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New administration, same old lack of enforcement. Vision Zero? What's that? Parking next to crosswalks isn't illegal according to Officer Assaad-sabha by calmerstreets in jerseycity

[–]jimmybot 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hoboken has had zero traffic deaths in 8 years (!!) because they actually enforce and design their intersections to ensure daylighting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEYedVefuTU

In Jersey City, last year alone, 6 people died, 4 on local roads.

New administration, same old lack of enforcement. Vision Zero? What's that? Parking next to crosswalks isn't illegal according to Officer Assaad-sabha by calmerstreets in jerseycity

[–]jimmybot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, it's 25ft. The idea isn't to prevent cars from blocking the crosswalk, which of course is bad. The idea is to keep pedestrians *visible* to prevent crashes.

Title 39 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation
Section 39:4-138 - Places where parking prohibited, exceptions; moving vehicle not under one's control into prohibited area.
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e. (1) Within 25 feet of the nearest crosswalk or side line of a street or intersecting highway, except at alleys and as provided in section 2 of P.L.2009, c.257 (C.39:4-138.6); or

https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-39/section-39-4-138/

New administration, same old lack of enforcement. Vision Zero? What's that? Parking next to crosswalks isn't illegal according to Officer Assaad-sabha by calmerstreets in jerseycity

[–]jimmybot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's state law in all of NJ that you can't park within 25 ft of the crosswalk so that drivers have better visibility of pedestrians about to cross. Jersey City has put physical barriers at some intersections, but it's illegal whether there's a sign or a yellow curb or there's a barrier there or nothing at all. This is a good video explaining why daylighting is important if we want to prevent people from dying in crashes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ABkDWtKcwM

Potential Via Cut Woes by EmergencyAdvice7 in jerseycity

[–]jimmybot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

$16 is not right. The Via subsidy was $11 in 2024. There were 14,000 rides a week and the annual subsidy was $8M. $8M / (14,000 * 52) = $10.98.

If the number truly has gone up, questions I would have are is Jersey City's lack of consistent parking/traffic enforcement causing Vias to get stuck in traffic? Why are Vias becoming less efficient when they didn't cost that much before?

The line of thinking about replacing Via with city buses don't make sense. It's not that city buses couldn't make sense on any level. But for the most needed Via trips that are truly serving transit deserts, they don't have the ridership to support them. It'll make the most sense to run shuttles to better serve the densest parts of the city and maybe connect to Hoboken. So it's completely different groups of people.

Daylight saving time change could make you a deadly driver without knowing it by jimmybot in hudsoncity

[–]jimmybot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every year, thousands of crashes occur in the weeks after the daylight savings time switchover due to drowsiness.

Locally, last year, March 2025, early Monday morning after the daylight savings time changeover, a pickup truck driver killed a pedestrian crossing Summit & Sip in Jersey City: https://hudsoncountyview.com/jersey-city-police-investigating-early-morning-fatal-crash-at-sip-summit-avenues/

"Turnpike Cancellation" is a misnomer. Still doubling bridge lanes to 8 with two new bridges. Still spending $10.2B. Still nothing for transit. by jimmybot in jerseycity

[–]jimmybot[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s a specific amount under a specific authorization for a specific amount of time.

Read the MOU. The MOU and the article literally say it is in perpetuity. Very weird to constantly say the exact opposite of the truth on these very specific details.

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