Helsinki has opened a remarkable new bridge for trams, cycling and walking! The new Kruunuvuorensilta cuts the cycling distance to the city centre in half, while cars still need to take the long route. I cycled across the bridge just 3 weeks after the opening. My latest blog post and video:

I've been using the new NJTRANSIT app for two months now and here are some issues I've encountered. CC: @customeradvocate.bsky.social 1. On some bus stops the filter shows all the wrong bus lines.

Does anyone here work at American Dream mall and commute there using NJ TRANSIT? If so, want to talk to me about how you plan to get there on World Cup game days amid reduced bus service on NJT? Get in touch - [email protected].

#JCcrashes Duncan & JFK, a driver hurt a pedestrian in a hit-and-run this morning. It appears serious crash investigators are on scene. We are hoping for the best for the victim. @hudcostreets.org #FixJFKBlvd

We need raised crosswalks everywhere. A level crossing prioritizes human movement and accessibility, while the physical rise acts as forced friction, demanding speed compliance from motorists. We must stop relying on signs and start relying on physical design.

Day 19 of #30DaysOfBiking I helped the kids clean out their bookshelves this weekend & today we rode around, dropping off about 75 books they don’t read anymore into Little Free Libraries across the neighborhood. 🚲 ❤️ 📖

Our first ride of the year is this tomorrow! We'll meet up at 10:30 at Hamilton Park, Weehawken, and leave at 11. We'll ride through the Heights of Weehawken and Union City and down into Hoboken, then cruise along the Weehawken waterfront before finishing at the Pershing Road hill.

We can prevent road violence we just continually choose not to.

This morning, I had the chance to step aboard the very first new multilevel car delivered to NJ TRANSIT, which is expected to enter service this summer. These new cars will offer an improved onboard experience and greater service reliability.

"I broke the law, endangered my community, and now I'm the victim because driving safely isn't sexy." This is the exact entitlement that makes our streets too dangerous for kids to walk or bike to school. The carbrain mindset compounds itself.

Car culture is the dumbest of cultures.

Seven years without a driving license, and we’re still waiting to find the limits of the bike-train combination in the Netherlands. The latest: 100 km by rail from Delft to Tilburg, followed by a 20 km pedal through the Brabant countryside for a car-free weekend escape in the woods outside Diessen.

During the 1970s oil crisis, the Netherlands 🇳🇱 realized car dependency was a trap and built world-class bike infrastructure. The US 🇺🇸 just invented "Right on Red" to supposedly save gas and accepted the pedestrian casualties. Two approaches, two very different outcomes. A new NJB video. 👇

Okay CTA. This is a good sign.

The 2026 season of community bike rides is here! We'll be riding around Hudson County and beyond in 9 rides, running from this month to October. We hope to see you out there next Sunday!

👋Hey Light Rail and Bus riders! I’ll be at Exchange Place tomorrow (4/9) from 7–9 AM listening to your feedback about your NJ TRANSIT experience. Stop by and say hello—I’d love to hear from you!

What I don't get about American consumer psychology is that people seem extraordinarily price-insensitive about vehicle purchases and the implicit costs of commuting but hyper-sensitive about gas prices and groceries.

The World Cup is coming. So is congestion and pollution. A call from our president, Johan Andrade, on the need for getting Hudson County World-Cup-ready with quick build bus lanes, bike lanes, and pedestrian corridors before it's too late.

Riding bus 88 this morning and a number of seats in the rear were broken with the cushions sliding off. @customeradvocate.bsky.social #NJTRANSIT

This is the only way to get better bike infrastructure and maintenance. The people in power have to actually bike (and not just an annual photo op)

youth mobility = adult relaxing I'm in this fight to do less more often.

Bollards save lives. End of story. #WorldBollardAssociation

⚠️ The Experience Improvement Forums are next week (3/31-4/2-4/4) but don’t wait to fill out the online survey: 🚌 Bus: bit.ly/4bSzSRN 🚅 Rail: bit.ly/4bSmkFW 🚋 Light Rail: bit.ly/410Jq8d 🚐 Access Link: bit.ly/3O63vaf ℹ️ For more info about the forums & for surveys in Spanish: NJTRANSIT.com/actionplan

“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…”— @nondriver.bsky.social Don’t use accessibility “as a political football.”

Love this: a "universal basic neighborhood."

Warm weather can't come soon enough 🥶 — but while we wait to kick off our group rides in North Hudson, here's what we spotted in San Juan, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷🚲 Protected. Bike. Lanes.

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2026: 98 dead on New Jersey roads this year including 33 pedestrians and 1 cyclist, every single one killed, either in or by being hit by a car. Shocking rise in the last 24 hours. When will the state start taking this scourge seriously. At least they abolished eBikes... 98 people dead in 78 days

How many more studies does your city need proving that people on bikes and on foot spend more on shopping streets than people in cars? But the store owner LOVES parking in that spot right outside… Bike-lanes mean business. #UrbanTruth

1976! 50 years ago. And things have only gotten worse (unless you're affluent). @thewaroncars.bsky.social

“We’ve all trained ourselves to see car infrastructure as ‘normal’— and therefore its costs as invisible. Roads aren’t expensive, they’re just there. Parking spaces aren’t subsidies, they’re just ‘necessary’.” The “Framing Game” via @katjadiehl.bsky.social.

The NJTRANSIT app has a makeover. It runs smoother and there are less screens involved to find things. Thanks @customeradvocate.bsky.social !

I know... It's boring, but so far this year; 80 dead on New Jersey roads including 27 pedestrians and 1 cyclist, every single one killed, either in or by being hit by a car eBikes are not the problem Still no response from Gopal/Donlon/Peterpaul #surprise #bikeped #visionzero #ebikes #safestreets

ICYMI, our press release on last week's Turnpike Trap victory and full cancellation of any widening. We are proud of the diverse coalition that stood together in NJ for clean air, safer streets, and investments in mass transit. Check out the quotes from our many allied groups.

🚨🎉💪 We will have more to say soon, but this is a huge win for transportation and the environment. Our coalition's brief statement below 🌳🚶🛤️

The longest Citi Bike ride in each month of 2025! One of these rides cost nearly $100. New York City should be incentivizing bike share — not making it more expensive than than any other way of getting around. Video by patrickcleary.com

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

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Love a nature created curb extension on JFK.

⚠️Your attention NJ TRANSIT riders PATH service in and out of Hoboken is suspended until further notice. If you have to connect to that terminal please consider: 🚍Bus Route #126 🚆A train between NY & Secaucus and a connection with a train to Hoboken ⛴️NY Water Ferry service after 4pm

also noise pollution in the U.S. is almost entirely from cars and it’s literally giving people heart attacks I wrote an article about it because it’s so absurd

Cities aren’t loud, cars are loud (and stressful). - expanding on @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Salut! In Paris, firefighters' response times have decreased [because of protected bike lanes]: "In an emergency, a minute makes a difference" - Le Parisien share.google/dC57eMTHDgeZ...

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So cool to be given a glimpse into life after cars with @thewaroncars.bsky.social in their own neighbourhood! youtu.be/K9qYiCYGwiE

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