“Section 11” refers to the section of the Broad Avenue road improvements from Crescent Avenue to Hillside Avenue.  Each section of roadway improvements along Broad Avenue is designated with a specific section number.

The road improvements will include sidewalk and curb replacements (only where deemed necessary), ADA sidewalk ramps at certain intersections (where necessary), the addition of bike lane striping & pedestrian safety improvements.

In addition, the Borough is required to change the parking configuration of the existing front-angled parking on Broad Avenue to reverse-angled parking. The Borough’s Safe Streets federal grant (a $960,000 grant) is contingent upon the Borough making this change to reverse-angled parking.

The Borough officials understand this parking change will endure some growing pains. The Borough website includes a video explaining how reverse-angled parking works and its benefits. This will also be explained at the public information session on September 12^th.  Visit https://www.leonianj.gov/about-leonia/broad-avenue-improvements/ for more information.  This Borough of Leonia dedicated webpage contains information related to this project created specifically to inform businesses and residents on the progress of the Broad Avenue Section 11 improvements.

In addition, the Borough will provide any road closure information using its Nixle community email and text messaging systems. For Leonia Nixle alerts or to register for Nixle, please visit:  https://local.nixle.com/city/nj/leonia/ or text 07605 to 888777 for mobile alerts.  Click on the green “Sign Up” button once on the Nixle website.

A: Reverse angle parking is just like parallel parking, except it’s easier (it’s actually just the first maneuver of parallel parking):
1. Signal: Use turn signal to indicate parking.
2. Stop: Pull past the space then stop to make sure no traffic is behind you.
3. Reverse: Reverse into the parking spot.

A: Actually, one of the most common causes of crashes is people backing out of standard angled parking without being able to see on-coming traffic. Reverse angle parking removes this difficulty. The initial stopping and signaling required for back-in angle parking is similar to parallel parking. Many cities report a decrease in parking-related crashes after back-in angle parking is implemented.

For example, Tucson, Arizona tracked data for bicycle/car crashes before and after installing back-in angle parking, and found an average of three to four crashes per month with front-in angle parking compared to zero reported bicycle/car crashes for the first four years following implementation of back-in angle parking.

A. Many other cities across the country have reverse angle parking, including:

Arlington, VA
Birmingham, AL
Burnaby, BC
Charlotte, NC
Chico, CA
Everett, WA
Honolulu, HI
Indianapolis, IN
Knoxville, TN
Marquette, MI
Montreal, QC
New York, NY
Olympia, WA
Plattsburgh, NY
Portland, OR
Pottstown, PA
Salem, OR
Salt Lake City, UT
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
Syracuse, NY
Tacoma, WA
Tucson, AZ
Vancouver, WA
Ventura, CA
Washington, DC
Wilmington, DE (in use for almost 60 years)
And many, many more