Jersey City Ward D council candidate Elvin Dominici Encarnación is releasing his “resident first” street safety plan if elected in the non-partisan November 4th race.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“Our community deserves safer streets and honest leadership. We will fix the most dangerous places first, especially near schools and senior centers. We will test larger changes for a short period, publish the results, and then make permanent what works,” he said in a statement.
“Outreach will be in English and Spanish with translation in other local languages so every neighbor is heard. I will not make promises I cannot keep. I will make plans we can deliver.”
Specifically, the candidate is calling for daylighting at corners, high visibility crosswalks, leading pedestrian intervals, safer corners, and signal upgrades at high injury locations near schools and senior areas.
Furthermore, Dominici Encarnación wants to partner with the board of education, school principals, and PTAs on Safe Routes Ward D education, walk audits, and school front improvements.
He also mentions stabilizing crossing guard pay and scheduling, focus enforcement during school hours, use time-limited pilot programs, as well as protecting ADA access and emergency response.
Additionally, Dominici Encarnación says that within his first 90 days in office, he will publish a Ward D high injury snapshot and a school area action list, convene coordination with Infrastructure, public safety, the BOE, and EMS to align near term school front priorities.
He also commits to posting a “public scorecard” and release monthly street safety upgrades, in attention to two listening sessions, along with one merchant roundtable, with English and Spanish translation available.
Final designs will follow an engineering review, while parking conversions will be considered only when the data show clear safety or transit reliability benefits and when a curb plan protects ADA access, school operations, and deliveries, Dominici Encarnación added.
The campaign will prioritize federal, county, and state resources, including safety and bus reliability programs, while work will start with quick build materials and move to permanent construction after pilot results are published. Essential services will not be cut to fund these projects.
“Safer streets and thriving small businesses can move together. Good designs protect people walking, improve bus reliability, and keep access for deliveries and emergency services,” he concluded.