Lincoln Park - Bike / Jogger lanes
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I rode through Lincoln Park today, and was excited to see the planned improvements taking shape (2-way bike lane; joggers lane; car traffic limited to one lane, in counter-clockwise direction).
https://www.flickr.com/photos/36993180@N06/15664370832/ here's the plan: http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... y_citys_lincoln_park.html
Posted on: 2014/10/30 2:55
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Re: Jersey City seeks 20-year tax break for hotel outside Grove Street PATH station
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Disgusting and shameful - to approve this turd of a building to hang over the not-easy-on-they-eyes glass-can-sorry-no-elevator-PATH-entrance... and give away so much for so little in return.
This has got to be one of the most commercially desirable spots in the city - and we're giving up millions in tax revenue, for something that will be an eyesore for decades, without extracting any meaningful benefits to the residents of the city. Politics at its worst - shame on Mayor Fulop and city council for pushing this through.
Posted on: 2014/10/24 5:27
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Re: Moving Boxes
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My favorite moving boxes are the ones used for gallon jugs of cheap wine. Very sturdy, and come with a 4-way divider that can be kept in to pack small items, or removed to hold larger stuff. Perfect size for LPs, if that's your thing.
Liquor City on 440 is a great source for these; they work best if you can avoid breaking them down for transport/storage.
Posted on: 2014/10/24 3:16
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Re: New York waste transfer deal to bring $10 million to Jersey City
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Um, yeah - check the dateline: By David B. Caruso updated 7/12/2005 9:25:43 AM ET Thanks for bringing this timely, informative article to our attention.
Posted on: 2014/10/15 5:01
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Re: What's going there?
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Anybody know what's going on at the former Fine Fare market on West Side, near Duncan?
It's getting fixed up... I've been by a few times recently & one of the roll-up doors was open... new sheetrock & freezer cases, tradesmen at work inside. My hunch is: Trader Joe's, Wegman's, Fairway, or my favorite, Cornholio Foods. Or not. Maybe something else. Whatever it is, it will almost certainly be welcomed in the neighborhood. Anybody know? Looks like the owner got a tax break this year... http://tax1.co.monmouth.nj.us/cgi-bin ... 616102____00010_________M
Posted on: 2014/10/12 18:22
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Re: 333 Fairmount - Info on the area and crime in McGinley Square
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Boyd-McGuinness Park is getting completely revamped right now. It's at the corner of Kennedy & Duncan.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... _boyd-mcguiness_park.html I'm in the neighborhood too, and like it a lot.
Posted on: 2014/10/9 2:01
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Re: There goes the neighborhood.
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There's definitely a benefit to having an apt. with a reverse-mullet layout: party in the front; business (i.e. sleep) in the back.
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Posted on: 2014/8/25 2:29
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Re: New PATH Station - Marion
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It feels playing Whac-A-Mole. I think I'd have a better shot at talking sense into those f*ckers riding their bikes on the sidewalks Downtown.
Posted on: 2014/8/9 2:18
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Re: New PATH Station - Marion
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If the Marion station weren't contingent upon having this ridiculous hop-skip scheme, I'd say let's take a serious look at it.
Upside: big plus for Mana, Canco, other property owners/developers in that neighborhood - not a bad thing at all. Big plus for homeowners in that area... although some renters would be priced out of the neighborhood. Downside: 1) a minute or two longer ride on the Newark - WTC line - so the trains can slow down, stop, and speed up again. Not a big deal, really. 2) the cost of building the station, and upkeep. Yvonne thinks these costs would be trivial. Revamping the Harrison station was budgeted at $256 million. Building a new station from scratch... gotta be quite a bit more than that. Perhaps double - or more? I'd love to get an opinion from someone with expertise in this area. Does Mana have the political muscle to foist those costs onto PA's other customers? (bridge & tunnel toll payers, the airports) Or does the system itself absorb the cost? Meaning higher fares, or less frequent service, or both. If you compare this proposal to the plan to extend PATH to Newark Airport, you should see what I'm talking about. If PA can build that extension, it would be a great selling point for their real estate holdings in lower Manhattan. They'd be willing to absorb those costs in other parts of their budget to make it happen. If PA had lots of real estate holdings in Marion, this would be a no brainer. If that's not the case, Mana et al will probably have to grease PA the the max $$$ to make it happen, and the other users of the PATH system would end up picking up the tab.
Posted on: 2014/8/8 23:02
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Re: New PATH Station - Marion
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Hold on, let's step back for a sec and look at this.
There are already plans in place to: a) increase capacity on WTC trains by adding more cars b) increase frequency of all trains, by lowering the required headspace between trains with modern signaling (of course PA has to follow through by actually scheduling more trains to realize this potential improvement) If there were a separate train running from Marion, it would cut the frequency of the existing lines. Yvonne's proposal means less service at JSQ and Grove to accommodate the additional trains that just pass on by... does that sound like a good idea? Now, let's follow the money. Who benefits from this plan? Definitely not PATH users Downtown or at JSQ - they're the big losers. I don't know if property owners/developers in those areas would be hurt as much - but they definitely won't be helped. PATH riders in Marion would have a small benefit (perhaps a 5- or 10-minute walk to the train, instead of a 10- or 15-minute walk - although train service from both Marion and JSQ would be less frequent than it currently is from JSQ - keep that in mind). The real winners would be property owners & developers in Marion. It's no surprise that they would advocate for their interests - but this plan can't happen without hurting PATH riders who use the existing stations in JC. PS - I ride PATH from JSQ now, and a Marion station would be sightly more convenient for me. But the setup as described still sounds like a bad idea.
Posted on: 2014/8/7 3:13
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Re: A LETTER TO THE JERK OFF RIDING A BIKE ON THE SIDEWALK THIS FINE MONDAY MORNING
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Gotta keep doing it. I'm sometimes tempted to play "chicken" with these knuckleheads, but try to resist the urge. The crazy thing is, it is SO much safer to ride with the flow of traffic... if nobody says anything, they definitely won't ever change their bad habits.
Posted on: 2014/8/5 19:14
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Re: A LETTER TO THE JERK OFF RIDING A BIKE ON THE SIDEWALK THIS FINE MONDAY MORNING
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Anywhere downtown, or in any of the city's commercial districts - I agree, it would never be appropriate to ride on the sidewalk. There are other parts of town where this may not be the case. I live off Kennedy Blvd, near St Peters. The lanes are narrow, with parked cars on the side; the road has bends, and cars go super fast. I'm a very experienced cyclist, but it's still a scary place to ride. There are quite a few people who ride on the sidewalk on this part of JFK. The sidewalks are wide, and usually not crowded with pedestrians. If they do it safely (ride slow, yield to peds, act like a pedestrian at intersections - ie really slow - so drivers can see you) I can't fault them too much. On my commute to & from JSQ, I cut over to Bergen (also not exactly a cup of tea) and avoid as much of JFK as I can. Do I wish everyone riding bikes did this and stayed off the sidewalk on JFK? Sure.
Posted on: 2014/8/5 18:39
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Re: A LETTER TO THE JERK OFF RIDING A BIKE ON THE SIDEWALK THIS FINE MONDAY MORNING
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I agree with Monroe, the ratio of douche to non-douche is likely about equal among all modes (car / bike / walk).
HOWEVER a douche on a bike is potentially able to interact with & piss off many more people (drivers, peds, other cyclists) in a shorter amount of time than a douche-y driver or a douche-y pedestrian. I think as cyclists, we need to help police our own. If you're riding & come upon a salmon, say "hey buddy, wrong way." If you see someone riding in an inappropriate manner on the sidewalk, say something to them about it. If the offending rider is a hard-core, incurable douche, this obviously won't have any affect. But a lot of the riders doing these things are just lazy and/or not knowledgeable about bike safety... with guidance, they should be able to get with the program.
Posted on: 2014/8/5 16:26
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Re: New bike path from Lincoln Park to Newark
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My sense is that this route is used mostly by people who ride to their jobs at the warehouses and other businesses in that part of Kearny, and occasionally by long-haul touring riders.
If a little more work were done to keep it debris-free, it would be more attractive to adventurous recreational cyclists (not just hard-core nut-jobs, like me and some others here) heading to all kinds of places, like the D&R Canal, or the shore... even Newark.
Posted on: 2014/7/29 22:40
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Re: Campaign to raise funds for 275 bike racks in Jersey City
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Elsquid, thanks for bumping this - I'm in.
Posted on: 2014/7/2 1:34
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Re: Time to grow your own fig tree!
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Finally spotted some new growth sprouting from the main trunks of my well-established tree!
It's been growing vigorously from the ground for a month or so, but looked like the existing tree was top dead. I cut off the smaller, clearly-dead branches a couple weeks ago; glad I was patient/lazy about chopping down the rest of the tree. Hope some of you other JC fig tree folks are getting some sprouts, too...
Posted on: 2014/6/11 3:53
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Re: Bike JC's 5th Annual Ward Tour + Festival June 8
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What a great day!
I helped with registration and marshaled during the ride - and was really impressed with the work the Bike JC folks did to improve this event. Rider check-in was much smoother than previous years, and it was great having the Grove St Bikes guys there to help pump tires & deal with mechanicals before the start. Thanks to everyone who came out and did the ride, and congratulations and thank you to the hard-working people at Bike JC for putting it together.
Posted on: 2014/6/9 0:35
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Re: Pedestrian Cross Signals in JC
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OK, Bodhipooh - JC and 6th Ave NYC not totally apples-to-apples? but OP mentioned Columbus & Grove - where else downtown will you find an intersection more heavily used by pedestrians?
I agree on your points regarding signage, education, consistency of implementation, etc, but let's cut to the chase. If you live downtown, would you rather your neighborhood have: +Columbus Ave traffic signals optimized to move commuter cars from the Turnpike to the waterfront and back at the highest possible rate of speed (current setup) +Columbus Ave traffic signals optimized to favor foot traffic - i.e., people who spend money in downtown's commercial area - shops and restaurants. If you favor a gritty commercial district split in half by the main thoroughfare with cars buzzing by at 40 mph, you vote for the former. If you favor a commercial district with more people walking around spending more $$$, with the potential to support nicer shops and even more restaurants, you vote for the latter. I lived downtown for a long time - not anymore - but I still drive, walk, and ride my bike there on a regular basis. Personally I'd be happy to to keep the mix of shops & restaurants the same as it is now, but in a heartbeat I'd trade a couple more minutes when I'm in my car for a bit more safety when I'm walking or on my bike. Quote:
Posted on: 2014/5/13 2:56
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Re: Pedestrian Cross Signals in JC
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At many big intersections in Manhattan, the opposite is now true: pedestrians get the Walk signal a few seconds before traffic in the same direction gets the green light (so for a few seconds, car traffic in all directions has a red light). I've seen this specifically on 6th Avenue, at the intersections with 14th St and 23rd St... and noticed it at other intersections where an aveune crosses one of the big 2-way streets. It is one more thing that boils down to a simple question: Is it more important to move cars around quickly, or keep pedestrians safe?
Posted on: 2014/5/12 14:51
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Re: Bike Share System
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I have a beater bike I ride around JC all the time... but the beauty of a bike share system is that you can use it for one-way trips. Of course this means the operator has to do some re-balancing - that's always going to be part of the deal with any of these systems.
For example... I live near Lincoln Park. If there's a bike station nearby, I can see myself using it on the weekend to get downtown to meet friends for dinner - then either catch a lift or take a cab home. Quote:
Posted on: 2014/3/28 7:39
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Re: Bike Share System
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Hey Monroe, if you're really a cycling enthusiast, I find it hard to understand how you can be so cynical about bike share programs.
If they are a success, it will mean safer streets for all cyclists - the awareness of cyclists among drivers and cycling infrastructure will increase over time. If they fail - what skin is it off your back? I own more bikes than I care to admit, and I still use Citibike several times a week. Depending on how the JC program is set up, I could see myself using it on a regular basis, as well. Quote:
Posted on: 2014/3/28 5:15
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Re: Traffic light on Montgomery and JFK
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Hopefully you will get a ticket.
Drivers who make sudden maneuvers to avoid traffic signals - "beat a light" - are very dangerous to other users of the roads - especially pedestrians & cyclists.
Posted on: 2014/2/16 4:09
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Re: Please vote for a Jersey City girl to win a $10K grant
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Thanks for the donation link. Best of luck to you in the grant competition.
Posted on: 2014/1/15 4:26
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Re: Please vote for a Jersey City girl to win a $10K grant
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OK, I voted.
Missmags, in addition to voting, is there a way to directly help your sister with a donation?
Posted on: 2014/1/13 2:24
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Re: McGinley Square Redevelopment - $165 M 20-story tower
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Heard back from the reporter. She said she confirmed those figures with the developer.
Again, to me, it's the stated average unit size, rather than the expected rent/square foot, that seems beyond (optimistic) reason, given 3 years lead time.
Posted on: 2013/12/30 23:00
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Re: McGinley Square Redevelopment - $165 M 20-story tower
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Remember, these apartments won't be occupied for 3 years, at the earliest. I'm sure the developer is being optimistic with the $3.25/square foot rent number.
The figure that seems out of whack is the average unit size of 1,000 square feet - and the implication that an "average" unit would rent for $3,250/month. I sent a note to the reporter asking to clarify this; got an "out of office" auto-reply that she would be out until 1/6. If and when I hear back, I'll post here. - Brian
Posted on: 2013/12/30 22:31
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Re: Tips for the movers
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If they do good work, this is the right time to be generous with a tip. $20 or $50 or $100/guy, depending on the scope of the job.
LAM1959 it sounds like you're on the right track.
Posted on: 2013/12/24 4:15
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Re: Low water pressure 8th & Erie?
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Ok near Lincoln Park...
Posted on: 2013/12/18 13:32
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Re: West Side Ave over by Lincoln Park
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Plus-1 on having a bike (a beater) for errands in this neighborhood. Twin City supermarket on Sip Ave. is a super-quick ride down West Side from Lincoln Park.
Posted on: 2013/11/20 21:24
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