To explain zoning to my family, I'll say: "For Thanksgiving, the salad is on one table, drinks upstairs, sides in the living room, and the turkey is in the bathroom." Then we'll watch the traffic chaos as everyone tries to eat. That's how bad zoning creates traffic out of thin air. 🦃

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

the fact that there is free parking at all in manhattan is wild to me

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

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...

Nice! Sidewalk snow clearing at scale. Haven't seen these power brush sweepers before. I think this one was hired by the local downtown SID and not by Jersey City itself. It would be a reasonable solution vs relying on every building owner to do the right thing, which never happens. #jerseycity

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...

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.

City leaders tell us safety takes years of studies and budget meetings. ​Yet when a resident spends $50 on paint to fix it themselves, the police response is instant. ​Funny how the bureaucracy suddenly disappears when it's time to punish someone.

Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom. Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?” Choices. Choices are more free than car dependency. It’s not a hard concept. I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport. I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.

Perfectly said! And said by someone who really knows how to do the work. If you're looking to learn how to organize for bike and transit improvements, here's a new book for you islandpress.org/books/if-you...

DDOT continues to publish before/after analyses of safety projects. The numbers for the 9th street NW bike lanes suggest that we should be doing these projects everywhere we can. Crashes plummeted, pedestrian and bike traffic skyrocketed, and vehicle travel times dropped.

This dog was spotted politely waiting by a pizza truck. He doesn’t have to say what he wants. They already know his order. It is pizza. 13/10 (IG: lauren.bardini)

Melissa Bruntlett is an urbanist storyteller. This is her story. 𝙊𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙊𝙆, 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘. NYTimes 🎁 article @modacitylife.com

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

Hockey isn’t our national culture. Cars are.

The countdown clock once again not functioning at Bergenline Ave light rail station. @customeradvocate.bsky.social

Majority of people who commute into NY from NJ do so by bus via the Lincoln Tunnel. Please don’t forget about these people @kim.senate.gov @mikiesherrill.bsky.social Lincoln Tunnel bus service has a bigger impact than the Raritan Valley line. Here are the buses with yearly ridership over 1m.

Cargo bikes are great because you can pick up bonus kids! Today I got to bring @jamesthe500.bsky.social ‘s awesome kiddos (+ my 7yo) on our bike. The speed bumps we went over on the route resulted in many giggles. Riding together in a cargo bike is a great way for kids to make friends. 🚲 ❤️

Should be in here: njmc.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pdfs/transpo... And here: njmc.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pdfs/transpo...

“The contrasting responses serve as a reminder of car culture’s dominance in the Garden State. An estimated 92,000 drivers entered the congestion zone from New Jersey every day,... That’s less than half the daily ridership on the PATH train.” gothamist.com/news/nj-lead...

E-scooters are for freedom of speech and peaceable assembly.

Marnixstraat, Amsterdam in 1980 and today. Not only has the car parking been removed but all the cars have too, now only accessible to those on foot, bike or on the tram

Is NJTRANSIT down? App and website offline. Unable to purchase tickets. @customeradvocate.bsky.social

One major positive news came out of the Board meeting last night: As part of its fleet modernization effort, and after the order of 374 new rail cars, NJ TRANSIT Board of Directors authorized $917 million to overhaul its existing fleet of 429 Multilevel railcars. ℹ️More info👉 bit.ly/4qYgmd5

This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Just how much space is actually given to cars vs other modes? 👇

Physically protected bike lanes don't come from thin air. If You Want To Win, You've Got To Fight-- and today is the LAST day you can pre-order the book from @islandpress.bsky.social islandpress.org/books/if-you... because starting tomorrow you can only just regularly order it since it'll be out.

For taxpayers, every piece of cycling infrastructure is a gift that keeps on giving. An asset that returns annual savings in congestion, pollution, maintenance, safety and healthcare over its lifetime. Stop asking whether your city can afford to invest in cycling. Ask whether it can afford not to.

Today I learned Americans spend 1% of the global GDP on auto insurance premiums alone and I haven’t even started reading @thewaroncars.bsky.social book yet.

Wide bike lanes would save lives.

In 1999, resident Louis Massano eloquently writes why the previous boondoggle Turnpike expansion through Jersey City was a horrible idea. The proposed expansion was ultimately unsuccessful due to local opposition: www.geocities.ws/hartwheels/C... #turnpiketrap

Check out the before and after of River Road! I think I like having a protected barrier better.

Two different ways to get pizza.

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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.

We've seen the same arguments being made over on this side of the Hudson about #RiverRoad redesign

New road layout outside a primary school in Utrecht. Bike parking, greenery and cycle tracks to keep kids and parents safe. Compare this to the dangerous car orientated mess that is Downham Road in Hackney!

NEW RESEARCH: Parked cars can account for 10 percent of the surface areas of some cities. It turns out that their albedo (reflectivity) can significantly contribute to the urban heat island effect. Dark-coloured cars are the worst, making the air around them 3.8°C hotter vs nearby asphalt road. 🧵

Horrific crash on Tonnelle Ave resulting in two fatalities. The state must prioritize this corridor on their Target Zero Commission Plan.

China’s cycling resurgence can best be admired at street level, where cities like Kunshan are building infrastructure of incredibly high quantity and quality. Cohesive networks that offer both practical connectivity and inviting usability; with abundant width, shade, protection, and natural beauty.

Trigger warning. “In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.” Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.

"They said the driver, who dropped off her child at the school, did not see the boy and drove nearly the length of the block with him pinned underneath the vehicle. Witnesses told police the car appeared to be moving at a high rate of speed." www.fox32chicago.com/news/boy-9-f...

The next block of the new Hennepin Ave S bikeway (26th → 25th) is open! 🚲✨ Smooth, wide, and separated. Can’t wait for the full stretch to be done. #mplsbike #BikeLife

Start off the autumn with our "Tour de Weehawken"! We'll ride through the 3 wards of Weehawken and down to Pier A in Hoboken, and we'll end our ride conquering the hill of Pershing Boulevard. ridewithgps.com/routes/52626...

What's it like being hit by a car going 40 mph? It exerts similar force as falling off a 54-foot ladder. Kudos to the Virginia DMB for this powerful demonstration in Richmond. "Last year..410 people lost their lives in speed-related crashes across Virginia" www.dmv.virginia.gov/news/youd-ne...

Missed our annual field trip to Manhattan #summerstreets? Watch the highlights and join us next year!

I will only consider mayoral candidates who say they support the JFK BRT.

When designed right, bike infrastructure is actually found to improve the response times of first responders! Don’t let ignorance stop good urbanism!

Just imagine @mikiesherrill.bsky.social, what we could accomplish if we ran frequent service, expanded service to the Ironbound and Newark Penn, fix PATH, improve bus service - then we won’t need to waste billions to demolish a highway & rebuild it just to add ONE lane of traffic.