNewarkAvenue(westcurb)• AtNewarkAvenue(northwestcorner)• AtCottageAvenue(southeastcorner)

7 Localsreportedthatlightingisinsufficientatnightandthatmanybulbswerenotfunctioning.Manyglobeswereobservedmissing.8 Missingplatesonsignalfoundations.

Pedestrian facilities9 ADAfacilities(tactilepadsandcurbramps)aremissingatnearlyeveryintersection.

10 Thereislimitedinstructionalsignageforpedestrianpushbuttons(localssaidmanypedestriansdidn’tunderstandwhenPPBsareautomated,andthenthinktheydon’twork).

11 Manypedestrianpushbuttonswerenotcorrectlyoriented.12 Nearlyallcrosswalksthroughoutcorridorwerefadedormissing.

13Thecorridorlackedconsistentpedestrianamenities(trees,benches,busshelters),givingitamorehighway-likecharacteristic.

• VeryfewtreesoneastsideofKennedyBoulevardsouthofSaintPaul’sAvenue.• Nobusstopsincorridorhaveshelters,somestopswereobservedtohavepoorsignconditions.

14

Heavyfoottrafficleadstopedestrian-vehicleconflictswhenthereisnosufficientcrossingtimetoaccommodatepedestrianvol-umes,especiallyat:

• PavoniaAvenue:Onweekendsespeciallybecauseofthelargechurchonthenortheastcorner.• NewarkAvenuesinceitisapopularcommercialstrip.

15 Trippinghazardsonsidewalk

16

Historyofpedestrian-vehicleleft-turncrashes:• CottageAvenue:5crasheswherepedestriansinsouthlegcrosswalkstruckbyleft-turningvehiclesfromCottageAvenue• NewarkAvenue:2crasheswherepedestriansinsouthlegcrosswalkstruckbyleft-turningvehiclesfromNewarkAvenue• VanWinkleAvenue:3crasheswherepedestriansinnorthlegcrosswalkstruckbyleft-turningvehiclesfromVanWinkleAvenue


Issues ListOperations

17 Numberoflaneschangesthroughoutcorridor,andmergepointsdonotseemoptimalorwell-signed.18 Pedestrianswereobserveddisobeyingtrafficsignals.

19Vehicleswereobservedtoparkillegallyincurbsidetravellanes,especially

• CottageAvenue(westleg)• BetweenCottageAvenueandPavoniaAvenue(westcurb)

20

Aggressivepassingmaneuversandspeeding• Particularlyonlongerunsignalizedstretchesandhorizontalcurves

• NorthofSt.Paul’sAvenuewhereKennedyBoulevardsouthboundmeasuresgreaterthan28’for2trafficlanes.Possiblecontributingfactorsarethatthecurbsidesouthboundlanemeasuresat17’andthereisarelativelylonggapfromthesub-sequentsignalizedintersection(~800’)

• BetweenCottageAvenueandPavoniaAvenue.• Crashclusters*ofsamedirectioncrashes(bothrearandsideswipe),whicharetypicallyassociatewithaggressivemaneuvers.

• St.Paul’sAvenue-2northboundclustersin/northofintersection;1clustersouthboundnorthofintersection.• VanWinkleAvenue-1southboundclusternorthofintersection.• NewarkAvenue-2northboundclustersnearlanewideningsouthofintersection;1southboundand2northboundclustersnorthofintersection.

• CottageAvenue-2northboundclusterssouthofintersectionaftercurve.• PavoniaAvenue-3northboundclustersonapproach;1clusternorthboundafterintersection;4southboundclustersap-proachingintersection.

21

Manydeliveryvehicleswereobservedtobeun/loadingintravellanes,potentiallybecauseloadingzoneswereoftenillegallyoccu-piedbyparkedvehicles.Notedspecificallyat:

• NewarkAvenue(westleg)• CottageAvenue(westofintersection)

Other22 Manysidestreetshadthesmaller8-inchsignalheads.

Cyclist facilities23 Nocyclistaccommodations24 Manycyclistsobservedtousesidewalksdespitesignageprohibitingbicycle-ridingonsidewalk

St. Paul’s Avenue25 Nocrosswalkonnorthside(hadbeendecidedwithschoolprincipal).26 Narrowsidewalksonwestsideofnorthleg.27 Left-turnsareprotected-permittedoffofJFKBoulevardwhereaselsewhereareprotectedonly28 Rumblestripsnearschoolaredeteriorated.29 LongdistancesbetweencrosswalksacrossJFKBoulevardnorthofintersection30 Twocrashesinwhichright-turningvehiclestruckpedestrianincrosswalk,oneresultinginfatality.52 Missing“Donotcross”signonnorthleg.

Van Winkle Avenue/ Brooks Place31 MissingLEDsonpedheadsignal.32 Crosswalksarenothighvisibility.

Newark Avenue33 Brokenyellowlight.

*Clusterswillreferto>1crash/year


Issues List34 Rightturnlaneatsliprampmightnotbewidelyusedandapproachisnotclearlydelineated.35 Left-turncrashhistorywherevehiclesturningleftfromeastboundNewarkAvenuestruckbywestboundvehicles.36 BusstopsignsaretooclosetoWhiteCastledriveway.37 PPBplaqueisbrokenonnorthwestcorner.

Cottage Avenue

38 Wayfindingsignageonnorthboundapproachisconfusing.ItseemstoimplymakingarightontoCottageAvenuewhereasitisactuallysupposedtodirecttrafficattheNewarkAvenueintersection.

39 Brokenpedestrianlight.40 Mergesignislocatedinwrongplace.

Van Reipen Avenue44 PedestrianswereobservedcrossingJFKBoulevardatVanReipen,whichisdangerousasmotoristsspeedaroundthecurve.45 CrosswalkatVanReipenisnotmarked46 Thelong,continuouscurb-cutnorthofVanReipenmayexposepedestrianstovehiclesturningintotheparkinglot.55 Deterioratedcurbend.

Pavonia Avenue41 Missingvisorontrafficheadsignal.42 Crossingtimesmaynotbelongenoughtohandlepedestrianvolume.43 Pedestriancrossingtimemaynotbefullyoptimized.

48 Lanedropnorthofintersectionisnotwell-definedandcontinuestobeextremelywide,possiblycontributingtomorespeedinganddriverconfusiononappropriatelaneuse.

49 Trafficbottlenecksnearthelanedropnorthoftheintersection.

50 U-turnfromnorthboundtosouthboundmaybedangerousasitmeanscuttingacrossthreelanesoftraffic.Also,southboundtrafficiscomingaroundacurveandmayhavelimitedsitevisibility.

51 VehicleswereobservedwaitingtopickuppassengersinthetravellanesofPavoniaAvenue.


Issue Visuals: St. Paul’s Avenue

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JFK

BLVD

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Verticalcurvemayimposeonsitedistance,possiblybeingthereasonforfrequentleft-turncrashes.Towertolefthouseselderlyresidentswhomaybemorevulnerabletotrippinghazards..

Missingcrosswalkonnorthleg.Alsomissing“USEOTHERCROSSWALK”

pedestriansignage.

Sunkengrateneedingmaintenance.

Metalplateinroadway

Motoristsspeedaroundhorizontalcurvenorthofintersection.

Narrowsidewalkswithnopedestrianbufferarea.

2

3

15 15

20 25

27

Deterioratedrumblestrips.28

2crashes(1fatal,1moderateinjury)involvingpedestriansandright-turningvehiclesfromJFKBoulevardsouthbound.

Metalplates(about6”x6”)withscrewsstickingoutonsidewalk.

Abandonedbreakawaypost;Grit(pre-sumablyfromtheroad)onsidewalk.

ST. PAUL’S AVE.

3026


Abandonedpoleneartree.

15

15

5

“NOLEFTTURN”signisskeweddownwards.

Issue Visuals: Van Winkle Avenue/Brooks Place

31

Brokenpedestriansignalhead.Brokensidewalkpavement.

1218

FadedcrosswalksPedestrianscrossingmid-blocksouthofintersection.

JFK

BLVD

.VAN WINKLE AVE. BROOKS PLACE

Missingstreetnamesign.

5 16

Cominguphillandmakingleft,3pedestrian-vehiclecrash-esoccurredinthenorthleg’scrosswalk..

36

Busstopsouthofintersectionislocat-edinWhiteCastledrivewayentrance.


Issue Visuals: Newark Avenue

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Abandonedfoundation. Unevenpavement.

Brokenyellow.

6 33

Fadedcrosswalk

12

8

6

Missingcenterlineoneastleg.

1

12

34

JFK

BLVD

.

NEWARK AVE.

WHITECASTLE

Rightandthroughlanesonnorthboundapproacharenotclearlymarked.Noris

thereaparkingdelineation.

Fadedcrosswalks. Foundationmissingplateonsouthwestcorner.


Brokenstreetnamesign.

Wayfindingsignagemayconfusedriv-ersintoturnrighttoCottageAvenue.

Issue Visuals: Cottage Avenue to Van Reipen

Trucksun/loadinginnon-designatedareas,includingtravellanes.

21

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Rubbishandloosebrickintheside-walkaretrippinghazards.

Prolongeddepressedcurbexposespedestrianstovehiclesturningintotheadjacentparkinglot.

Misplacedmergesign.

Fivecrasheswithpedestriansinthesouthlegcrosswalkandleft-turningve-hiclesfromCottageStreetwestbound.

16

JFK

BLVD

.

COTTAGE AVE.

Vehiclesparkedinrightandleft-turninglanes,impedingsitedistance.

19 646

38

5

Sunkensewergrate.

3

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Issue Visuals: Pavonia Avenue

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Vehiclesillegallyparkedimpedetraffic,includingsafepedestrianmovement.

19

Missingplate.

8

Missingcrosswalkmarking

41

Vehiclesillegallyparkedintravellane.

19

Deterioratedcurbend.

53

43

Pedestriansignalheadsdisplaythe“don’twalk”signalwhenthereisno

directconflictbetweenpedestrianandprotectedleft-turnmovements,result-inginpedestriansnothavingasmuchsignalizedcrossingtimeaspossible.

JFK

BLVD

.

PAVONIA AVE.

41

Missingvisoronsignalhead.

VAN REIPEN AVE.

U-turnsmaybeanunnecessaryandunsafepermittedmovement.

50

JFK BLV

D.


44

Issue Visuals: General

24

Somecyclistswereobservedtobicycleonthesidewalk,sometrav-eledwithvehiculartraffic,andotherstraveledagainsttraffic.

PedestrianswereobservedtocrossKennedyBoulevardattheinter-sectionofVanReipenStreet,usingthemedianasarefuge.

23

2312

ApartfromtheoverloadedrackatthePATHstation,therewerenobicycleparkingfacilities.

10

9

43

Somepedestrianpushbuttonswerenotproperlyorient-edandappearedtobeunderutilizedbypedestrianscross-ingthestreet.

Pedestrian Facilities Cyclist Facilities

Fadedcrosswalks(above,#12),lackoftactiledomes(right,#9).


Issue Visuals: General (continued)

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Signage Maintenance

8

6

12

15

Parking

19

Vehiclesparkedtooclosetoin-tersectionsimpedesitedistance;vehiclesparkedintravellanes

mayleadtosuddenbreakingandsideswipes.

VanparkedintravellaneonKennedyBoulevardsouthboundoncurvenorthofPavonia(left).

Multiplevehiclesparkedinrightandleft-turninglanesoneastlegofCottageAvenue.

Manylightsalongcorridorwereobservedtobemissingtheglassglobethatprotectsthelight.Otherlightswereobservedbetobeonduringdaylighthours.

Manysignsalongcorri-dorwereobservedtobedamagedorlackinginretroreflectivity(left).

Signclutter(below).

Abandonedfoundation(aboveleft)andrustedmetalplatesin

sidewalk(aboveright)aretrippinghazardsforpedestrians.

Missingplateoftrafficlightbaseexposessignalwires(left).

Fadedcrosswalksandunevenpavementwereobservedthroughoutthecorridor.


Rec. # Recommendations List Safety Benefit

Time Frame Cost Jurisdiction Issue

Ref. #Corridorwide

A Pedestrians

A-1 Considerinstallingergonomiccrosswalksatintersectionsthatmoreaccuratelyreflectpedestriandesirelines Medium Short $ HudsonCounty 18

A-2 Revisewalksignalstomaximizewalktime,keepinginconformancewithMUTCDregulations. Medium Short $ HudsonCounty 14,18

A-3 Replaceallsidewalksthatarenotsafeforpedestrians. Medium/High Medium $$ JerseyCity 15

A-4 Installsignageexplainingwhenpedestrianrecallisactiveand,conversely,whenthepedestrianpushbutton(PPB)needstobeactivated. Low Medium $$ HudsonCounty 10

A-5 Considerinstallingaudiblecrosswalksignals. Low Medium $$ HudsonCounty 9

A-6 Installandupgradepedestrianpushbuttonssotheyarerealignedandincludeanarrowtoindicatecrossingdirection Medium Short $ HudsonCounty 11

A-7 Installfully-compliantADAcurbrampsandtactiledomes. Medium Medium $$ HudsonCounty 9A-8 Studypedestrianmovement(volumecounts)tobetterunderstandfacilityuse. Low Short $ HudsonCounty 18,14

A-9

Provideenhancedbusamenities:Installsheltersandseatingareas Low Medium $$ JerseyCity 13

Markbusstoplaneareaswithhigh-visibilitypaint Medium/Low Short $ JerseyCity 13

A-10 Considerinstallingleadpedestrianintervalphasingatintersectionswhereappropriate. Medium Short $ HudsonCounty 32,16

B Maintenance

B-1 Repairpavementbyfillinginpotholesandmilling/repavingwhereappropriate. Medium Short/Medium $/$$$ HudsonCounty 2

B-2 Repaircatchbasininstallations. Low Short $ HudsonCounty 2,3

B-3Professionalstaffshouldconductaformalengineeringreviewofexistinglightingconditionstoevaluatewherebothvehiclesandpedestrianlevellightingcanbeenhanced.

Medium/High Medium $$ HudsonCounty 7

B-4 Brokenandexposedbulbsshouldbereplaced Low Short $ HudsonCounty 7B-5 Replacesignswithretroreflectivematerialsandaddbreakawayposts. Medium Short $ HudsonCounty 5B-6 Checkandreplacebreakawayposts. Low Short $ HudsonCounty 5

B-7 Repaintfadedpavement(centerlines,crosswalks).Considerstampingcross-walkswithdecorativebrickpavers. Medium Medium $/$$ HudsonCounty 1,12

B-8 Addlanelineextensionsthroughintersection. Low Short $ HudsonCounty 20C CyclistsC-1 Installbicycleparkingwherefeasible. Low Short $ HudsonCounty 23

C-2 Considertheprovisionofsharedlanemarkingsorbicyclelanestoencourageon-streetriding,possiblybyreconfiguringcrosssection. High Medium/

Long $$$ HudsonCounty 24

C-3 IfnobikelanesareinstalledonKennedyBoulevard,designatealternativeroutesforcyclists. High Medium/

Long $ HudsonCounty 24

D Operations

D-1 Upgrade8-inchsignalheadsto12-inchsignalheadswithretroreflectivebackplatesonminorapproaches. Medium Medium $$ HudsonCounty 22

D-2Possiblyaddgreeneryorstreetfurnituretogivethecorridormoreofanurbanratherthana“highway”character,possiblyviaTAPfunds,beingcarefulnottoleteitherobstructmotoristviewsheds.

Medium Medium/Long $$ HudsonCounty 13

>> 4.0 Recommendations




Ref. #D-3 Conductaspeedstudytoseewhereandbyhowmuchmotoristsarespeeding. Medium Short $ HudsonCounty 20

D-4Increaseenforcementefforts,particularlyinregardsto:

• Vehiclesparkingintravellanes• Pedestrianscrossingmid-block

Medium Medium $$ JerseyCity 19,21

D-5 Paintanedgelinetoclearlydefinetheparkingareaandcurbsidetravellane. Medium Medium $ HudsonCounty 20

D-6 Conductacorridorstudytoseeifgeneralnumberoftravellanescanbedecreasedfrom3to2. High Long $$ HudsonCounty 17

D-7 Reviewsignallayouttohaveonefar-sidesignalheadperlane. Medium Medium $$ HudsonCounty 20St.Paul’sAvenue

E-1

Considerinstallingcrosswalkonnorthleg(optionhadpreviouslybeendecidedagainstbecausethereiscurrentlyacrossingguardtoassiststudentstravelingtofromlocalschoolsites)ORinstallsignageonprohibitingpedestriancrossingonnorthleg.

Medium Medium $ HudsonCounty 25

E-2 Re-striperumblestrips Medium Short $ HudsonCounty 28E-3 Re-installschoolzonesignageandrefreshpavementmarking. Low Short $ HudsonCounty 5

E-4 Considerinstallingbulb-outsatnortheast,northwest,andsouthwestcorners. High Medium/Long $$/$$$ HudsonCounty

E-5 Considerinstallingasplit-turnphaseforleftturns(waspreviouslysplitphase,butoperationsweretoostalledandsplit-phasingwasremoved). Medium Long $$$ HudsonCounty 27

E-6 Considerremovingdedicatedright-turnlaneonsouthboundapproachandusingreclaimedspaceforwidersidewalkfacilities. Medium Medium/

Long $$ HudsonCounty 25,30

ConVanWinkleAvenue/BrooksPlace

F-1 Consideraddingcornerbulb-outs(paintedorconcrete)toincreasesightdis-tanceandvisibilityofcrossingpedestrians. High Medium/

Long $/$$$ HudsonCounty 32,16

F-3 Reposition“noleft-turn”sign. Medium Short $ HudsonCounty 5F-4 Installhighvisibilitycrosswalks. High Medium $$ HudsonCounty 32F-5 Repairpedestriansignalhead. Low Short $ HudsonCounty 31F-6 Considerinstallingarefugeisland. High Long $$ HudsonCounty 32,16

F-7 Installa“NOTURNONRED”signontheeastboundapproach,keepinginconformancewithMUTCDregulations. Medium Short $ HudsonCounty 32

F-8 Replacemissingsignonpole Low Short $ HudsonCounty 5NewarkAvenue

G-1 Relocatebusstop(see“ConceptDesign”pages). Medium Medium $$ JerseyCity 36

G-2Considerthepossibilityofeliminatingtherightturnlaneonwestsideofthesouthboundlegsocurbalignswithpedestriandesirelinesonnorthleg.Usereclaimedspacetoinstallabusbump-in,communityspace,orparking.

High Long $$$ HudsonCounty 34

G-3 Adddottedlanelineextensions Medium Medium $ HudsonCounty 35G-4 Studyhowaddingasplitphaseonminorapproacheswillimpactoperations. High Medium $$ HudsonCounty 35G-5 Limitdrivewayaccessonsouthwestcorner(alongKennedyBoulevard) Low Medium $$ HudsonCounty 46

CottageAvenueH-1 Installaleadpedestrianinterval Medium Short $ HudsonCounty 16H-2 Considerinstallingamedianrefugeislandinthehatchedareaonthenorthleg. High Long $$ HudsonCounty 16H-3 Relocatewayfindingsignage. Medium Short $ JerseyCity 38H-4 Relocatemerge. Medium Short $ HudsonCounty 5H-5 Createdesignateddrivewayentrance(possiblybyraisingthecurbheight). High Medium $$$ HudsonCounty 33




Ref. #H-7 Repairbrokenpedestriansignalhead. Medium Short $ HudsonCounty 39H-8 Addloadingzonepavementmarkings. Medium Short $ HudsonCounty 21H-9 Consideraddingcornerbulb-outs.

H-10 Combineeastboundleftandrightturnlanesintoasinglelane,bump-outcurb,andpotentiallyutilizeextrapavementspaceforreverseangleparking. Low Long $$$ HudsonCounty 19

VanReipenAvenue

J-2 Addadecorativefencetomediansopedestriansdon’tcrossKennedyBoule-vardattheVanReipenintersection. High Long $$$ HudsonCounty 44

J-2 MarkcrosswalkacrossVanReipen. Short Medium $ HudsonCounty 45

J-3DefineedgeofnorthboundcurbsidelanesouthofCottageAvenue,withpaintorbyphysicallyextendingthecurb(seefigure26).Couldalsoinstalladditionalparkingwithincurbextension.

High Short/Long $/$$$ HudsonCounty 48

J-4 Replacemedianhead Low Medium $$ HudsonCounty 53PavoniaAvenue

I-1

Gradeseparationforpedestrianstoreducevehicle/pedestrianconflict• CoordinatewithPortAuthority• Shouldn’tnecessarilyremovepedestriansentirelyfromPavoniaAvenue• Needstobeconstructedwellsoit’swell-used• Optionscouldbestudiedbyasubregionalstudythatassesseshowpe-

destrianscanbestaccessPATH(notethatHudsonCountyhadpreviouslysubmittedathumbnailforsuchaproject,buttheydidn’treceivethegrant)

High Long $$$ HudsonCounty 14

I-3 Installaleadpedestrianinterval/lagleft. Medium Short $ HudsonCounty 14

I-4 Considerconductinganengineeringstudythatwouldanalyzethepossibilityofmarkingdiagonalcrosswalksforall-pedestrianphase. Low Medium $$ HudsonCounty 14,18

I-5 Restrictu-turnmovementonnorthboundapproach,possiblybyphysicallyextendingthemedian(seefigure26). High Medium $$ HudsonCounty 50

I-6 Reviewlocationoflanedrops/add-ins.Relocateifnecessary. Medium Medium $$ HudsonCounty 48

I-7 ConsiderreducinglanesonPavoniaAvenuefrom3to2(seefigure26).Couldbedonewithpaintorphysicalbulb-out. Low Medium $$ HudsonCounty 51

I-8 Adddiagrammaticlanemarkingsonsouthboundapproach Medium Short $ HudsonCounty 48I-9 Considerinstallingapedestrianrefugeonwesterlycrosswalk(privatedrive). Medium Medium $$ Privateoffice 14

I-10 Considerexpandingexistingpedestrianrefugeislandtoclearlydirectsouth-boundandnorthboundleftturningandprovideapositiveaffect. Medium Long $$ HudsonCounty 42,14

I-11 Ifaleadpedestrianintervalisinstalled,consideralsoinstalling,inconjunction,asouthboundprotectedlagleft. Medium Medium $$ HudsonCounty 42

I-12 Considerinstallinga“NOTURNONRED”signattheparkingfacilityexit,keep-inginconformancewithMUTCDregulations. Medium Short $ HudsonCounty 32


Concept Designs

KENN

EDYBLVD

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KENN

EDYBLVD

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ST.PAUL’SAVE.NEWARKAVE.

COTTAGEAVE.

BROOKSPL.

VANWINKLEAVE.

INTERSECTION LOCATERSt.Paul’sAvenue:Dedicatedrightlane

removedandsidewalkextendedwithbulb-outinlocationwherefatalandmoderatepedestri-ancrasheshadoccurred(northwestcorner).Greenspaceaddedonnorthleg.Bulb-outson

northandsouthwestcornerstoaligncur-blines.Paintedbusstoparea.

VanWinkle/BrooksPlace:Paintededgelinesalongtravellanesnorthofintersections,

bulb-outsoncorners.Curb-protectedbusstopmovedoutofdrivewayandthirdlaneaddedsouthofstoponNewarkAvenueapproach.

NewarkAvenue:Dedicatedright-turnlaneremovedandbulb-outsappliedtomaximizesidewalkspacewithoutremovingparking.

Greenfeaturesaddedoncorner.

CottageAvenue:Paintedmedianupgradedtophysicalpedestrianrefugeisland.Loadingareahatched.Cornerbulb-outsadded,east-boundapproachreducedtoonelane,extrapavementutilizedforreverseangleparking.

Continuedinnextpanel

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Figure 19 – Van Winkle/Brooks Place to St. Paul’s Avenue

Figure 20 – Cottage Avenue to Newark Avenue

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KENN

EDYBLVD

.KE

NNED

YBLVD.

VANREIPENAVE.

PAVONIAAVE.

VanReipenAvenue:Markedcrosswalk,curbextensionstonarrowlanesanddefinedrivewayentrancenorthofVanReipenoneastcurb,medianfenceontopofconcretemedian.Curbextensionscouldhousecurb-

sideparking.

PavoniaAvenue:Diagrammaticlaneusemarkingsonsouthboundapproach,extendedmediantoeliminateleft-turns,widenedpedes-trianrefugeislandwithmedianfence.Bulb-outonnortheastcornertoeliminatepotentiallyunnecessarythirdlane.Dashedlanemark-ingsandmergearrowsnorthofintersectiontoindicatelanetermination.Enlargedrefugeislandonnorthleg.Refugeislandaddedon

westleg.

Figure 21 – Pavonia Avenue to Cottage Avenue

INTERSECTION LOCATER[


Photosimulations

Figure 22 – Cottage Avenue & Kennedy Boulevard looking northbound (current).

Figure 23 – Cottage Avenue & Kennedy Boulevard looking northbound, with refuge island, truncated domes, repainted cross-walk, removed merge sign, and curb extension along north leg (photo-simulated improvements).


Figure 24 – St. Paul’s Avenue & Kennedy Boulevard looking southbound (current).

Figure 25 – St. Paul’s Avenue & Kennedy Boulevard looking southbound, with right-turn lane removed, sidewalk extended, added green space.


>> Appendix A – RSA Team

Name Representing E-mail

Bryon Nicholas Hudson County Planning [email protected]

Megan Massey Hudson County Planning [email protected]

Chris Roberts Hudson County Planning [email protected]

Demetrio A. Arencibia Hudson County Engineering [email protected]

Joseph Glembocki Hudson County Engineering [email protected]

Jose Sieira Hudson County Engineering [email protected]

Rob Milne Hudson TMA [email protected]

Betsy Harvey Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center [email protected]

Amon Boucher New Jersey Department of Transportation [email protected]

Paul Miranda New Jersey Department of Transportation [email protected]

Christine Mittman North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority [email protected]

Elizabeth Thompson North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority [email protected]

Andy Kaplan CAIT-Transportation Safety Resource Center [email protected]

Sally Karasov CAIT-Transportation Safety Resource Center [email protected]

Aimee Jefferson CAIT-Transportation Safety Resource Center [email protected]

Kara Hrabosky Duncan Avenue Neighborhood Association [email protected]


>> Appendix B – Area Maps


StudyArea

Study Area

HudsonCounty

JerseyCity


Area Transit

StudyAreaNJTransitBusLinesNJTransitBusStops

HudsonCounty

JerseyCity


Traffic Volumes

StudyArea

TrafficCounts

HudsonCounty

JerseyCity


>> Appendix C – Crash Data & Diagrams


TSRC Imagery,

2014

Crash Corridor

Study Area

0 20 40 60 80 100

30.59

30.61

30.63

30.65

30.67

30.69

30.71

30.73

30.75

30.77

30.79

30.81

30.83

30.85

30.87

30.89

30.91

30.93

30.95

30.97

30.99

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CrashesbyMilepost


RSA Corridor Crash Summary (2010 – 2012)

CrashType&Severity

0102030405060708090

100110120130


RightAngle LeftTurn/UTurn Other* Pedestrian/Cyclist SameDirection-RearEnd


PDO Pain ModerateInjury Fatal

CrashType #SameDirection–

RearEnd 89

SameDirection–SideSwipe 118

RightAngle 12OppositeDirection–HeadOn/Angular 3

OppositeDirection–SideSwipe 4

StruckParkedVehicle 40

LeftTurn/U-Turn 15Backing 12

Encroachment 1Overturned -FixedObject 10

Animal -Pedestrian 25Pedalcyclist 4

Non-fixedObject -Railcar–Vehicle -

Other -Total 333

Severity #PropertyDamage

Only(PDO) 268

Pain 55ModerateInjury 9

IncapacitatingInjury -Fatal 1Total 333

SurfaceCondition #Dry 263Wet 61

Snowy 2Icy 2

Slush 5Water–Standing/

Moving -

Sand,Mud,Dirt -Oil -Total 333

LightCondition #Daylight 244Dawn -Dusk 6

Dark–NoStreetLights 3

Dark–StreetLightsOn/Continuous 72

Dark–StreetLightsOn/Spot 5

Dark–StreetLightsOff 1

Other 2Total 333

Intersection #Atintersection 123

Notatintersection 210AtorNearRailroad -

Total 333

CrashYear #2010 1032011 1082012 122Total 333

Day #Monday 39Tuesday 54

Wednesday 59Thursday 46Friday 59

Saturday 43Sunday 33Total 333

Month #January 28February 32March 19April 21May 25June 28July 25

August 24September 33October 37November 31December 30

Total 333


Pavonia Avenue

Intersection Locater

[=Complaintofpain

Allpedestrianandcyclistcrashesfrom2008–2012haveabriefcrashnarrativeincludedinthediagramandarecolorcodedbyseverity.

Additionally,anyothercrashtypehavingaseverityof“moderateinjury”orgreaterhasacolor-codednarrative.

Crashesnotlocated:

1RightAngle

Crash Diagram Legend

Oppositedirection-Headon/angular

Samedirection-SideswipeSamedirection-RearEndStruckparkedvehicle

Fixed-object

Oppositedirection-SideSwipe

Rightangle

Cyclist

Pedestrians

Backing

Encroachment

Left-turn

GoogleImagery,2014

CrashdiagramsbasedonreportsretrievedfromNJDOT


Pavonia Avenue – Crash Summary (2010 – 2012)

CrashType&Severity

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35

40

45

StruckParkedVehicle RightAngle Pedestrian/Cyclist SameDirection-RearEnd SameDirection-SideSwipe

PDO Pain


RearEnd 20


RightAngle 3OppositeDirection–HeadOn/Angular -

OppositeDirection–SideSwipe -


LeftTurn/U-Turn -Backing -

Encroachment -Overturned -FixedObject -

Animal -Pedestrian 3Pedalcyclist -


Other -Total 73


Only(PDO) 66

Pain 7ModerateInjury -

IncapacitatingInjury -Fatal -Total 73


Snowy -Icy -

Slush -Water–Standing/

Moving -


LightCondition #Daylight 52Dawn 1Dusk -




Dark–StreetLightsOff -

Other 1Total 7.



Total 73

CrashYear #2010 202011 232012 30Total 73






Total 73


Cottage Street

[=Complaintofpain=Moderateinjury




Crashesnotlocated:

1StruckParkedVehicle

1Backing




Fixed-object


Rightangle

Cyclist

Pedestrians

Backing

Encroachment

Left-turn

GoogleImagery,2014



Cottage Street – Crash Summary (2010 – 2012)

CrashType&Severity

0

5

10

15

20




PDO Pain ModerateInjury


RearEnd 8






Encroachment -Overturned -FixedObject 2



Other -Total 48


Only(PDO) 38




Snowy -Icy -


Moving -

Sand,Mud,Dirt -Oil -Total






Other -Total 48



Total 48

CrashYear #2010 132011 142012 21Total 48




Month #January 3February 3March 3April -May 2June 5July 7


Total 48


Newark Avenue





Crashesnotlocated:

2SameDirection–SideSwipe


1SameDirection–HeadOn/Angular

1FixedObject

1Rightangle




Fixed-object


Rightangle

Cyclist

Pedestrians

Backing

Encroachment

Left-turn

GoogleImagery,2014



Newark Avenue – Crash Summary (2010 – 2012)

CrashType&Severity

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40






RearEnd 26









Other -Total 108


Only(PDO) 88




Snowy 1Icy 1

Slush -Water–Standing/

Moving -



Dark–NoStreetLights -


Dark–StreetLightsOn/Spot -


Other -Total 108



Total 108

CrashYear #2010 382011 392012 31Total 108






Total 108


Van Winkle Avenue/Brooks Place





Crashesnotlocated:

1Pedalcyclist10/1219:49,F,(ModerateInjury)

1Encroachment




Fixed-object


Rightangle

Cyclist

Pedestrians

Backing

Encroachment

Left-turn

GoogleImagery,2014



Van Winkle Avenue/Brooks Place – Crash Summary (2010 – 2012)

CrashType&Severity

0

2

4

6

8

StruckParkedVehicle RightAngle Other* Pedestrian/Cyclist SameDirection-RearEnd




RearEnd 7


RightAngle 2OppositeDirection–HeadOn/Angular -



LeftTurn/U-Turn -Backing -

Encroachment 1Overturned -FixedObject -



Other -Total 29


Only(PDO) 23




Snowy 1Icy 1


Moving -





Dark–StreetLightsOn/Spot -

Dark–StreetLightsOff 1

Other -Total 29



Total 29

CrashYear #2010 112011 92012 9Total 29




Month #January 4February 4March 1April -May 1June 2July 4


Total 29


St. Paul’s Avenue

[=Complaintofpain=Moderateinjury=Fatal




Crashesnotlocated:

2Backing

1Pedestrian(Pain)

2RightAngle

1SameDirection-SideSwipe





Fixed-object


Rightangle

Cyclist

Pedestrians

Backing

Encroachment

Left-turn

GoogleImagery,2014



St. Paul’s Avenue – Crash Summary (2010 – 2012)

CrashType&Severity

0

5

10

15

20

25

30




PDO Pain ModerateInjury Fatal


RearEnd 27









Other -Total 70


Only(PDO) 51


IncapacitatingInjury 0Fatal 1Total 70


Snowy -Icy -


Moving -



Dark–NoStreetLights -




Other 1Total 70



Total 70

CrashYear #2010 202011 212012 29Total 70






Total 70


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