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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Along the Green Path

Bike Along the Hackensack River at Johnson Park

Grab your bike and head down to Johnson Park and the Hackensack River Pathway for sweet ride

Tucked away at the northeast corner of River Road and Anderson Street in Hackensack is Johnson Park. This green space connects downtown Hackensack with Farleigh Dickenson University. It contains recreational facilities for the entire family. The parking lot for Johnson park is off River Road at the south end of the park. A small playground and five tennis courts are nearby. Continuing north, a resident will pass the field house and two sports fields. Fences separate the Johnson Park from police training facilities and parks department buildings that are closed to the general public. A path for pedestrians and cyclists runs through Johnson Park. It starts at the park entrance where River Road and Anderson Street meet. Then it travels along …

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Along the Green Path

A Proposed Bike Path for River Edge

River Edge needs alternative transportation infrastructure.

At the October 20, 2010 meeting of the River Edge Recreation Committee, I learned that a hoped for bike path was nixed before it was even designed due to funding difficulties. Times certainly are difficult now, and it is understandable for the town to cut costs everywhere. Even instructing the borough employees to research and design a bike path is expensive, because their time is valuable. Fortunately, the internet makes it easy to cloud source the design process to the community at large. Dreaming is free, and we should keep dreaming even in difficult times so that we are ready to build when the coffers are full again. So here is a modest proposal to get the ball rolling. Your opinions on the matter will be greatly appreciated.  The …

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