My understanding is that the rule will be for the 'far' corners on one way intersections, so hopefully sightlines will be unimpeded.
I think Journey is right thought, its mostly legalizing the cars that already park in these locations.

"Councilman Peter Cunningham, who introduced the measure to the city council, said that spots will open up on at least half of the corners in Hoboken"
-I read this to mean that 2 of the 4 corners per intersection will be opened up to legal parking. If that's the case, it'll be the 2 corners that aren't in the line of sight of vehicular traffic.

Rory,

I completely agree that the disregard for stop signs and speeding in town are issues as well. I would like to see a lot more enforcement on these permanently, not just for a month.

I do think the corners are a safety concern still, even if people are all perfect drivers. If you can't see someone coming (or attempting to cross the street), it's still a heightened risk of injury or worse.

5th and Garden is really bad, especially at night and 7am-830am in morning. The other day I stood at corner for 5 minutes. 39 cars passed through, 1 totally stopped. About 15 slowly rolled through and the rest gunned it, 2 yellow cabs included. Can the newly hired special 2 police officers handle this Greg? Have them on Garden between 4th and 5th on sidewalk and stop cars that break the law?

"Pedestrians should stop and see if any cars are approaching."

Agreed, however, the inverse is also true. Vehicles should slow or stop to make sure there are no pedestrians. The state law, which is often ignored, is also that all vehicles must come to a complete stop for pedestrians crossing in a crosswalk.

The responsibility for safety is on both the pedestrians and the drivers.

If there's no stop sign, the vehicle should not slow any more than necessary to avoid hitting an entitled pedestrian who might jump out into the street as they cite the state law that gives them "The right of way" despite the fact that a car beat them to the corner. Drivers who stop at every corner waiting for pedestrians to show up ought not to have a driver's license.

I walk far more than I drive in this town, but I always STOP at corners if a car is more than 2/3 of the way down the block. I cannot assume that they will be able to stop before hitting me just because I have the right of way according to state law. In addition, when I drive, if I can't see what might be coming up to the corner because my sight line is blocked, I slow enough that I can stop on the dime if a pedestrian darts out, but if I can see what's coming I don't slow down at all.

HobokenOwl,

How do you propose a pedestrian cross the street when if you stand on the corner the cars just do not stop. I have waited in the worst weather while drivers just raced past on Clinton. They ignore me even when I'm standing one foot inside the crosswalk.

@Journey-
I clearly stated that I walk more than drive through this town. Short story on crossing is you're doing it the right way. If you walk out into the crosswalk just far enough to be seen but not hit, and a car is 2/3 of the way down the block, you wait until they pass. Unfortunately when 5-10 cars are in a row, they're not looking at you, they're looking at the car in front them. Yes, the 2nd- 10th car is breaking the law in not allowing you to cross, and yes, I find that frustrating as a pedestrian, but I know that when I'm a driver sometimes I'm caught up watching the car in front of me more than looking for peds. It happens. You drive and you get in the zone.

Drivers 2 - 10 are in the wrong, and being in the zone is lame excuse. If you can't handle driving and watching out for pedestrians, don't drive in congested city with lots of pedestrians.

Journey - I acknowleged 2-10 are wrong. Sometimes when you're #2 or 3-9, you see that the guy behind you is crawling up your @ss and you know if you stop for the ped, you might get hit. It happens.

I'd take your comment about "lame excuses and not driving" under consideration if you'd ever driven. You have no idea what you're talking about (just like I'm not going to sit here and talk to you about posting on message boards 15 years ago, b/c that's out of my range of knowledge). But I know, even though you're allowed to, you feel your eyesight isn't good enough. Got it.

You give drivers 2-10 a pass to brake the law. A pass to do something that endangers the lives of others.

The car ridding your tail is breaking the law. So you break the law because you are too afraid of their dangerous behavior.

My father and boyfriend both did the whole take me out to drive in deserted places. I know that I would be a bad driver, that it is not safe for me to do it in a place were there is other drivers and pedestrians. So I don't drive. I only suggest the standards I myself live by.

Yes, I don't drive because I can't handle it. That is the standard I live by, and I will not apologize for suggesting it to others.

Can't drive safely, don't drive. Can't hold your liquor, don't drink. Can't do x or y or z in a responsible safe manner, don't do it. I have lots of other flaws, but that is just my personal rule.

The same has happened to us. Once a many months back, my husband and daughter were crossing the street. I was bringing up the rear with her stroller. The car blew pass behind them and startled her. She was two, what if she responded in way an experienced adult would not?

Then there are the drivers that stop, but they are either so far into the cross walk you have three choices. Wait. Cross behind them, breathing their fumes and walking between two cars, or walk out into intersection. I wait, giving the driver the evil eye.

Call pedestrians entitled if you want. They do not have the monopoly on that attitude and the entitled drivers are steering around a possible death machine.

@leafy: The day this concern was posted I had a PEO investigate and confirm that a current Resident parking permit is properly affixed to the window and that summonses have been issued for street cleaning violations when appropriate. I again confirmed today that this vehicle - same as any other - receives violations when parking illegally during street cleaning. You may wish to continue to post that this vehicle is somehow being given a free pass to park, but it is entirely untrue, unfounded, and misleading. Moreover, the accusations that HPU is doing something inappropriate or "looking the other way" in extremely unfair and to be blunt, an outright lie; I provided you instruction on how you can submit a complain t such as this, and I also took immediate action to address what I thought was a valid concern from. When I discovered everything was being done correctly, I dropped it; perhaps you should do the same. HPU has enforced regulations with that vehicle exaclty the same as it handles every other. To be clear, this accusation, just like the other accusation about Corner Cars not being 25 feet from the crosswalk, is baseless, unfounded, and not factual. In both instances, HPU has performed its functions responsively and in accordance with all local and state laws.

They probably just don't like you b/c I swear, you are the only person who on at least a weekly basis keeps complaining that you are almost hit by a speeding bicyclist today.

@leafy: The day this concern was posted I had a PEO investigate and confirm that a current Resident parking permit is properly affixed to the window and that summonses have been issued for street cleaning violations when appropriate. I again confirmed today that this vehicle - same as any other - receives violations when parking illegally during street cleaning. You may wish to continue to post that this vehicle is somehow being given a free pass to park, but it is entirely untrue, unfounded, and misleading. Moreover, the accusations that HPU is doing something inappropriate or "looking the other way" in extremely unfair and to be blunt, an outright lie; I provided you instruction on how you can submit a complain t such as this, and I also took immediate action to address what I thought was a valid concern from. When I discovered everything was being done correctly, I dropped it; perhaps you should do the same. HPU has enforced regulations with that vehicle exaclty the same as it handles every other. To be clear, this accusation, just like the other accusation about Corner Cars not being 25 feet from the crosswalk, is baseless, unfounded, and not factual. In both instances, HPU has performed its functions responsively and in accordance with all local and state laws.

@Outofcontrol: The day this concern was posted I had a PEO investigate and confirm that a current Resident parking permit is properly affixed to the window and that summonses have been issued for street cleaning violations when appropriate. I again confirmed today that this vehicle - same as any other - receives violations when parking illegally during street cleaning. You may wish to continue to post that this vehicle is somehow being given a free pass to park, but it is entirely untrue, unfounded, and misleading. Moreover, the accusations that HPU is doing something inappropriate or "looking the other way" in extremely unfair and to be blunt, an outright lie; I provided you instruction on how you can submit a complain t such as this, and I also took immediate action to address what I thought was a valid concern from. When I discovered everything was being done correctly, I dropped it; perhaps you should do the same. HPU has enforced regulations with that vehicle exaclty the same as it handles every other. To be clear, this accusation, just like the other accusation about Corner Cars not being 25 feet from the crosswalk, is baseless, unfounded, and not factual. In both instances, HPU has performed its functions responsively and in accordance with all local and state laws.

Director, your willingness and desire to discuss facts with citizens is commendable. However please understand that no one you are speaking with is especially interested in facts. Smear, get proved wrong, wait a few days, and smear again as if not previously disproved. They have an easy job. It's very easy to put accusations, innuendo out there. Debunking each time takes much more time. This is why we are all rooting for the fbi to clean house. The only thing that will shut these people up is knowing they have no path back to power. Until then it will be lies lies and more lies.

I do and I find that the bikers are perfectly capable of not hitting anyone. They have eyes, they use them and as long as you don't do something stupid like jump in front of them, they will go around you. Perhaps you shouldn't freak out so much when a bike goes by you. My suggestion is some form of anti-anxiety medication.

True. That's why I parked on the street for a decade.

That is how I ride, with a signal device and not faster than a pedestrian. If I pass pedestrian, my feet are almost always on the ground, I might be straddling the bike but I'm walking it.

These law breaking bikers are just like the ones in NYC. They do not care. They are reckless with their own life, so why would they be careful with the lives of others. All they care about is that they have got to get the delivery to its destination pronto.

More ticketing would be great, but you can't teach people to give a damn. People care or don't care, regardless of what they have been taught.

Cassandra, I repeat, they just don't like you. Either that or when you walk, you are completely oblivious to what is going on around you. You turned into a store w/o even bothering to think about who might be walking, running or riding up behind you. Not only that, but I bet you did it suddenly w/ next to no warning and you just expect everyone to just stop for you. And the bikers are to blame for them not knowing what you were doing or that you intended to walk right in front of them w/o even bothering to look? Good job there. No wonder they don't like you.

I think it would be far more entertaining to watch leafy flip around and potentially get run over. :)

I think you are being a drama queen. You are the only person who seems to get nearly run over just about every day of every week. Either that or you are so oblivious to your surroundings that you just step in front of moving vehicles and bikes just b/c you are so blind to your surroundings. Perhaps since the one common denominator in all these near constant incidents involving you is you, perhaps you are the problem and you should be the one to modify your behavior.

Can I ride a bike? Yes, like most normal people, I not only know how to use my legs to walk, but I can also use them to peddle a bike. Guess that is a skill you never mastered? That would explain the complaining. We can chalk it up to envy b/c you don't know how to ride a bike.

True. Also a loading zone spot on 10th and Park that directly abuts the crosswalk. The NJ law (even the original version) seems to provide leeway for a municipality to set the parking distance by way of posted signs/signals or propagation. And that is why I think it is important for the city to maintain uniformly painted curbs to specify the legal parking distance.

39:4-138:
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a traffic or police officer or traffic sign or signal, no operator of a vehicle shall stand or park the vehicle in any of the following places..."