Dear Editor:
One of the things we love about Hoboken is that it is a walking town. We can walk to our schools, parks, restaurants and shops. We would like to sincerely thank the public officials who are working to support safety in our walking community.
First, the Hoboken City Council, especially the Parking & Transportation Committee – Councilman Peter Cunningham, Councilwoman Terry LaBruno and Councilwoman Dawn Zimmer – launched an initiative to install stanchions at many of our City’s intersections. The stanchions, which prevent illegally-parked cars form blocking pedestrians’ and motorists’ sight-lines at intersections, have greatly enhanced the safety of our streets.
Second, the Hoboken Police Department, especially Lieutenants Misculin and Wehrhhan, are implementing a state-funded program for greater enforcement of traffic laws.
And, finally Mr. John Correa and the entire Hoboken Parking Utility routinely patrol the streets to enforce parking restrictions that promote safety and deter cars from parking in unsafe manners.
We strongly believe that further work in necessary. Most importantly, Washington Street desperately needs walk/don’t walk signals at every intersection. Pedestrians often cannot even see the status of the traffic light. Also we hope to see even greater enforcement of stop sign and speeding traffic violations. Many of us witness speeding, stop sign and cell phone violations as we are walking down our streets every day.
Although further work is needed, we are encouraged that our public servants are making safety a priority in Hoboken.
Laura Burkhart
Hoboken Family Alliance