Category: Streets Tool Box

Safer Streets…

Some notes on Safer Roads by Dan Riordan for the up coming Monmouth Paths meeting… Taken from Just Another Red Bank Page on the Facebook. Some thoughts off the top of my head: Since this is a chance to talk…

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Red Bank where The Car Is The Star…

When trying to remedy Red Bank’s traffic woes, remember, that it was never built for cars… Broad St, c.1905. People strolling and chatting in the street, kids riding bicycles, a 19thC tram system which stretched from the Bayshore to AC……

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Senator Gopal Takes Charge

At the end of November 2023, Monmouth’s Vin Gopal presented this Bill – Bill S4132 Sca (1R) to the NJ Senate which requires “… low-speed electric bicycles and low-speed electric scooters to be registered with MVC and to be insured.”…

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Now… About Helmet Hair…

A few notes about bicycle helmets. These also apply to skateboarding and similar activities: A bicycle helmet is a single-use device. One crash, even just dropping it on the floor drastically affects its ability to protect. Most modern helmets are…

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Broadwalk Broadcast

Red Bank Borough is holding a hybrid “in-the-room” and Zoom “Broadwalk Round Table” meeting this Wednesday, 29 June @6.00pm. Attendees will be “invited to discuss the potential upcoming Broadwalk season“. How much this will just be a platform for some…

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The Big Tooth of Red Bank

When discussion of New Jersey’s seven wonders comes up, Lucy the Margate Elephant or the Great Falls of Paterson are rightfully mentioned but I’d like to add a new wonder into the discussion. The big tooth of Red Bank. Dr….

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Artistic Licence… The Dream and the Reality

So the Zoning Board will face yet another round of meetings about the proposed use of the site around Monmouth, Pearl and Oakland Streets, while the developer, with the utilitarian name of 121 Monmouth, LLC, whittles away at the town’s…

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