New blog: The number of speeding tickets issued by Princeton Police has dropped by 85% since 2019. Have drivers in Princeton really stopped speeding? 🤔 walkableprinceton.com/2025/09/21/p...

The Princeton Zoning Board of Adjustment has approved a new addition to the building at 254 Witherspoon St. The building will be home to a new laundromat, which could be of great use for low-income residents of the surrounding neighborhood. walkableprinceton.com/2025/09/17/p...

New blog by me: A new bicycling program for kids will launch this week at Community Park Elementary School in Princeton. "Girls In Gear" aims to teach "life skills through bike skills" for girls aged 8-11. Registration is open now! walkableprinceton.com/2025/09/14/n...

Incredible vibes at the pop-up beer garden / music / native plants event at Princeton Shopping Center tonight. Congrats to @sustainprinceton.bsky.social for organizing!!!

I am declaring a 3-week ceasefire on skeetage as of 12 midnight tonight, to reset and recalibrate. See you on Sep 28.

At this point, I think we can safely say that the New York congestion charge has done nothing to boost ridership on NJ Transit...

NJ Meadowlands and Jersey City

The thing I find so exhausting about the ideological policing around abundance is that this is a set of good ideas without any obvious ideological valence. One side or the other will eventually claim them. If the left is unwilling to claim good ideas, then it will lose.

Just pulled off a successful “you got any headphones, bro?” on a dude who was playing youtube videos across the whole train car… 🏆

Syossett LIRR station

This is my grand theory for how Democrats can win the whole stupid debate about words and language: National Democrats need to use the phrase "fucking asshole" a lot.

There is a reception to support Mikie Sherrill for NJ Governor next weekend in Princeton. The suggested donation to attend starts at $500 per person. go.mikiesherrill.com/a/ms4g91325

New tonight: The Virginia Court of Appeals appears to have reinstated Arlington’s “missing middle” plan, reversing an order from a circuit court judge that put a stop to the EHO policy.

He's finally going to admit he lives in Jersey

Some things from "Abundance" that I think were good: 1. open extension of YIMBYism into new spheres (e.g. energy) 2. recognition of a key problem, i.e. 'everything bagel-ism' 3. likewise, the concept of 'tradeoff denialism' 4. concept of 'bottlenecks', which must be identified and eliminated.

Readington Twp, NJ has failed to pass a functional fair housing plan, even though it was required by June 30. Oops. They are putting themselves at risk of a "builder's remedy"!! www.tapinto.net/towns/flemin...

Extraordinary that the entire rapid transit system in the Bay Area is out of service because of a computer issue. I thought the Bay Area was good at computers stuff?

When I was in Paris in the summer I rode a robotrain.

Somebody scattered hundreds of tacks and tire spikes on a trail used by walkers and cyclists in Verona, NJ. Several bicycles were damaged. www.nj.com/education/20...

Green Brook NJ is being sued by two towns to the north, who are unhappy about where Green Brook wants to place its state-mandated affordable housing. The town is also being sued by some local NIMBYs who just don't want housing anywhere. www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/l....

New Jersey housing advocacy group "Fair Share Housing Center" has praised Princeton NJ for its recent affordable housing plan, but criticized other towns for filing plans that promise to build single-digit numbers of affordable homes, or none at all. www.tapinto.net/towns/prince...

Princeton Police shared a Banksy image as part of a public service announcement that they are cracking down on graffiti in town. I'm not sure they know what they are doing there...

The township of Bridgewater NJ is being sued by two developers and advocacy group 'Fair Share Housing Center', who allege that the township's state-mandated affordable housing plan does not meet the standard for "realistic" or "economically viable". www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/l...

West Windsor NJ is one of the 16 towns that Fair Share Housing Center says have most outrageously resisted their required contributions to state affordable housing construction. Fair Share wants the "Builder's Remedy" to be applied!! 👍 gothamist.com/news/housing...

Wow. That's a huge one. Basically an admission that the Alstom-run NJ River Line has become a complete disaster. www.nj.com/news/2025/09....

I am out on Long Island this week for a conference and sheesh, I cannot wait to get back to New Jersey. They don't even have sidewalks here.

New Jersey NIMBYs are breakdancing at public meetings now… 😑 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Setting aside whatever is being announced at 2 p.m, I am really wondering about how Slot will fit Isak into a front three that already has Gakpo, Wirtz, and Ekitike? Who gets dropped?

Very uplifting display of bicycles at elementary school drop-off today! A lot of families are starting strong for the new school year!! 👍🚲

Cops in Secaucus NJ appear to have been utterly owned by lawless drivers at a pop-up car rally last night, who climbed on top of their cop cars and bombarded them with fireworks. The chief has vowed to find and charge the people responsible. www.nj.com/news/2025/08...

"A judge has temporarily halted a 21% SEPTA fare increase scheduled to start Monday and a 20% service reduction on commuter rail lines that were to follow on Tuesday." www.nj.com/traffic/2025...

Two baby rabbits in their nest in our backyard…

🎵 But what I'd like to know is can Giuli' do the stroll? 🎵

The line for “The Bent Spoon” ice-cream shop in Princeton is literally around the block…

New blog: Local non-profit 'Sustainable Princeton' will be awarding prizes to local residents for walking and cycling in a new contest in September. The goal is to encourage people to try alternatives to driving for short trips. Full details in the article here: walkableprinceton.com/2025/08/31/s...

Found a bunch more monarch caterpillars after doing a proper tour of the yard with my good lady tonight… 👍

Things found in our Little Free Library…

This is the number for the Princeton / Trenton NJ-area ICE Rapid Response hotline. Resistencia en Accion now has teams out patrolling 7 days a week, and they will respond to try to protect immigrants if you call them on this number. I am putting it in my phone.

This honestly looks pretty bad, but it's housing, in bougie Watchung NJ, so I guess that's good. www.nj.com/somerset/202...

Princeton Critical Mass Ride in town tonight

Yet more monarch caterpillars in my yard…

AFAIK, New Jersey has no 'school impact fees' for new buildings, and, at least notionally, land use boards are not allowed to consider impacts on the school district when weighing whether to approve applications.

I have the "Kryptonite New York Fahgettaboudit Chain" for my e-bike, but these guys reckon that the Litelok X1 is even harder to cut through with an angle grinder, and also much more portable. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Hoboken NJ-based Stevens Institute of Technology is cutting 45 staff, citing increased restrictions on international students enacted by the Trump administration. www.nj.com/education/20...

This is likely to go down extremely badly in parts of Central NJ.

Average home prices in New Zealand have fallen by an average of 13.1% since the government there pulled all the levers to increase the supply of housing... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Princeton Critical Mass Ride is on!! Friday, August 29 Meet at Hind’s Plaza (by Princeton Public Library) at 6.30 pm. Ride-out: 7 pm.

The would-be developer of a 417-unit mixed-income housing complex in Montgomery Twp, NJ faced a hostile crowd of NIMBYs on Monday night... "The air left the room, and utter silence ensued amongst the crowd of residents who had assembled to oppose the plan" 😂 www.themontynews.org/single-post/...

“Rutgers Football: Home opener this Thursday. Fireworks.” Well the fireworks might be good?!?

Spadea: "I’m ready to keep amplifying the voices of small business owners, parents, teachers, first responders, nurses, and everyone else committed to digging in and staying in New Jersey” 'Everyone'? I'm looking forward to him talking about us bike lane fans then! www.nj.com/politics/202...