One thing about living in Central Jersey that I’m not too fond of — and I do like it around here — is the traffic. Route 1, in particular, can be a nightmare — especially up through Edison and Woodbridge.
So, I assumed that our trip north to The Great Indoors would be a traffic hassle. On the contrary. It was a surprisingly mellow trip — which just goes to show that it pays toget up and out early if you want to get any where around here.
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Whose bright idea was it to place the “No Turn On Red” sign behind the lane sign on Route 522 at Stouts Lane? The placement makes it difficult to see, making it likely that many will not follow the rules. Brilliant.
Dispatches is up — on the governor’s debt plan and its potential impact on traffic.
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One more thing about the toll plan: Will it force drivers from the Turnpike onto local roads like Route 1 and Route 130? How can it not?
(E)conomists say the higher tolls could mean less money spent at a restaurant or hardware store, or drivers clogging local roads to avoid the tolls.
“There will be strategies emerging to avoid bearing those costs,” said James W. Hughes, the dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.
Be prepared for an increase in traffic in South Brunswick and Cranbury.
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The South Brunswick Township Council is considering whether it should add an extra turning lane from Beekman Road onto Route 27. The idea, as I understand it (I wasn’t at Tuesday’s council meeting where it was discussed) would be to designate a left-turn lane and set aside a separate right-turn lane (an accommodation would need to be made for drivers going straight into the CVS).
On a theoretical plane, I probably could support something like this. But the failure of this intersection is more than theoretical. We were driving home tonight at about 7 p.m. and turned onto Beekman from Route 1 heading west. When we got to Beekman, we needed to make a left and sat through about a half dozen lights.
So, the turn lanes make sense.
But more needs to be done. One of the major problems at the intersections is that the cars coming out of the CVS and heading straight onto Beekman create havoc — creating a dangerous situation (it can be difficult to see the cars that are heading straight) and stopping those turning left from Beekman onto Route 27 and holding up the line of traffic.
A turning arrow is needed, at the very least, to better regulate traffic. Realigning the intersection to line it up with the Franklin section of Beekman would have been the best approach, but the construction of the Mobile station (now a Lukoil) has pretty much ended that possibility.
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Hank Kalet 