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54 miles ? Someone post the map
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Lets walk before we run. J.C. just got 54 miles of bike lanes approved and a program that for a single $250 application fee a bike rack can be installed if front of your business or house. I think Hoboken is considering the bike share program.
Posted on: 4/26 17:55
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Get on your bikes and ride !
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I noticed the bike stand in front of the Christopher Street PATH station. wouldn't it be great if they had teh bike sharing program over here.
Posted on: 4/26 15:43
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It does seem to be putting the cart before the horse. The main argument in favor of supporting bike share along with safe streets is that more bikes on the streets means safer streets. EasyRiders does do a great job of renting bikes in LSP and downtown, so there is already an existing option for those who don't own.
It is also true that measures such as lane striping and redesign of streets to be pedestrian/cyclist friendly (as did not happen on Columbus) seem like first steps. If you care about this, please visit BikeJC.org, a volunteer group which has been around 2 years but needs more active participation from those also frustrated with dangerous local streets in order to get more done. And yes, sidewalk riding is currently prohibited. But that doesn't mean the law couldn't be changed to have reasonable sidewalk riding, where the cyclist obeys low-speed limits and defers to pedestrians, as other municipalities have done. It just takes those who are interested to get involved in active organizing.
Posted on: 2012/1/29 22:32
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You're never forced to ride on the sidewalks. You choose to.
Posted on: 2012/1/29 21:34
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So the law pertains to "business district sidewalks" only?
Posted on: 2012/1/29 9:40
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Sometimes we are forced to ride on Sidewalks. I guess we should go out of our way and find the next closest parallel street in proximity to the route we are taking. Baldwin Ave. between Academy & Pavonia is one example of a need for bike lanes. There is no shoulder especially on the east side of the street on that same side there are no businesses along the bridge. The sidewalk seems to be the only answer when riding there and competing with the pedestrian traffic is distracting and dangerous. One person got knocked off their bike by a hit & run driver. The rider was for the most part ok the bike was not, it was totaled. The city should meet the cyclists half way and provide adequate lanes in both directions of the compass in various of the city so bicycle usage will become more of a norm here in J.C.
Posted on: 2012/1/29 6:15
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Hoboken allows bicycle riding on sidewalks as long as the riders defer to the pedestrians. There is signage prohibiting bicycle riding on sidewalks here in Jersey City.
Posted on: 2012/1/29 5:58
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Jersey City law. As in most cities I'm aware of, bicycles are considered moving vehicles, therefore subject to traffic regulations and not belonging on the sidewalk with pedestrians. From the JC Municipal code: § 242-9.1. - Definition; bicycle riders subject to traffic regulations; riding bicycles on business district public sidewalks prohibited. [Adopted 9-9-1998 by Ord. No. 98-105] A. As used herein, "bicycle" means a vehicle propelled by human power upon which a person may ride, having two tandem wheels, either of which is twelve (12) inches or more in diameter, and may be any vehicle generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two front or rear wheels. It's not enforced, of course. And I believe they make exception for children. I do wish that grownups would make a reasonable effort to ride in the street. We're never going to change the culture if there aren't more riders out there. It can certainly be unsafe to pedestrians to have cyclists on the sidewalk. The bike share is a laughable idea to me, where bike safety and accessibility stands in JC right now. Can the City please try a lane on Montgomery or Grand? It could be shared with buses. Can we start somewhere?
Posted on: 2012/1/29 4:47
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What law prohibits bikes on JC sidewalks? I know that it's illegal in NYC, but didn't think that was the case in JC.
Posted on: 2012/1/28 19:51
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Posted on: 2012/1/27 22:49
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This is terrific news ! I have a folding bike that I use to get around town with but there are times I am without the bike using either a car, train, or both. Perhaps the car is parked too far from the train station a bike share option would come in handy.
Posted on: 2012/1/27 12:41
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Why is the JC Administration taking part in a "bike share survey" when they have done nothing to address bicycle safety or implement bicycle lanes? Window dressing, I suppose.
Bike Shares are established up in cities that already have well-established commuter cycling cultures or tourist/ recreational areas where people want to rent bikes for short rides (as in Montreal). All of these places have dedicated bike lanes or paths separated from the street, not to mention a different car culture and fewer potholes. In Jersey City people are breaking the law to ride on the sidewalk because they are scared. The only place I could even picture a public Bike Share is LSP, and there is an existing small business (Easy Riders?) that already provides rentals there. Let's be real. Start with a bicycle safety survey and start improving the city for those who do ride.
Posted on: 2012/1/27 12:01
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Hoboken and Jersey City are both doing surveys to help shape bike-sharing programs they hope to launch as early as summer
Published: Friday, January 27, 2012, 3:00 AM By Travis Fedschun/The Jersey Journal the Mile Square City could have a new transportation alternative by this summer. The city of Hoboken has posted a bike share survey to collect information from residents on the possibility of installing a bike-sharing system in time for this summer. Jersey City, meanwhile, hopes to have the survey up on its website and Facebook page today. Bike sharing is a system of stations and bicycles throughout an area that provides bike rentals to members who join and pay at a computerized kiosk or on the Internet. With a validated “key,” a member can unlock a bike, go for a ride, and then return it to any station within the system. Hoboken Transportation and Parking Director Ian Sacs said the city is working with the Hudson County Transportation Management Association to be the first city in Hudson County to implement bike sharing. “One of the reasons we’re really excited about it are really unique conditions here,” Sacs said. “We have really unique commuter patterns here, we have people walking to Hoboken Terminal every day, so imagine all those people, and in the middle of the day all of the shoppers and tourists.” Sacs added the city hopes to award a contract to operate the program by late spring. The city, he said, is “trying hard” to have the system operating by the summer, the time of greatest use. Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said yesterday the bike share study is being headed by Hudson County in conjunction with Jersey City and Hoboken. “Like Hoboken, the city of Jersey City will be promoting this survey on our website and our Facebook page,” she added. The type of bicycles to be used are described as a “utility meant for transportation,” which would not be attractive to the normal thief, Sacs said. Bike-sharing systems have been a growing form of transportation in a number of cities across the nation. Washington, D.C., and Denver both installed systems recently. New York City will open a system spanning all five boroughs this summer. Hoboken has been installing bike lanes to encourage more people to use two-wheel transportation. “One of the biggest questions people ask in Hoboken is, ‘Where do I keep my bike when I’m not home?’ A lot of people would use bikes if they were available,” he said. http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index ... d_jersey_city_are_bo.html
Posted on: 2012/1/27 9:54
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This is awesome!
Posted on: 2012/1/26 22:44
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Hudson County may have a new transportation alternative by this summer.
http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ss ... aunches_bike_sharing.html
Posted on: 2012/1/26 17:51
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FYI, I inquired about bike station in NJ, specifically Jersey City. This is their response (basically it ain't gonna happen unless the JC government is involved and I doubt that will ever happen until hell freezes.
Thank you for your interest in our bike share suggestion map. The site is a project of the NYC Department of Transportation. We can only contract Alta Bicycle Share to operate in the five boroughs, so leaving New Jersey suggestions on the map would misleading. However, we do plan to pass along all of the New Jersey suggestions to local governments in Hoboken and Jersey City, which have expressed interest in introducing bike share as well. NYC DOT -----Original Message----- To: New York City Bike Share Subject: [Bike Share portal comment] What about NJ (Jersey City and Hoboken)? Are you not honoring votes for anyplace in NJ? Yesterday I suggested two locations in Jersey City and today those suggestion pin drops are not there. We desperately could use this bike sharing service in Jersey City.
Posted on: 2011/9/25 20:14
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So while the suggestion map is being run by the city of New York (and they keep deleting rental station suggestions outside of New York City) they did send an email containing this:
"we do plan to pass along all of the New Jersey suggestions to local governments in Hoboken and Jersey City, which have expressed interest in introducing bike share as well." So that is to say, everyone should continue suggesting stations in Hudson County because in theory this data is still getting sent to the privately run Alta Bicycle Share, the contractor building the network.
Posted on: 2011/9/23 9:35
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Minneapolis/St. Paul, too. Was there over Memorial Day weekend and the system is fantastic. The Twin Cities also have many miles of rail to trails through the heart of the cities and frequent rental stations along these trails. It's almost as though cyclists have their own universe of roads - you can get around in many cases with very little use of regular roads. Seems as though as a city such as ours, with a storied railroad history, would be able to cobble together a decent amount of rail-trails.
Posted on: 2011/9/23 9:07
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I was just in Washington DC and they have a really great Bike share system as well.
I hope to see one developed in JC as well.
Posted on: 2011/9/23 8:22
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if you are not happy with the "state" of bicycling, get involved with http://bikejc.org/
there is a special election this November 8th for two city council seats. ask the candidates (I am one) if they support bike lanes (I do). there is a virtual candidates forum being set up on facebook, visit and ask here - http://www.facebook.com/JerseyCityCouncilCandidatesForum while we are at that, ask for more bike racks where we need them.
Posted on: 2011/9/22 22:47
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I was just in Boston this past weekend and they have bike sharing systems all over the city. I would love to see a system like this in Jersey City. But being realistic we still do not have a single bike lane. It's pathetic!
Posted on: 2011/9/21 13:01
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You can also "Support" someone else's suggestion - lots of the NYC locations have many supporters already, so if you really want to see a JC location, go in and "Support" these locations.
Posted on: 2011/9/21 12:02
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Why Jersey City AND Hoboken?
Posted on: 2011/9/21 11:35
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planned bike sharing system. I know it makes the most sense in Manhattan but who's to say JC and Hoboken could benefit, maybe encourage more people to visit LSP and Lincoln Park and help development in our fine cities.
Posted on: 2011/9/21 10:12
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Awesome! Thanks for the post. I logged my suggestions!
Posted on: 2011/9/20 22:53
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New York City is beginning to implement a bike share system like those frequently found in European cities; usually with the swipe of a credit card or a membership card (like with Zip car), bicyclists rent bicycles for short periods of time and can return the bikes to any of the renting stations. ( more on
Bike Sharing systems) The New York City program is being developed in conjunction with a private company. Since the program is neither a city nor state base program and involves a for profit company, there really is no reason why the company couldn't also build a complimentary, integrated system in places like Jersey City and Hoboken. The NYC DOT set up an interactive map for users to suggest bicycle station locations. There doesn't appear to be any restriction prohibiting the suggestion of a location in downtown Jersey City. So if anyone is interested in this program, check out the interactive map set up for suggesting bike rental stations. Keep in mind, the program is being run by a private company, not the city of New York, which means the only thing preventing the private company from setting stations in Jersey City is local political cronyism.
Posted on: 2011/9/20 14:27
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