Bill > A1851

Introduced Session

This bill would require the Commissioner of Transportation to designate a speed limit of not more than 15 or 20 miles per hour on all residential access streets within a community or neighborhood, upon the request of a community association or a majority of the residents in a neighborhood, with the approval of the appropriate governing body. The bill is limited to communities or neighborhoods in which a majority of the streets do not have sidewalks. The bill also requires the commission or community association to erect signs giving notice of the reduced speed limit. The bill specifies that "residential access street" would have the meaning used in the New Jersey Administrative Code. Under the code, residential access streets are the lowest order of residential streets, not including rural streets. These streets provide access to properties without acting as through streets. They are designed to carry the least amount of traffic at the lowest speed, and are generally found in residential developments.

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Thomas Giblin (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee (on 01/27/2016)