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>dedicated lanes for trucks

This is exactly what's happening in Bayonne across the river. The turnpike -> toll -> residential route (and reverse) to the shipping port creates an extreme amount of congestion - the worst I've seen in NJ. For the past few years they've been building a dedicated turnpike lane, toll booth, and road to the port along with a set schedule based on plate numbers for trucks to be received.

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I live in Bayonne and the truck traffic is horrendous. Not only is the congestion from the port to the toll plaza bad, the traffic on the two lane highway getting onto the turnpike (and especially the turnpike bridge) is awful.

I'm cautiously optimistic that the construction will help, but the big issue is that as long as trucks are sharing the road, traffic will be much worse.

Law enforcement and politicians really need to pay more attention to how dangerous or careless some truck drivers are. It gets old having to literally and figuratively hold your breath every time you get stuck near a truck.

Has it improved the traffic overall now? Is there a barrier in between? Switching lanes are also major problem in traffic congestion.

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