Bill Text: NJ S2363 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Eliminates DOT approval of municipal traffic calming measures in business districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-10-23 - Substituted by A1483 (2R) [S2363 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S2363-Amended.html
SENATE, No. 2363
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
Sponsored by:
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Eliminates DOT approval of municipal traffic calming measures in business districts.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Transportation Committee on September 15, 2014, with amendments.
An Act concerning traffic calming measures taken by municipalities on State roadways and amending P.L.2004, c.107.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.2004, c.107 (C.39:4-8.9) is amended to read as follows:
1. As used in [this act] P.L.2004, c.107 (C.39:4-8.9 et seq.):
"Department" means the Department of Transportation.
"Private roads" means semipublic or private roads, streets, driveways, parkways, parking areas, or other roadways owned by a private person, corporation, or institution open to or used by the public for the purposes of vehicular travel by permission of [such] those persons, corporations, or institutions and not as a matter of public right.
"Speed hump" means one of several traffic calming measures which use forces of vertical acceleration to discourage speeding. For purposes of this chapter, speed humps means all vertical speed deflectors, including but not limited to, speed tables, raised crosswalks, raised intersections, and modified speed humps.
"Traffic calming measure" means the combination of physical controls and community support to reduce the negative effects of motor vehicle use, alter driver behavior, and improve conditions for non-motorized users, and includes, but is not limited to, speed humps.
"Vertical speed deflector" means a raised area in the roadway pavement surface extending transversely across the travel way.
(cf: P.L.2008, c.110, s.4)
2. Section 2 of P.L.2004, c.107 (C.39:4-8.10) is amended to read as follows:
2. a. Pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of P.L.2004, c.107 (C.39:4-8.11), a municipality or county may, without the approval of the commissioner, construct a speed hump on two-lane residential streets and on one-way residential streets under municipal or county jurisdiction with a posted speed of 30 mph or less and which have fewer than 3,000 vehicles per day. The board of directors of any corporation, or the board of trustees of any corporation or other institution of a public or semipublic nature not for pecuniary profit, having control over private roads, may construct or provide for the construction of a speed hump on any private road subject to the provisions of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes, pursuant to P.L.1945, c.284 (C.39:5A-1 et seq.).
b. Pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of P.L.2004, c.107 (C.39:4-8.11), a municipality or county may, without the approval of the commissioner, construct traffic calming measures where appropriate, which may include, but are not limited to, speed humps on streets under municipal or county jurisdiction with a posted speed of 30 mph or less and which have fewer than 3,000 vehicles per day when any road construction project or repair of a street set forth in this subsection is undertaken and located within 500 feet of that street is a school or any property used for school purposes.
c. Pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of P.L.2004, c.107 (C.39:4-8.11), a municipality or county may, without the approval of the commissioner, construct traffic calming measures in business districts on streets, other than on a street designated as a coastal evacuation route by the Office of Emergency Management in the Division of the State Police, under municipal or county jurisdiction. The traffic calming measure shall comply with specifications provided in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways and any other department rule or regulation governing traffic calming measures. For the purposes of this subsection, "business district" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S.39:1-1.
d. Prior to a municipality or county constructing a speed hump which places any impact on roadways in an adjoining municipality or county, the governing board or body of the municipality or county shall provide appropriate notice to the adjoining municipality or county.
e. Prior to a municipality or county constructing a speed hump 1or other traffic calming measure1 which places any impact on a State roadway, the county or municipality shall obtain the approval of the commissioner.
(cf: P.L.2008, c.110, s.5)
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
