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john1952 wrote:
Do this and do that. Did Jersey City strike oil or discover a gold mine. Go out and cut spending first and get grants.

Otherwise, we cannot afford this. This council forgets that we cannot handle anymore tax increases. Period. I thought they knew that during the last election. I thought they said they could cut spending. Has the Healy budget become the new normal?

In the past seven years, four people have been killed in traffic-related incidents within six blocks of my home (two pedestrians, one bicyclist and a passenger in a car.) How can we afford not to do this?

john1952 wrote:
Do this and do that. Did Jersey City strike oil or discover a gold mine. Go out and cut spending first and get grants.

Otherwise, we cannot afford this. This council forgets that we cannot handle anymore tax increases. Period. I thought they knew that during the last election. I thought they said they could cut spending. Has the Healy budget become the new normal?

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In all my years living in JC, I think I can count all the driveways I've seen in the downtown historic districts on the fingers of both hands. I'm not sure they enhance the value of the properties - most of them look like half-assed illegal curb cuts and are about as aesthetically pleasing as the chain-link fencing that usually come with such properties. The only nice one I've seen is that row house on Barrow, just south of Montgomery, with the garage that looks too small to even fit a Mini Cooper, so I'm not even sure if the driveway can even actually be used.

As someone who just got a car earlier this year, I want to applaud Candice's proposal. Yes, please make it as inconvenient for me to drive around JC as possible. I don't mind at all. All the latest real-estate marketing studies show that communities that promote walkable, pedestrian friendly business districts actually enhance property values in the area.

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jklm wrote:
City of Jersey City/JCPA needs to raise the yearly residential zone Permit Parking from $15 to something approaching $100 - then we can try to pay the officers needed to enforce the permit parking 16 hours a day, 365 days a year.

That's silly, all we need is the JCPA to have the productivity of any other citys parking agency, then they would be filling the city's coffers in addition to paying their own way. Get rid of the clowns like that guy who was a full time JCPA supervisor AND a full time teacher. He's a poster child for how the city is viewed by the "old school" as nothing but a cow to be milked.

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vindication15 wrote:

The driveway tax is a retarded idea. Just because you are too poor to afford a home with a driveway in DTJC, you are going to tax people who have one. Nice. I suggest you get a better job.

That's the best you can come up with, thinking I'm poor? Just trying to find ways to pay the city's bills - those driveways take up the same amount if not more than single car.

Curious - what does it cost the property owner to get a driveway?

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If you want to only side with pedestrians over drivers then the current approach works great!

I think that's right. Jersey City needs to prioritize pedestrian safety over automobile convenience. Things like the "Delayed Walk" at Columbus and Grove are precisely what we need to get rid of. Yes, some pedestrians do cross when it says "Don't Walk" because that is a heavily walked intersection by the main transit hub for downtown, and some people assume that they can go on a green light. I don't, but I do know of people not familiar with the area who are baffled when they first see that they have to wait a prolonged period of time for automobiles to go north-south when that is the direction they are working in.

Perhaps a "delayed green" (allowing walkers to cross the street first) or simply a "yield to pedestrians" sign would be more effective and safer.

Anyway, most people who are pedestrians are also drivers and vice-versa. I have a car, as does just about everyone that attended the meeting with Candice in Gulls Cove/Liberty Harbor. So yes, driver input was solicited.

vindication15 wrote:

The driveway tax is a retarded idea. Just because you are too poor to afford a home with a driveway in DTJC, you are going to tax people who have one. Nice. I suggest you get a better job.

jklm wrote:
City of Jersey City/JCPA needs to raise the yearly residential zone Permit Parking from $15 to something approaching $100 - then we can try to pay the officers needed to enforce the permit parking 16 hours a day, 365 days a year.

jklm wrote:
City of Jersey City/JCPA needs to raise the yearly residential zone Permit Parking from $15 to something approaching $100 - then we can try to pay the officers needed to enforce the permit parking 16 hours a day, 365 days a year. Make downtown permit parking 8am-midnight, 7 days a week, especially near the PATH.
I suggest making those with driveways pay a yearly fee as well (less parking spaces because of the driveway) if they don't already.


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Resident parking fee is 15$ for a valid annual parking sticker and the DMV requires you to get a NJ license within 60 days of establishing residence fyi. It's not someone complaining...those are the rules.





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tern wrote:
If they live there, then they are entitled to park there, they aren't making things any worse than they would be if they followed the rules.

All your complaining will achieve is forcing them to register their car in NJ and pay more insurance.

How will you be any better off?

Robin.

asny10011 wrote:
Resident parking fee is 15$ for a valid annual parking sticker and the DMV requires you to get a NJ license within 60 days of establishing residence fyi. It's not someone complaining...those are the rules.





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tern wrote:
If they live there, then they are entitled to park there, they aren't making things any worse than they would be if they followed the rules.

All your complaining will achieve is forcing them to register their car in NJ and pay more insurance.

How will you be any better off?

Robin.

tern wrote:
If they live there, then they are entitled to park there, they aren't making things any worse than they would be if they followed the rules.

All your complaining will achieve is forcing them to register their car in NJ and pay more insurance.

How will you be any better off?

Robin.

vindication15 wrote:


If you want to only side with pedestrians over drivers then the current approach works great!

VVPANEWS wrote:
Just to note, Candice did listen to the members of the Van Vorst Park Association which straddles both Wards E & F. Jersey Ave was mentioned as a major issue and she promised to address it.

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Prismatic wrote:
Why not just make Newark ave between Grove and Erie a pedestrian plaza, like how Times square has been ( or will be).

The folks on Barrow, between Newark and Columbus, might not be too keen on this plan.

Why not?

All that traffic headed East on Newark is gonna have to go somewhere.

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Prismatic wrote:
Why not just make Newark ave between Grove and Erie a pedestrian plaza, like how Times square has been ( or will be).

The folks on Barrow, between Newark and Columbus, might not be too keen on this plan.

Why not?

tern wrote:
If they live there, then they are entitled to park there, they aren't making things any worse than they would be if they followed the rules.

All your complaining will achieve is forcing them to register their car in NJ and pay more insurance.

How will you be any better off?

Robin.