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As Jersey City and Hoboken both prepare redevelopment plans for the area east of the Palisade near Paterson Plank Road along the cities’ border, transportation planners are trying to figure out the best way to improve connectivity between the cities’ street grids, which don’t match up and often lead to heavy automobile traffic in the area.

So county planners have begun a new project, dubbed the Jersey City/Hoboken Subregional Transportation Study, which hopes to improve the flow of auto traffic, both local and regional (Paterson Plank Road is often used in and out of Hoboken and Jersey City); enhance public transit and bike/pedestrian access in the area; and link the two cities’ street networks in a more coherent, organized fashion.

The study area atop the Palisades is all in Jersey City, in the Heights. It is bound by Palisade Avenue to the west, Franklin Street to the north, Paterson Plank Road to the east, and New York Avenue to the south.

The study area at the foot of the Palisades is in both Hoboken and Jersey City. It is bound by Paterson Plank Road (in Jersey City) to the west, 2nd Street (in Hoboken) to the north, Willow Avenue (in Hoboken) to the east, and 18th Street (in Jersey City) to the south.

Jersey City/Hoboken Subregional Transportation Study Area

The planners are hosting two open houses this week, one in Hoboken and one in Jersey City. The Hoboken meeting is on Wednesday, June 23, from 4 to 8 pm, at 124 Grand St., and the Jersey City meeting is on Thursday, June 24, from 4 to 8 pm, in the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Building at Pershing Field (201 Central Ave.). For more info on the study, click here.