Content about Harrison Streets

Emotions ran high at the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s (DOT) public meeting to discuss their pilot project to test jughandle closures at Harrison and Washington Streets to relieve traffic congestion on Route 1. Around eighty Princeton residents showed up to voice their concerns that the proposed rerouting of traffic would increase congestion on Princeton streets.

Princetonians should be on the lookout for Sharrows -- a catchy name for shared lane markings, soon to be painted on Princeton streets. An image of a bicyclist with two directional chevrons, “sharrows” remind drivers to share the road with bicyclists.