The Asbury Park The Complete Streets Coalition was honored this week during the State’s Complete Streets Summit at Rutgers University. The Summit Taskforce, comprised of  the NJDOT’s New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center, chose the local group as the recipient of this year’s Complete Streets Champion Award. Formed during the summer of 2015, the […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, As a resident of Asbury Park since 2010, I’ve seen the town change a lot, including a greater increase in traffic (most obviously noted during the summer months). Putting in a bike lane and reducing traffic down to one lane on Main Street would be a complete disaster.  With no designated […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: Recently Mr Levinsky correctly stated that there are questions regarding traffic calming. [Levinksy: Reject ain Street Corridor Redesign] However, what was missed are the facts: A thing that is indisputably the case. Facts that Mayor John Moore does not grasp either, despite his intelligence and compassion. Regarding emergency vehicle access and […]

With goals that range from uniformed bike racks to smart road design that accommodates all modes of transportation, the recently formed the Asbury Park Complete Streets Coalition is holding its first public meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Cowerks, located at 619 Lake Ave. The grassroots committee of concerned residents is led by […]

Members of the Asbury Park City Council are all in agreement that none of the city’s railway intersections between Memorial Drive and Main Street should be shut off to traffic. In a discussion held during the Aug. 6 city council meeting, all five council members agreed to send correspondence to the state department of transportation […]

A portion of one of the city’s main north-to-south throughfares has been approved for slimming. Members of the Asbury Park City Council voted Wednesday to draft a resolution that allows the Department of Transportation [DOT] to reconfigure the traffic pattern on Memorial Drive, from Route 33 on the Neptune border to Munroe Avenue. Monmouth County […]

The county has secured funds to redesign the traffic pattern on a portion of Memorial Drive in Asbury Park. Commonly referred to as the “road diet,” the plan would reconfigure a portion of Memorial Drive from Munroe Avenue south [shown above] to Route 35 in Neptune from a four lane thoroughfare into two through traffic […]

The special meeting the Asbury Park City Council scheduled for Sept. 25 with representatives of the New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] to discuss the state’s proposed redesign of Main Street with members of the public has been postponed. “The [NJ]DOT is not prepared to make a public presentation,” said Donald Sammet, city planning and […]

The Asbury Park City Council will hold a special meeting in September with representatives of the New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] to discuss the state’s proposed redesign of Main Street, and local business owners and residents are invited to weigh in. Commonly referred to as the “road diet,” the plan would reconfigure Rt. 71, […]

The city council plans a special council meeting to discuss the state’s proposed redesign of Asbury Park’s Main Street, with one council member asking that the session be held by September. Called a “road diet” the state plan would reduce Main Street from a four lane thoroughfare down to two with bike paths on both […]