Tell Us: Did The New Configuration of the New Jersey Marathon Ease Traffic
Race began at Monmouth Park this year
The New Jersey Marathon brought thousands of runners and spectators to Long Branch, Oceanport and other shore towns this weekend.
The influx of people created traffic on several roads including Route 36 and Ocean Avenue and caused the closure of other major roads.
Patch wants to know if you think the move of the start of the race from Long Branch to Monmouth Park helped ease traffic and parking concerns in the area.
Did the new configuration of the New Jersey Marathon ease traffic and parking concerns in the area?
Tell us in the comments.
Tyler Jax
3:53 pm on Monday, May 7, 2012
The traffic was handled very poorly prior to the start of the half marathon. At 6AM, there was a 1.5 mile bumper to bumper traffic jam leading up to the main parking lot. At 6:35 (still not at the parking lot) I was forced to get out of the car and run to the start line to make it in time. I was fortunate enough to have someone dropping me off to take the care. Poor planning and/or poor traffic management by the local police.
James Wendel
6:21 pm on Monday, May 7, 2012
Again there was no effort to post which roads would be closed and which roads are single lane one way so the local residents as usual are left in the dark. A lot of people actually make plans on the weekend and now are being forced out even earlier with the 6:30 AM road closures. How about moving it somewhere else next year.
Joanne S. Nadell
7:54 am on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Joanne Nadell
This was my fourth half marathon and I thought leaving from Monmouth Park and using the buses to return was pure genius. Thank you so much to the locals who suffer through it each year.
Jennifer
1:27 pm on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
I ran the 1/2 marathon on Sunday and came from Neptune City. Traffic was horrific! It took one hour to get from Monmouth Mall to the parking area. Not enough police officers directing traffic, not enough staff in the parking lots. Just really terrible planning on behalf of the race directors. Don't get me started on the buses. There were three busloads of families/spectators that were to be driven to the finishline but instead they were brought to Colts Neck and Red Bank - the drivers were LOST! My 3 year old son, 5 year old daughter, and my husband were on one of those LOST buses for 2 hours and never made it to the race. I had seven family members who came to see me finish, none of them made it. So upsetting and dissappoining. Never again.