Assistant City Engineer Arthur Chew talks about Ocean City's "Complete Streets" policy in a new state Department of Transportation video.
A video created by the state Department of Transportation holds up Ocean City as an example for other New Jersey towns to follow in creating "Complete Streets."
The DOT recently honored Ocean City with a Complete Streets Excellence Award (
read more) recognizing the town's policies that balance the needs of pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, transit vehicles, emergency responders and commercial transport with safety as a priority.
The video features some of the people responsible for Ocean City's multipurpose streets, including Assistant City Engineer Arthur Chew, Mayor's Assistant Mike Dattilo and Bike OCNJ co-chairmen Tom Heist and Drew Fasy. It explains how the city uses both routine road improvements, grants and special capital funding as opportunities to execute "Complete Streets" policies.
With the reconfiguration of West Avenue to replace two lanes of traffic with buffered bicycle lanes between 35th Street and 55th Street, the installation of a user-activated signal to help pedestrians and cyclists cross the busy Ninth Street gateway and the addition of bicycle lanes in the Gardens, Ocean City completed a safe bicycle route the length of the island in 2015.
The New Jersey Department of Transportation was among the first state DOTs to adopt an internal Complete Streets policy. Today, 121 municipalities and 7 counties have policies.
Assistant City Engineer Arthur Chew talks about Ocean City's "Complete Streets" policy in a new state Department of Transportation video.
A video created by the state Department of Transportation holds up Ocean City as an example for other New Jersey towns to follow in creating "Complete Streets."
The DOT recently honored Ocean City with a Complete Streets Excellence Award (
