It was suspended by 7:15 or so. I know because that's when I tried to get back home from WTC. Just got home now.

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It really is a fantastic idea, isn't it?

While the widening project might be intended to increase capacity to the waterfront, anyone who is familiar with the intersection of CCD and Marin knows that it will only worsen the gridlock at that intersection. Is the gridlock there from tunnel backup? Seems to clear out considerably once it spreads to 4 lanes near shop rite. Maybe increase the capacity of that stretch of Marin while we're at it?

Anyway, I regularly cross both CCD and Marin at that intersection (walking), and sometimes it's downright terrifying as a pedestrian. I often deliberately take another route to avoid that intersection.

Please note the position of the van relative to the "NO PARKING" sign:

Also came across this recent story: DHS: Ok to photograph Federal Builldings

OP, thanks for posting this account. You may want to bring this to the attention of Carlos Miller, via his website. Photography Is Not A Crime

I've seen them around, and have observed some odd behavior. One evening, around 11 pm I had my back storm door open, and looked over just as one of them quickly flew into, and then away from the door, about 6 inches from where I was standing. Now birds do some dumb things, flying into windows and all, but you don't usually see this kind of thing so late at night.

A couple of days later, I was at work in Newark, walking toward my office building when one of them briefly landed on my leg (I stopped walking when I saw it flying toward me) and then quickly flew away. That one was a bit of a shock.