The current elevators flyover connects directly to Newport and the mall garage. If designers had more foresight we could have added additional exits and even an elevated ramp crossing over for Hoboken traffic.

I wouldn’t call the heights a transit desert, but definitely underserved given the density of the area. Imo, the coverage is fine, I.e. you could leave all the bus routes & light rail as they are, it’s the frequency that’s the problem. Every bus and the light rail should basically be running double what it runs now.

The jitneys/immis/minibuses pick up some slack, but they dropped off after covid, and are honestly just awful. I feel for the drivers and their need to make a livelihood but this shit should not exist in a first world country. They are not accessible to the disabled, have no real timetable, pollute and drive like maniacs… and I can’t use them because they don’t take my NJT monthly pass. They should be real NJT buses.

I was recently in Staten Island and realized that the buses in this random suburban neighborhood of SI came twice as often as the buses on Palisade Ave or Kennedy. Like a neighborhood of random single family homes with better transit service than some of the densest parts of the country. NJ is just pathetic in this regard.

How would this have worked?

I don't know any details but the rink is dealing with technical issues and should be back up relatively soon.

Not sure I follow?

Could it be due to the warmer/milder weather we've been having lately?

Believe me, at first I was shocked when I noticed it was missing from the menu!

Would be awkward if they’d miss each other. But then we’d have a wider tunnel, I suppose

I’d love to be able to walk to the City 😔 But I can’t imagine what would have to happen for this to materialize

Heights. Weekend/off-peak bus service is infuriating. All the transit apps are pretty unreliable (I guess they all get data from the same source). When 119 gets to Palisades during the rush hour it’s pretty packed (going into the city), and are not spaced evenly.

We had so many community meetings about the public transit already through the years and nothing changed. Every time community starts to complain more than usual, city hires advisors which present a keynote with a list of problems, and that’s the end of that. That’s frustrating.

Since this is the second post in a row I’m seeing about traffic/public transport, I’m guessing city is planning to throw more of our tax money at some “studies” again.

Move the holland tunnel entrance/exit to coles street.

Very nice

This is what the 11th street flyover could have been.

Like you said mark it off earlier as downtown JC ONLY then add an off ramp into Hamilton Park and Marvin Blvd.

The city did fairly well dealing with the traffic trying to cut through at Tonnelle. I'm hoping they do similarly downtown.

Good tip with Yuki’s. Always looking for good pita

I WAS WONDERING WHERE IT WENT ON THE MENU! that’s why!!!

You can't block them, but you can make life hell for them.

For example, you can ticket everyone who doesn't clear the intersection each time the light changes. Yes, even if you're blocked for a whole light, you can get 2 tickets for not making it out. NYC used to do this aggressively during the "don't block the box" campaign. Get 2 tickets in under 5 minutes and news travels fast.

Really Fulop screwed over JC. We could have changed NJ's laws to prevent through traffic on local streets, something many states prohibit in exchange for the extra lane on 78, which at the end of the day does nothing to JC given it's existing right of way. It's the local traffic that's actually a problem. Force traffic to stay on the highway and there's really no issue. That would have easily worked itself out in Trenton. There's a lot of towns with similar issues.

But now we'll all get a good shot at 4-8 years of Fulop for governor. Which is what people really want around here. The traffic is a sacrifice many are ok with.

Any idea how much of the cut-through traffic is people following Waze (and similar) versus how much is people trying their own tricks?

If it's largely the former, those companies offer to solve exactly these problems by working with city planners, and taking them up on that offer is the move here. If it's largely the latter, well then all the other things being discussed here should continue to be discussed.

This is beautiful 💖🗽

The Heights isn't a transit desert at all. I'm a 20 minute walk from 2 different PATH stations and a 2 minute walk from several different bus lines. When I'm working Manhattan, I generally take the bus round trip six days a week. It's great. I take the PATH if I'm going in for fun on the weekend.

A lot of the allowed left turns are dangerous anyways. Backs up traffic. People darting into the turn and daring people to hit them. If it's banning those and converting to one ways then great, makes it smoother for everyone.

The only sabich sandwiches I've had are from Taïm. It's where I was introduced to them and after seeing some other ideas on this thread, now I'm excited to try some more! I will say that the sandwich you'll end up with from Taïm is big and definitely something you'll need to sit down to eat. Grab plenty of napkins! Oh, and they renamed it for some reason. Now you have to select a pita meal and request "Golden eggplant" as the "main." 🤷🏻‍♂️

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I mean, that would drive me nuts as a resident...

Infrastructure really is the answer here. What got Leonia and other towns' local-only ordinances rejected was this morally and legally troublesome "roads for me, not for thee" approach. And it's practically unenforceable anyway.

A city that's willing to calm its streets for everyone and redesign their roads accordingly isn't going to have that problem.