According to Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello, police were alerted to the incident on Tonnelle Avenue near North Street at approximately 8 p.m. Monday. jcitytimes.com/man-dies-in-...

ICYMI, new Citibike station at Mallory and Roosevelt

The latest version of the NJ Senate low-speed e-bike registration, license and insurance bill proposes a 1 year ban on selling of e-bikes over the internet. The legislature has 3 more work days to ram this bill through. www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/...

One reason we need left-turn calming more than ever. #visionzeronj

“Car bloat”—increasingly oversized automobiles—worsens road safety, affordability and the environment. Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵 In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).

It's wild this became a common job and usually done by senior folks.

"Local safe streets advocate not sure what to complain about after finding a cleared sidewalk and unplowed road on morning run."

*new* Jersey City Citibike station coming online at Danforth and JFK

safer e-bikes to get around our. Instead, we need more investments in bicycle education and protected bike lanes around the state. If you agree, call Senator Scutari and tell him what you think. (732) 827-7480 [email protected]

Right now there is a proposed bill requiring insurance, registration and a license to ride ANY e-bike in NJ, including low speed e-bikes that go under 20mph. This bill lumps all low speed e-bikes with higher speed devices under the term “motorized bicycles” and eliminates the

The Turnpike Trap Coalition publishes the following statement in response to NJTA's Friday announcement. The "cancellation" is misleading: ❌ Proceeding with 4 new lanes adding >20K cars and trucks a day to Newark & Jersey City ❌ Tear down and rebuild plans after 14A are murky ❌ No dollars for NJT

Progress. But we want more. @hudcostreets.org @safestreetsjerseycity.org

Cars are now being programmed to violate traffic rules. What could go wrong? Me, in @fastcompany.com. (no paywall) 🧵

Almost got hit by a car making a left turn as I was in the crosswalk (I had the little walk guy. I could tell as he was moving slowly towards the crosswalk he wasn’t paying attention because he just kept moving until I yelled “stop!”

I already do yoga and pilates regularly, but nothing beats clawing your toes in your snow boots and balancing to avoid slipping and falling on Jersey City unshoveled icy sidewalks.

We are thrilled to partner with @jctheatercenter.bsky.social to host an evening with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, the co-hosts of @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast and authors of Life After Cars at White Eagle Hall on Wednesday, January 21. Tickets: www.eventim.us/wafform.aspx...

#JCcrashes 61-year-old pedestrian struck by a vehicle at Communipaw and Mallory Sunday night and has life-threatening injuries: jcitytimes.com/senior-hit-b...

Here's my take on Waymo's proposed expansion. We need to get this right angieschmitt.substack.com/p/too-much-r...

Shannon Godbout, 41, had more than 100 citations before she struck and killed Roderick Macleod, 70, a grammy nominated musician who was walking his dog. 😡😡😡 Our #StopSuperSpeeders legislation targets egregious offenders like this. So they can't hurt more people. www.krem.com/article/news...

I don't own an e-bike. I have never even ridden an e-bike. But, good Lord, I feel much safer around e-bikes than I do the average car or truck driver here in Jersey City.

Legislators in Trenton should vote against the e-bike bill because it: 1) is a de facto ban on Citibike and other popular bike share programs in NJ; 2) puts the livelihoods of many restaurants at risk; and 3) makes low-cost transportation unaffordable and inaccessible.

"The car tire chemical 6PPD and its toxic byproduct, 6PPD-quinone, were common pollutants in the urine of 60-100% of those tested." Yep. Your body is slowly transitioning to become a collection of toxic car tire particles. But at least parking is free. www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/t...

Very upsetting that ACLU is pro-drunk driving. Requiring in-car breathalyzers for people convicted of a DUI is not "a form of racialized wealth extraction." People of all backgrounds are getting killed and maimed by reckless drivers. Let's stop the carnage! calmatters.org/newsletter/c...

A bill requiring license, insurance and registration for all e-bike users is racing through lame duck despite heavy pushback and no statewide data about crashes/fatalities. My story on what bike advocates are saying and sole Sen bill sponsor Nick Scutari, who told me he wants an e-bike (!)

Speed cameras save lives – now with evidence from the National Academy of Sciences. NJ needs automated speed enforcement. #visionzeronj

NJ needs speed cameras: "Philadelphia's addition of speed safety cameras on its most dangerous road has led to 50% fewer traffic deaths" "San Francisco reduced speeding by an average of 72% in locations where speed cameras were added" "Portland reduced top-end speeding by 94%" #visionzeronj

"Orlando reduced traffic fatalities by nearly 40% between 2020 and 2024. "New York City reduced pedestrian deaths by 45% and overall traffic deaths by 12 percent between 2013 and 2023." usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/28/o...

Contra @washingtonpost.com, many U.S. cities who have made significant investments in Vision Zero seeing significant safety progress. Via @visionzeronet.bsky.social: Austin: Fatals + serious crashes ⬇️ 86% Milwaukee: ⬇️ 28% Philly: ⬇️ 34% usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/28/o...

Just discovered this NBER paper examining the safety dangers of car bloat: "Being hit by a vehicle that is 1,000 pounds heavier results in a 47% increase in the baseline fatality probability." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Workshopping future transportation in Journal Square neighborhoods, one of multiple such public sessions as Jersey City develops a new Master Plan.

TODAY (12/9) starting 3pm: Help Shape the Future of Transportation in Jersey City’s Journal Square! Transportation Workshop to share your ideas for better transportation in your neighborhood. HCCC Culinary Arts Center 161 Newkirk St. 1/2

I was surprised to talk to a real person this morning when I called Citi Bike Support. There has been zero bikes at the Carteret/Arlington Avenues in Jersey City for a few days now. I’m glad they’re opening up more stations in my area, but they need to rebalance so they’re useful. 🚲

The big @citibikenyc.bsky.social expansion in southern @jerseycity.bsky.social has resumed in earnest! At least 7 more new stations have been installed and activated this week, all in Greenville; check the app to see when they are balanced with available bikes. The ~50% expansion … 1/3 🧵

Are you excited about the new bike lane on Grand Street? So are we! Let’s celebrate! 🎉 To mark the opening of the first-ever interior protected bike lane in #hoboken, we’re throwing a party/hangout/good-vibes session this Saturday at the corner of 6th & Grand!

We have this bus platform but three buses couldn’t use it because this rideshare driver who doesn’t have a front license plate decided that he gets to park here. He’s also just parking in a lane of traffic.

Why does the 16 bus not show up in the NJ Transit app? More importantly, why is the route so insane? Why aren't the NJT routes just on all the major N/S and E/W arterials? moovitapp.com/index/en/pub...

#JCcrashes Truck crashes into a pole at Summit and Sip: www.reddit.com/r/jerseycity...

NJ is first with a statewide plan to reduce traffic deaths to zero, but the hard part is implementing it, advocates say www.nj.com/news/2025/12...

The new 12-Broadway bus is up and running in Bayonne.

This just in: We can vote tomorrow (Sunday) in person! In all JC and Hoboken runoff elections. @bikehoboken.org @safestreetsjerseycity.org

#JCcrashes JFK by NJCU. Driver takes an SUV up the sidewalk and crashes into the university gates: www.reddit.com/r/jerseycity...

What will it take for these people to do the same for human driven cars? 5 fatalities this month in Bergen County isn’t enough, a jeep driver driving into a Planet Fitness and killing a customer isn’t enough, or what about the drunk driver that killed that hockey player and his brother..

English native speakers, what would be the right way of wording this long compound noun? Transit-and-local-access-only street or transit- and local-access-only street?

From this week's state of NJ newsletter. Maybe we should ban cars from school zones instead of sending crossing guards to a war zone. @stateofnewjersey.bsky.social @govmurphy.bsky.social

#JCcrashes We are sad to say there was a fatal crash killing a driver on Route 1 & 9 and Halleck Ave yesterday morning. Route 1 & 9 is notoriously dangerous, and there have been 4 fatalities on Route 1 in Hudson County so far this year. NJ State and NJDOT must make much needed safety improvements.

Yellow crash attenuation barrels at the corner of County Road and NJ-Rte 1-9 in Croxton/Jersey City. Carbon ink and Ecoline markers on manilla card stock, 10”x8”. art.monospace.com #art #artSky #ecoline #carbonInk #penAndInk #urbanSketching #jerseyCity #newJersey

Here you go. This includes the entire Jersey City bus network. 6, 9, 80, even the 82 which is a rush hour route, seeing dramatic increases. And the 85, 86, and 125 seeing declining ridership.

Good news, we are seeing a dramatic increase in ridership for the 9-Montgomery and the 6-Summit/Ocean. My suspicions were correct about the 9. I’ve noticed over the past year fuller buses. Maybe that will motivate NJ Transit to run some more buses at some point.