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Once of Plymouth UK & Bristol UK, I now live with my Miss America, Linda and Grace, Roz, and Henry, in NJ, the EssX of the USX Uptown in the penthouse or downtown with the mob… https://bsky.app/profile/alanehill.com #dunplottin #transit #bikewalk #music #hifi #pafc
Meanwhile in Red Bank NJ

Meanwhile In Red Bank NJ: Smugness-Abounds…

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Meanwhile in Red Bank NJ, smugness-abounds from a faction who have put back the cause of progressive politics and community involvement in the town for years…
Climate has waited for the last three years at least in RB
Clearly this poster hasn’t sat in council meetings and seen their questions about climate change preparedness policies, municipal electric vehicles purchasing, utilities, etc., being pooh-poohed by the very sect this poster installed

And they even turn off comments… Wow…
Meanwhile in Red Bank NJ

Meanwhile In Red Bank NJ: 20261105

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Just taking a brief look and making a couple of notes about the town’s much vaunted pedestrian safety scheme now being installed on the offset intersection on Drs James Parkers Blvd and Bridge St.
Hard to believe the mayor and council paid $70k to their consultants to come up with this mess.
Is that centre island wide enough to safely accommodate a person with a child buggy, or pushing a wheelchair as they attempt to use the cross-walk?

So, how are people riding bicycles from the west side to access to the town’s only (admittedly poorly maintained) bike lanes on S Bridge?

Best information on scheme available from town hall… posted on Facebook
Reminder, total deaths on NJ roads are falling this year… Pedestrian and cycling deaths are actually up on last year.
I foresee some spectacularly dangerous moves by impatient drivers to make left turns whilst avoiding, or not, the centre island.
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Around Town, On Two Wheels

The Road To Hell…

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I took a stroll to see how the council’s much heralded safety project at the skewed intersection Bridge St and Drs James Parker Blvd is progressing – more on this another day…

However, given the town’s long list of cycling and pedestrian safety awards, it wasn’t a great surprise to see how the only bike lanes in Red Bank are fairing…

Heading south on Bridge St, the town's only designated bike lane has faded to a badly worn sharrow. Meanwhile at the top of the street cyclists will be banned from making a left turn towards the lane's natural destination, the Count Basie Fields
Heading south on Bridge St, the town’s only designated bike lane has faded to a badly worn sharrow. Meanwhile at the top of the street cyclists will be banned from making a left turn towards the bike lane’s natural destination, the Count Basie Fields

 

 

Road Safety

Vision Zero or Zero Vision?

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Year-on-year in 2026 New Jersey traffic deaths have fallen by over 7%.

Unfortunately pedestrian and cyclists’ deaths have actually risen and now constitute over a third of all deaths on NJ roads:

10/30/2026: 444 dead in 300 days on New Jersey roads in 2026, including 137peds + 13cyclists
Each victim killed either in or being hit by a car, bus or truck

Total fatalities have fallen by 35 year-on-year
Bikeped deaths have risen to over a third of the state’s total
#visionzero #bikeped #bikesky

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— NJCrash💥 (@njcrash.bsky.social) October 30, 2026 at 10:39 AM

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