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10 Jan 2025
One thing is clear: Congestion Pricing in NYC has already opened a new Overton Window of city policies that will not easily be closed again.
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10 Jan 2025
After decades of lock-step "build more roads" policies, finally we have a novel US data point, & no longer can this "American Exceptionalism" auto-focused stonewall hold.
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Fietser Pete (Peter Som de Cerff) retweeted
8 Jan 2025
“We’re the most populous county in the state, most dense, and we don't have the ability to take mass transit rail service or a rail line into the city,” said Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco. “And that’s just not fair.” ow.ly/EJRf50UBxkc
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Truly epic levels of car-brain rationalizations in the replies.
5 Jan 2025
this is INCREDIBLE, congestion pricing is already working wonders
traffic at 1:30PM on the average Sunday vs today
Holland Tunnel: 27 mins ➡️ 9 mins
Lincoln Tunnel: 10 mins ➡️ 3 mins
Williamsburg Bridge: 11 mins ➡️ 6 mins
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30 Dec 2024
Caltrain is doing well. NJT did better than it feel like it did.
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What? The NYPD is STILL interested in the CEO murder and his killer? Why?
I mean, we had "thoughts & prayers" over 3 days ago now. We had hand-wringing & concern, and a bit about "the gun".
Surely by now we're moving on as for the other 40K traffic deaths and 40K gun deaths?
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Fietser Pete (Peter Som de Cerff) retweeted
5 Dec 2024
We love a good curb extension! Better visibility and safety for all people who use the street.
Credit to: 07sketches
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knock-knock. Anybody still here?
I've been happily not on here for a week or more. Not missing it yet.
Never gonna put up with trolls and right-wing bots again...
Y'all shouldn't either.
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25 Nov 2024
Note that capitalism doesn't ever guarantee market clearing; for example, markets rarely offer housing at prices that all can afford.
Yet we force every business & every developer of every sort of property in almost every city in the US to provide completely free parking.
Why?
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25 Nov 2024
Here, I see plenty of comments from grown men saying that NYC trains are scary and dangerous.
I saw an unaccompanied young woman breast-feeding an infant on the busy E-train on a Saturday afternoon.
Sure, there are PLENTY of valid complaints, but people don't ride in fear.
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23 Nov 2024
OK, peeps, I cannot imagine anobidy who transfers from the E Train to the Q70 free bus for LGA doesn’t curse the MTA & Port Authority. The time & hassle is 10x the fare.
How dysfunctional can a city get?
Note: this is the same cursing I had for Path & EWR a few months ago.
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23 Nov 2024
Systems Engineering Minute: Downs-Thomson Paradox
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Fietser Pete (Peter Som de Cerff) retweeted
22 Nov 2024
.@Josh4Jersey puts out these pathetic "game on" tweets about congestion pricing while @StevenFulop is getting praised for taking a strong leadership position on transit and building housing in New Jersey.
"Game on" Gottheimer owes his seat to Jersey building enough housing.
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Fietser Pete (Peter Som de Cerff) retweeted
19 Nov 2024
Boomer resistlib meme but how does stuff like this genuinely not make Republicans rethink policy
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18 Nov 2024
Assertion: I bet that there is a policing/enforcement probability curve for basic social behaviors with cars/ebikes for parking and driving laws where above a point the chance of being ticketed effectively modifies behavior, and below it the average person pushes the limits.
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18 Nov 2024
I bet it's at about 1% probability of ticketing. I wonder if there is a study about this?
Loud exhaust? Illegal tint? Too-bright headlights? Obscured plate? Driving drunk? 10-over speeding? Yellow-curb parking? Rolling a stop sign? Blocking the box?
All similar, probably?
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17 Nov 2024
@KathyHochul @PhilMurphy @PATHTrain
Ok, I know everybody harps on accessibility for NJ and NYC transit, but my god it sucks for stroller parents! Gotta be worse for wheelchairs, as we carried the stroller up at least 8 flights of stairs and over one turnstile.
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17 Nov 2024
Grove Path elevator was broken. Other system elevators were broken, or didn’t exist. Escalators aren’t even universal.
How can transit be thus bad after so many decades of ADA?
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17 Nov 2024
After my last trip I was going to note how much better wayfinding and next-train annunciation is in most EU systems, even as a second-language, but that irritation has been overshadowed by lack of accessibility.
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Fietser Pete (Peter Som de Cerff) retweeted
16 Nov 2024
This Albion Hotel project is now headed to its third meeting. A hotel with a restaurant, lounge, and co-working space seems like a positive addition to the west end of the Newark Pedestrian plaza. We should welcome a neighbor who is trying to work with the surrounding community.
14 Nov 2024
Zoning is holding a meeting on the Albion Hotel tonight. The neighborhood associations would have us believe that most residents are opposed to this project. I've found that isn't the case. Read why we should welcome this project to downtown Jersey City:
nj.com/opinion/2024/11/downt…
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17 Nov 2024
Question for urbanists:
We have paint day-lighted intersections (yellow curbs and sometimes cross-hatch) for the last 20' before the crossing. These are typically used for parking, and not much enforced.
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17 Nov 2024
I say we should put boulders, planters, bike parking, or other hefty/sturdy metal and rock keep-outs in these spots, and reclaim them proactively (rather than reactively, and weakly so, with enforcement).
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17 Nov 2024
My debate partner thinks this will cause worse problems for deliveries and trades blocking streets, and late-night workers failing to find spots, and it's not solving the core issue of too much demand & too many cars.
Should I push for the simple first step, or real solution?
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