vindication15 wrote:
I think many people have missed my point. Lafayette is probably filled with great people. It probably does have a lot of history and culture and so on...

However, if you think it's going to be developed within the next 5 years then you're just living in la-la land.

First of all, developers are already taking a risk by developing in Jersey City versus Manhattan or Brooklyn. The appealing places to develop outside of NYC is Hoboken, Newport area, and then the downtown area because of their vicinity to NYC and easy 24/7 access via PATH.

Now ask yourself - are all those places completely developed yet? When will those places get fully developed? In downtown alone, I can mention developments such as Morgan Pointe, Liberty Harbor North, GC 2, the 3rd street ironstate development....which are all in its infant stages of development. No one is flocking to JC in droves.. and if there are developers coming to JC, it sure ain't to Lafayette....let's just take step back here and be real.

I was born and raised in JC and I love it here but I am also honest about why most people relocate to JC - it's close to NYC and it's cheaper than NYC. Developers also know this...

vindication15 wrote:
Sorry to bring some realism to this thread but Lafayette will not be redeveloped anytime soon. I just wanted to prevent any optimistic buyers from spending their hard earned cash to buy property there and lose money...

It will be developed once every inch of downtown is fully developed. There is nothing Lafayette offers that downtown does not....and please don't tell me the area has "history"

99.9% of people move into an area because it's safe, easy to get to NYC from, and gentrified. None of which currently apply to Lafayette....

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81905 wrote:
Seems spiteful and bone-headed dtjcview. You would rather deal with more traffic and pay more in gas then simply getting some cheap, reusable shopping bags? They compress down to the size of a lemon and weigh nothing.

What does saving a few plastic bags at checkout save in the grand scheme of things? The US is probably the most wasteful country on this planet. What does this City statute buy other than a few votes and drive some shoppers to Bayonne and Hoboken? I'll be "bone-headed" on this one along with possibly thousands of people that will shop outside of JC, until it becomes a state mandate.

leigh13 wrote:
Good luck getting the JCPD to enforce keeping cars out of the bike lane. I rode the bike lane section of Grove St on Saturday and stopped to take this photo:



The police cruiser was just sitting there and not on any obvious business. Worse, there was plenty of room for the car to be parked closer to the curb and out of the bike lane--but the cop didn't seem to care.

Nor did the two other drivers who had their cars double-parked blocking the bike lane between Columbus and Montgomery, making a total of 3 cars in the bike lane on that short stretch of road. And that was for the north side of the street only!

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jzara wrote:
Obviously you shouldn't jaywalk for your own safety. But as for issuing the pedestrian a summons, that's ridiculous. She's 13 years old and also she is in the hospital injured. I think she's paid the price already. Most pedestrians in an accident pay with their lives.

Now that she'll live she will learn for next time to look both ways. And if a summons was issued to the pedestrian it would help the driver in court.

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jzara wrote:
Good point, I was going to abstain from saying this before because i don't want to place blame on the guy without really knowing what happened, but I just wanted to say that there always seems to be a quick conclusion that it was the victim's fault somehow when it comes to dealing with car-on-ped crashes.

Maybe she jaywalked while being distracted on the cell phone. The town of Ft. Lee N.J. is issuing summons to pedestrains for infractions such as this.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012 ... police_crack_down_on.html

http://www.northjersey.com/news/trans ... oad_warrior/ROAD0511.html

http://www.northjersey.com/news/Fort_ ... _jaywalkers.html?page=all

Vigilante wrote:
Been to a nice Beer Garden in Pittsburgh and I have passed the one in Hoboken several times and guess what? They are both far away from residential areas. Only in Jersey City can a developer get away with that and a bunch of d-bags will support it. Yes, you know who you are.

Vigilante wrote:
Doesn't everyone live above a Beer Hall?! The rental units opened first and the Beer Hall was added later. It should never have been allowed near residential buildings. That kind of establishment should only be allowed in areas away from homes. Developers bending people over and giving it to them hard. BTW? If this was a club that catered to rap music and a different crowd then the clowns on this site would be singing a different tune. Lesson here? Any clown in this city can be bought with a beer.

Lafayette wrote:
The Jersey ave extension is definitely going to happen. We just don't know when.
Traffic calming would be needed to deter people from speeding....speed bumps, or traffic lights.

Second, I have been walking home from Grove at night to Lafayette and have been tempted to walk down Jersey ave into LSP. The only problem is that it is desolate and creepy. Pedestrian safety and crime is what's on my mind. If someone attacks you there, good luck trying to get help.
If it was a regular well lit roadway it would be much better to walk and commute for those that are trying to make it to the path station or downtown. Although the downtown residents have expressed that this will create a problem the fact of the matter is that Lafayette is plagued with traffic trying to get TO downtown. It should be expected that DT jersey city will continue to be more and more congested with more people trying to live near NYC. If you want more space or less traffic there are beautiful huge spacious homes with driveways all over, Bergen Lafayette and Greenville, not to mention cheaper!

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Beachguy wrote:
I have a question. Are cyclists supposed to obey the traffic lights? I saw two go through a red light on Grove and Montgomery and they had to swerve to miss a car entering the intersection on a green light, almost causing an accident.

Yes, they are. I think you know the answer to that. In manhattan they sometimes give out tickets for it. But, in the same fashion that pedestrians jaywalk all the time, it's sort of a testament to how traffic lights only exist because of cars, and don't really take into consideration other modes of movement...however this is a whole different issue.

Beachguy wrote:
I have a question. Are cyclists supposed to obey the traffic lights? I saw two go through a red light on Grove and Montgomery and they had to swerve to miss a car entering the intersection on a green light, almost causing an accident.

user1111 wrote:
Jersey City kicks off 'green week' by opening bike lane on Grove Street

Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy kicked off Green Week, part of the city's "Project 365" campaign, at City Hall this morning with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil a new bike lane.
The pilot bike path, on Grove Street from Christopher Columbus Drive to Grand Street, will be open throughout the month of May. Today, the first cyclists tried out the new lane.
If the bike lane proves to be successful, lanes may be opened throughout the city to promote sustainability and alternate means of transportation year-round.
"We believe it makes our city a little more environmentally friendly," said the mayor.
Jersey City was named one of the greenest cities in the U.S. recently, and was one of the finalists for the 2012 Siemens Sustainable Community Award. Sixty percent of residents take alternate means of transportation, like walking or mass transit and now they will be able to bike safely, at least through a small stretch of Jersey City.
The city is also partnering with Bike JC and the Hudson Transportation Mangagment Association on an education campaign that to promote safety for drivers and cyclists.

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stillinjc wrote:
^^

That (kind of) sums it up. Kind of, because one may have the money to blow on that kind of rent, yet choose to save it for the rainy day (or investment), and put up with PATH in the meantime. But if you are 25, like Mr Rosati, it is not necessarily obvious to you...

:)

PS - ianmac - I am not suggesting that you are 25, just a manner of speaking...

I don't think is necessarily a product of age as much as philosophy and attitude.

Some people have a lot of money and might, despite everything, end up driving a Honda Civic and others might end up buying a Bugatti Veyron. Its probably not because some is 25 or 55, its probably just what someone values. But if someone wants a Bugatti and can afford to buy the Bugatti, even if the Honda Civic gets better gas mileage and has lower maintenance costs, why would someone who wants the Bugatti get the Civic?

Yes, in this analogy Jersey City is the lower cost car, but its sensible and well built, while Manhattan is the shiny luxury car, that is overpriced and impractical.