New 20 MPH Speed Limit Takes Effect In Hoboken

Students walk around a car jutting into an intersection in Hoboken. (Caren Lissner/Patch)HOBOKEN, NJ — The city of Hoboken and Hudson County began ...

September 15, 2022
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Students walk around a car jutting into an intersection in Hoboken. (Caren Lissner/Patch)HOBOKEN, NJ — The city of Hoboken and Hudson County began installing new signage and striping this week to remind residents of the new citywide speed limit in Hoboken, reduced to 20 MPH from 25 as of Wednesday.The City Council approved the change in July, and Mayor Ravi Bhalla signed it into law. Hoboken, a mile-square city across the river from Manhattan, is a grid with buses that run from one end of town to the other, and constant foot and bicycle traffic.

Caren Lissner