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Urban speed cameras seem to reduce injuries for everyone, but the benefit seems especially large for cyclists. 22% reduction in injuries for cyclists vs 12% overall. Based on NYC data.
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Urban speed cameras seem to reduce injuries for everyone, but the benefit seems especially large for cyclists. 22% reduction in injuries for cyclists vs 12% overall. Based on NYC data.
This bus line-up at JSQ is not ideal. If it was the 10 and 87 going south next to each other instead of opposite directions a lot of people could just take whichever bus shows up next.
It's also only messed up because it's a bus station. Through-running on JFK also wouldn't have this issue.
It's also only messed up because it's a bus station. Through-running on JFK also wouldn't have this issue.
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This bus line-up at JSQ is not ideal. If it was the 10 and 87 going south next to each other instead of opposite directions a lot of people could just take whichever bus shows up next.
It's also only messed up because it's a bus station. Through-running on JFK also wouldn't have this issue.
It's also only messed up because it's a bus station. Through-running on JFK also wouldn't have this issue.
Quick vignette of Jersey City vs Hudson County when it comes to safe streets progress. JFK doesn't even have zebra crosswalks in most places. The cheapest, most car-friendly, highly-effective intervention possible, and still... not yet.
#FixJFKBlvd
#FixJFKBlvd
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Quick vignette of Jersey City vs Hudson County when it comes to safe streets progress. JFK doesn't even have zebra crosswalks in most places. The cheapest, most car-friendly, highly-effective intervention possible, and still... not yet.
#FixJFKBlvd
#FixJFKBlvd
Controversial urbanist opinion. Shoulder bike lanes are good and should be universal where there isn't room for PBLs. They narrow the travel lane and slow cars down.
💡 Cool idea – NYC is innovating with using armadillos to protect the shoulder lane at intersections where it's most dangerous.
💡 Cool idea – NYC is innovating with using armadillos to protect the shoulder lane at intersections where it's most dangerous.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Controversial urbanist opinion. Shoulder bike lanes are good and should be universal where there isn't room for PBLs. They narrow the travel lane and slow cars down.
💡 Cool idea – NYC is innovating with using armadillos to protect the shoulder lane at intersections where it's most dangerous.
💡 Cool idea – NYC is innovating with using armadillos to protect the shoulder lane at intersections where it's most dangerous.
Actually national data shows the same trend. Bus ridership is down not just year-over-year (blue) but also down relative to rail ridership (green).
November 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Actually national data shows the same trend. Bus ridership is down not just year-over-year (blue) but also down relative to rail ridership (green).
Giant victory for @eleanalittle.bsky.social and for Ward E. Delighted to see her to win outright. Eleana is an amazing combination of caring, policy smarts, humility, and hard work. Safer streets, pro-housing policies, and a long track record fighting for democratic reform.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Giant victory for @eleanalittle.bsky.social and for Ward E. Delighted to see her to win outright. Eleana is an amazing combination of caring, policy smarts, humility, and hard work. Safer streets, pro-housing policies, and a long track record fighting for democratic reform.
I don't have a problem with nostalgia. But I do really appreciate this line from Aaron Morrill 😅😂
November 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I don't have a problem with nostalgia. But I do really appreciate this line from Aaron Morrill 😅😂
What would good look like? Just a block away from JFK, Jersey City's Bergen Square is the beautiful, complete streets polar opposite of Hudson County's past car-centric redesigns.
October 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
What would good look like? Just a block away from JFK, Jersey City's Bergen Square is the beautiful, complete streets polar opposite of Hudson County's past car-centric redesigns.
Good lessons-learned from NYC. For dense city streets, it is important to not over-hype bus lanes by themselves. Off-board payment, stop consolidation, signal priority, and traffic enforcement cameras are also key. The evidence in NYC shows danger in just painting some asphalt red.
October 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Good lessons-learned from NYC. For dense city streets, it is important to not over-hype bus lanes by themselves. Off-board payment, stop consolidation, signal priority, and traffic enforcement cameras are also key. The evidence in NYC shows danger in just painting some asphalt red.
There is a gonzo world way for highway demand to decrease without providing mass transit options or instituting congestion pricing. You could always pair it with economic collapse instead. The Atlantic City Expressway has ~25% less traffic than at its peak.
October 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
There is a gonzo world way for highway demand to decrease without providing mass transit options or instituting congestion pricing. You could always pair it with economic collapse instead. The Atlantic City Expressway has ~25% less traffic than at its peak.
One of the worst road projects that happened these past few years has been the Jersey Ave bridge, a formerly pedestrian-only bridge that added a roadway. Back in 2001, HART was able to oppose the proposal by Schundler and development interests and get it killed: www.geocities.ws/hartwheels/J...
October 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
One of the worst road projects that happened these past few years has been the Jersey Ave bridge, a formerly pedestrian-only bridge that added a roadway. Back in 2001, HART was able to oppose the proposal by Schundler and development interests and get it killed: www.geocities.ws/hartwheels/J...
This byline is interesting. Paul Wyckoff now works for NJ Transit as director of government relations. Here's him reporting on the proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) rail expansion in 1999 for the now defunct Star Ledger: www.geocities.ws/hartwheels/M...
October 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This byline is interesting. Paul Wyckoff now works for NJ Transit as director of government relations. Here's him reporting on the proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) rail expansion in 1999 for the now defunct Star Ledger: www.geocities.ws/hartwheels/M...
HART allied with another predecessor organization, Bike Advocates of Jersey City (BAJ) and the OG Tri-State Transportation Campaign. 75 cyclists rallied together with JCPD police bike escort in September of 1999! cc
@bikejc.org @tstc.bsky.social
web.archive.org/web/20021029...
@bikejc.org @tstc.bsky.social
web.archive.org/web/20021029...
October 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
HART allied with another predecessor organization, Bike Advocates of Jersey City (BAJ) and the OG Tri-State Transportation Campaign. 75 cyclists rallied together with JCPD police bike escort in September of 1999! cc
@bikejc.org @tstc.bsky.social
web.archive.org/web/20021029...
@bikejc.org @tstc.bsky.social
web.archive.org/web/20021029...
What's old is new again. The defunct Hudson Alliance for Rational Transportation (HART). Hudson County Complete Streets rises in its ashes: www.perplexity.ai/search/hudso...
cc @hudcostreets.org
cc @hudcostreets.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What's old is new again. The defunct Hudson Alliance for Rational Transportation (HART). Hudson County Complete Streets rises in its ashes: www.perplexity.ai/search/hudso...
cc @hudcostreets.org
cc @hudcostreets.org
What in the hipster is happening in Brooklyn? How is it possible for VMT to increase by 50% in 5 years?!
@openplans.org's excellent report: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
@openplans.org's excellent report: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
October 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
What in the hipster is happening in Brooklyn? How is it possible for VMT to increase by 50% in 5 years?!
@openplans.org's excellent report: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
@openplans.org's excellent report: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Here's another issue. The private operators had concessions that artificially ended at municipal boundaries. The Broadway Bus and the old A&C Old Bergen Road lines end at the Bayonne/Jersey City border. NJT will probably connect the Broadway Bus to Journal Square. Going to be *way* more useful.
October 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Here's another issue. The private operators had concessions that artificially ended at municipal boundaries. The Broadway Bus and the old A&C Old Bergen Road lines end at the Bayonne/Jersey City border. NJT will probably connect the Broadway Bus to Journal Square. Going to be *way* more useful.
This comment is pretty similar to what the A&C bus lines in Jersey City were like. Completely inscrutable in the age of smartphones, Google Maps, and real-time tracking. I don't think from an attentional perspective it's possible for one-off lines to survive unless it's a long-distance line.
October 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This comment is pretty similar to what the A&C bus lines in Jersey City were like. Completely inscrutable in the age of smartphones, Google Maps, and real-time tracking. I don't think from an attentional perspective it's possible for one-off lines to survive unless it's a long-distance line.
A limited edition ebike. Bird Bike on Jersey City streets.
I think it's probably a second hand of their old inventory not a bike share that got lost. Looks sleek and in good condition. Low maintenance Gates carbon drive, not a heavy tank like the Citibikes.
I think it's probably a second hand of their old inventory not a bike share that got lost. Looks sleek and in good condition. Low maintenance Gates carbon drive, not a heavy tank like the Citibikes.
October 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A limited edition ebike. Bird Bike on Jersey City streets.
I think it's probably a second hand of their old inventory not a bike share that got lost. Looks sleek and in good condition. Low maintenance Gates carbon drive, not a heavy tank like the Citibikes.
I think it's probably a second hand of their old inventory not a bike share that got lost. Looks sleek and in good condition. Low maintenance Gates carbon drive, not a heavy tank like the Citibikes.
Insane take, but it is important to note to non-parents it is accurate and representative of the education bureaucracy. If Democrats don't distance themselves from stuff like this + covid policy of extended school closures, it's a good way to lose parent voters for a generation.
October 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Insane take, but it is important to note to non-parents it is accurate and representative of the education bureaucracy. If Democrats don't distance themselves from stuff like this + covid policy of extended school closures, it's a good way to lose parent voters for a generation.
We also need some actual planning and zoning from Weehawken, West New York, and North Bergen. Big new buildings going up with zero retail. No coffee, bagels, restaurants, retail, diapers, daycares. Just lots and lots of parking. Then the new residents move-in and immediately complain about traffic.
October 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We also need some actual planning and zoning from Weehawken, West New York, and North Bergen. Big new buildings going up with zero retail. No coffee, bagels, restaurants, retail, diapers, daycares. Just lots and lots of parking. Then the new residents move-in and immediately complain about traffic.
How human scale a street is is competitive. Contrasting with the lively one-lane one-way one street over is this old main street with angled parking and a wider two-way street. It's by no means a stroad, but it's not as fun and according to locals has been dying for awhile now #streetsforpeople
October 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
How human scale a street is is competitive. Contrasting with the lively one-lane one-way one street over is this old main street with angled parking and a wider two-way street. It's by no means a stroad, but it's not as fun and according to locals has been dying for awhile now #streetsforpeople
Something that is very positive about Bloomfield is there is both new development and forward-thinking ideas about urban space taking hold there. This street had an entire row of parking removed to double the sidewalk width, and it's full of popular outdoor dining now. #streetsforpeople
October 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Something that is very positive about Bloomfield is there is both new development and forward-thinking ideas about urban space taking hold there. This street had an entire row of parking removed to double the sidewalk width, and it's full of popular outdoor dining now. #streetsforpeople
A growing contradiction in NJ is support for transit yet lack of land-use reform. Was in Bloomfield today. This is the end of the line of the Newark Light Rail. Abandoned industrial, self-storage, a sea of parking lots. It is despairingly bleak. Hard to get to sustainable transit like this.
October 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A growing contradiction in NJ is support for transit yet lack of land-use reform. Was in Bloomfield today. This is the end of the line of the Newark Light Rail. Abandoned industrial, self-storage, a sea of parking lots. It is despairingly bleak. Hard to get to sustainable transit like this.