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The streets are not under state or federal jurisdiction, so the relevant municipality can regulate quite a lot. There are a lot of neighborhoods that restrict on-street parking to cars whose owners have the neighborhood sticker. I don't see any reason why Leonia cannot do that with on-street traffic.
Many interstate highways are toll roads, so no reason why Leonia cannot make all their streets toll streets, and give all residents an annual toll sticker for a dollar a year, and make visitors buy one that carries a non-resident surcharge.
I-95 passes through a corner of Leonia -- this could be a speed trap nirvana.
The streets are not under state or federal jurisdiction, so the relevant municipality can regulate quite a lot.
Jurisdiction isn't the issue. Most roads are maintained and new construction funded by using state money and sometimes federal grants. I would think it would be difficult to ask for money for roads with such restrictions.
Jurisdiction isn't the issue. Most roads are maintained and new construction funded by using state money and sometimes federal grants. I would think it would be difficult to ask for money for roads with such restrictions.
A similar issue exists at train station parking lots. If the City paid for it then parking can be limited to residents. If federal money was used it cannot.
There are plenty of roads out there that are designated 'local traffic only' no thru traffic'. The problem comes with public roads and access determined by residency.
That happened out here because a well used mapping app sent tons of people through a small town as a shortcut around traffic on a major highway. Which it absolutely wasn’t. All it did was mess up traffic in the town terribly. And no one stopped in the town. They just used the road, congested everything up, wrecked the roads (not rated for that kind of traffic). The town supervisors went to the app to make them stop lying to drivers, and they wouldn’t.
So the town said they were going to ticket and fine people for using their town as a shortcut. THAT made the news. Got lots of coverage, and the app was changed and the town is happy again.
Sometimes you have to think out of the box to get what you need.
That happened out here because a well used mapping app sent tons of people through a small town as a shortcut around traffic on a major highway. Which it absolutely wasn’t. All it did was mess up traffic in the town terribly. And no one stopped in the town. They just used the road, congested everything up, wrecked the roads (not rated for that kind of traffic). The town supervisors went to the app to make them stop lying to drivers, and they wouldn’t.
So the town said they were going to ticket and fine people for using their town as a shortcut. THAT made the news. Got lots of coverage, and the app was changed and the town is happy again.
Sometimes you have to think out of the box to get what you need.
See, I would have called their bluff. Those are still public roads and people have a right to drive on them. Like it or not.
Leonia, New Jersey, is outlawing out-of-town drivers during rush hour.
Authorities in Leonia, New Jersey, are so tired of out-of-town drivers clogging their streets during rush hour that they're taking what even the police chief acknowledges is "extreme" action: They're outlawing out-of-town drivers at crunch time. Soon, anyone not from Leonia caught driving there between 6 and 10am and 4 and 9pm will face a $200 fine,
I have an upcoming academic team tournament there next month and would be arriving during those no drive hours. Guess we are going to have to call the leonia high school and get our entrance fees back.
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