HOBOKEN–The Hoboken Police Department has received a $16,000 grant from the N.J. Division of Highway Traffic Safety aimed at enhancing pedestrian safety in Hoboken.
The grant will fund the 2017 Pedestrian Safety Program – Walk Safe Hoboken, designed to reduce the number of traffic collisions involving pedestrians.
In June, Zack Simmons, 21, of Ramsey was struck and killed at Sixth Street and Willow Avenue in Hoboken in what police said was a hit-and-run accident.
The grant provides funding for traffic enforcement and educational material to be used during the police department’s school and community presentations.
The police department’s Traffic and Transportation Bureau recognizes the need for increased enforcement and awareness of pedestrian safety. “Walk Safe Hoboken” will begin this month and end in May 2017.
The program will provide educational presentations to local schools and the enforcement of motor vehicle laws throughout the city. Officers will stop motorists who fail to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks, and be on the lookout for other dangerous violations such as distracted driving.
As pedestrian safety is a shared responsibility, pedestrians who fail to use a crosswalk when crossing the street also will be stopped as part of the program.
Hoboken Police Officers will focus their enforcement efforts at commonly used crosswalks as well as school zones.
For information regarding “Walk Safe Hoboken,” contact Lieutenant John Petrosino or Sergeant William Montanez of the Hoboken Police Department’s Traffic and Transportation Bureau at (201) 420-5109.
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