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NJ Transit to Open 2nd Street Bike-Walk Path by End of 2013
These pedestrians already discovered and are using NJ Transit’s new 2nd Street Station bike/walk path. NJ Transit officials now report that the path is expected to be open by the end of 2013. I was...
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Council Approves Contract for Jersey City Bikeway Implementation
Apologies for not getting to this sooner – between family duties and holidays and a cold, I didn’t get around to reporting on the status of the November 15th Jersey City City Council bikeway vote –...
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Bike Share Proposal at JC Council Tomorrow
Will New York City’s Citibike be crossing the Hudson River soon? Jersey City is teaming up with Weehawken and Hoboken to implement bike share. With the huge visibility and success of NYC’s CitiBike,...
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Jersey City bike share RFP – Responses Due January 31 2014
Jersey City, Hoboken and Weehawken have partnered to implement a three-municipality bike share system, similar to NYC’s Citibike. The joint RFP is available online here. The deadline for submissions...
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Some Thoughts on the Chris Christie Bridge Scandal
Chris Christie – photo from Streetsblog It’s only very tangentially related to bicycling… but I wanted to write down a few thoughts on the Chris Christie “Bridgegate” scandal. New Jersey’s Republican...
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Jersey City Bicycling Wrap-Up
The NJ Transit bike path leading to Hoboken’s 2nd Street Light Rail Station is open! In just a couple days, I am moving to Los Angeles to write for L.A. Streetsblog. I don’t expect to be posting much...
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Hit-and-Run Makes Clear the Need For Making Fletcher Drive Safe
Northeast L.A.’s Fletcher Drive recently received some handsome new road diet bike lanes. Unfortunately, they only extend as far south as (almost to) San Fernando Road. Two days ago, LAPD reported a...
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Support a Safer Family-Friendly Fourth Street during COVID-19
Write a few emails today – in support of safer streets under COVID-19 – and specifically in support of quick-build safety improvements for Los Angeles City’s Fouth Street. Fourth Street already...
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Sample Letter for Support of Bus and Bike Lanes on 5th and 6th Streets in DTLA
Metro’s map of new bus lanes planned to be installed in 2020. Pretty much all of these should include left-side bike lanes. Click to enlarge. This week I wrote a piece about planned new bus lanes on...
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Build Back Better! Urge L.A. City and Metro to Add Bikeways as They Restore...
Downtown L.A. has endured a half-decade of construction for the Metro Regional Connector subway. Construction is nearly complete. The new subway is due to open in 2022. Metro is already starting to...
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