DanL wrote:
so how is jersey city doing with implementing bike lanes?

there are some nice green textured ones on a few blocks of lower Montgomery and part of Columbus.

there are some more stripped/painted ones, throughout the city. But, none (or few) are connected. there are none that go more than a few blocks east/west and none from uptown to downtown (up/down the hill.)

now with Citi Bike expansion, there should be a need for a connected bike lane system. and perhaps a trial protected bike lane.

EasyGibson wrote:
Posting this on July 1st.

For the past probably month or so I've been having terribly unreliable service with my internet. I'm in Downtown. My connection drops pretty much nightly right around 9.

I called tech support and they said they can have someone come out. I told them it's not me, it's you. Then to my amazement they told me there's literally nothing that I, as a customer, can do to resolve this, or to check back on to see that someone was working on the issue.
They have no service advisories on record. There's no department she could point me to that deals with anything related to quality assurance.

Anybody else having this issue? What the hell do you do? Switch to Fios? Does Fios suck?

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JSleeze wrote:
Get real. Who the hell is checking Waze and looking up street closures online when it occurs to them mid-afternoon Saturday that they need to run to Target or Home Depot to get a few things too large to handle by bike or walking? I'm a creature of the 21st century and use Waze when venturing out on the TPK and beyond, but it's a bit much to expect people to take those steps for such a small, run of the mill trip.

Besides - there really weren't any good answers. If you had to get out, all Waze and the website would have told you is that you are screwed. And none of which addresses the ambulance....

Why such a crank about it?

Better a crank than a fumduck who doesn't realise that during summer months there are frequently events and festivals that shutdown parts of JC.

(Quite happy to trade insults with entitled d bags if that's where you want to take the thread).

dtjcview wrote:
15 mins longer on a Saturday? You may not have noticed all the streets being repaved and sewers being cleaned.

Get a bike. Get Waze. Get a life.

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slim26 wrote:
Thanks to Fulop, no chains allowed downtown unless it's in a very large building with lots of retail space.

I was opposed to that ordinance, but your comment is off base: supermarkets were excluded from the chain restrictions.

vindication15 wrote:
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vindication15 wrote:
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jerseymom wrote:
I'm really missing the snow this year - and winter, in general. I hate prolonged frigid weather, but I do love the seasonal variations and it has seemed like one long fall season this year.

By Len Melisurgo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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on January 18, 2016 at 12:33 PM, updated January 18, 2016 at 3:03 PM

...AccuWeather meteorologist Bernie Rayno is also being cautious about snowfall projections this early, but he said if the current computer models hold up, states in the Northeast region could see as much as 6 to 12 inches of snow this weekend.

Let it Snow! More

Yeah, let's hope it snows so it pleases your sights regardless of the hardship suffered by the elderly, damage to roads and cars due to salt, and the economic loss by businesses. But whatever, none of that are important as long as you don't miss snow anymore. Yay for selfishness.

Right, because everybody knows that there are no businesses or economy that could possibly rely on winter weather conditions.

Let all the ski shops with full inventories suffer the losses of a mild winter.

Who cares about those that rely on winter months for snow plowing.

All the businesses in towns like Vernon, towns in the Catskills, and Vermont -- bed & breakfasts, ski resorts, restaurants that are heavily dependent on Winter... who the hell cares about their economies.

All the people that love skiing and snowboarding and have had no where to go this winter -- screw them.

Yup - selfishness indeed.


Not to mention that we do reside in an area of the country that is known to have 4 seasons that includes some snow and cold temperatures during the winter months. I suppose we should feel bad for the elderly that didn't realize that it snows this time of year here and have mistakenly settled in the wrong area of the country.

Last time I checked, Jersey City didn't have a huge ski resort..last time I checked, I was posting on a JC board and lived in JC, not Vermont.

Yes, JC goes through 4 seasons. A winter season and 12+ inches of snow which some of you want is very different. We got snow..on Sunday.

If you want to experience winter in all its glory, I suggest you put up snowflake decals in your living room and watch Frozen in 3D.

The majority of JC residents do not want a major snowstorm for obvious reasons. If you want to ski, go to Vermont or the Catskills.

vindication15 wrote:
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jerseymom wrote:
I'm really missing the snow this year - and winter, in general. I hate prolonged frigid weather, but I do love the seasonal variations and it has seemed like one long fall season this year.

By Len Melisurgo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Email the author | Follow on Twitter
on January 18, 2016 at 12:33 PM, updated January 18, 2016 at 3:03 PM

...AccuWeather meteorologist Bernie Rayno is also being cautious about snowfall projections this early, but he said if the current computer models hold up, states in the Northeast region could see as much as 6 to 12 inches of snow this weekend.

Let it Snow! More

Yeah, let's hope it snows so it pleases your sights regardless of the hardship suffered by the elderly, damage to roads and cars due to salt, and the economic loss by businesses. But whatever, none of that are important as long as you don't miss snow anymore. Yay for selfishness.

fraulein wrote:
About 8 inches in late Jan, not minimal in my book.

http://www.nj.com/weather/index.ssf/2 ... _what_they_predicted.html

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slim26 wrote:
Me too.

But be prepared for those that detest a winter climate (but choose to live in one) will be whining up a storm within days of the first snowfall.

I can already see it coming -- "I've had enough of this", "Please stop snowing", "After the brutal winter of last year, don't we deserve a break", "wah, wah, wah" --- oh, yeah it's coming.

Of course all those that think we had a brutal winter last year merely forget the fact that it didn't start snowing until February last year.

Not true... We did get snow in Nov, Dec and Jan.

fraulein wrote:
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slim26 wrote:
Me too.

But be prepared for those that detest a winter climate (but choose to live in one) will be whining up a storm within days of the first snowfall.

I can already see it coming -- "I've had enough of this", "Please stop snowing", "After the brutal winter of last year, don't we deserve a break", "wah, wah, wah" --- oh, yeah it's coming.

Of course all those that think we had a brutal winter last year merely forget the fact that it didn't start snowing until February last year.

Not true... We did get snow in Nov, Dec and Jan.

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slim26 wrote:
Me too.

But be prepared for those that detest a winter climate (but choose to live in one) will be whining up a storm within days of the first snowfall.

I can already see it coming -- "I've had enough of this", "Please stop snowing", "After the brutal winter of last year, don't we deserve a break", "wah, wah, wah" --- oh, yeah it's coming.

Of course all those that think we had a brutal winter last year merely forget the fact that it didn't start snowing until February last year.

Whose whining are we looking out for?

JerseyCityFrankie wrote:
Look at it this way: If every foot of parking space in the city was divided by the total number of taxpayers, each individual would l get X feet of parking space that "belonged" to them. Likely this would be a strip measured in inches. Until citibike came along, non-car owners could not utilize parking spaces for any legitimate reason even though they were helping to pay for them. As a non car owner It would have been nice if I was exempt from paying some of my taxes to account for the fact that I was not utilizing the parking I was paying for, or if I was able to lease "my" parking space percentage to the car owners, but this has never been the case. But now non-car owners have a legitimate use for a very small percentage of the total parking spaces and you know what? I want MY space used for bikes, and so do a lot of other people. In fact there should be ten times as many citibike stations around town and I hope there will be in the future. This will still leave the vast majority of parking spaces to he car owners and is more democratic. Also lets remember that most of the citibike stations in Jersey City are not IN parking spots. Car owners do not like the loss of ANY spots and are putting up all sorts of irrational arguments against the use of citibike, which is hilarious but shows their overdeveloped sense of entitlement