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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_ivq1owo wrote

I'm going to taking a page from the 'LUXURY HOUSING!' guy and banging my BRT drum in every applicable thread.

Make Ocean from the Bayonne line up to Summit, JSQ PATH and all the way to 495 (and then to 42nd St PA) a Bus Rapid Transit route. No cars, just buses with loading platforms and stops every 1/2 mile like a subway or Light Rail. Signal priority so they zoom through the lights. It would be just like having a Subway line the length of the city and it would transform JC!

All the whining about needing parking for cars will be undercut by a massive improvement in the local transit and connections to the city and PATH at a relatively cheap cost compared to any other option. Yes there's current bus lines, but they are slow and often undependable especially during the heavy traffic hours they're needed most. This would be more like a Light rail with no tracks to lay. And make them electric or hydrogen powered.

Here's the route: https://imgur.com/qlDOTO1

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FloatingWeight t1_ivtt3zx wrote

I hate how stigmatized buses are in the US, at least around here it’s not so bad

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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_ivtv2dg wrote

Yes, most US cities have such poor Transit that Transit is only for the poor, and gains that stigma.

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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_ivqlsk9 wrote

That’s pretty reasonable, but that wouldn’t be disruptive enough for drivers, so mass transit advocates will be against it, and it’s too efficient so drivers will be against it.

Nobody in politics like things that are clear wins. Gotta make sure the other side feels their loss.

Just a reality of modern day politics.

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kulgan t1_ivrr125 wrote

Find me one transit or even bike advocate who would oppose this.

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