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PICHICONCACA t1_j2bw7es wrote

The city is a joke. Along with this anti car movement. You want to take cars off the street? How about you improve public transit first before you take out lanes.

I loved that they added protected bike lanes to CC drive. But then they got stupid with the new traffic pattern.

All of this whole the idiot mayor ignores the rest of the city. Traffic is bad in other parts too. You know why? Because our NJ transit sucks.

Between the food delivery double parking when they are driving or when the bikes just cross traffic, the Ubers picking and dropping off people at the worst possible location in flowing traffic. The street closures because of construction or repairs. All of this Makes driving awful. But not where near as awful as waiting for a bus in the cold and rain.

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Brudesandwich t1_j2c2b4z wrote

But the mayor doesn't run NJ Transit so what you do think he can do realistically? NJ Transit is a STATE agency so you need to look towards state politicians who are FOR funding public transit, especially between NJ cities. The bike lanes and Via are options that the mayor and city has direct influence over. He'll just look at what is happening with the turnpike extension plan. Spend $10Billion on widening it that would serve a relatively low amount of people as opposed to using that money that would drastically improve our infrastructure and could connect to other cities. People are partially blaming the mayor but he has no control over the Turnpike extension at all.

Secondly, the rest of the city barely votes and it's not just opinion. Every election is a low turnout, especially outside of downtown. The lowest voter rate is always either Greenville or Westside, Downtown is always the highest. You don't see a correlation here? As much as people like to complain about being overlooked in other sections, barely anyone in these sections is an active participant in the process.

The traffic problem here has very little to do with bike lanes and ubers.

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Ainsel72l t1_j2chzpi wrote

And when you actively vote out the mayor's councilman, the Ward lines get gerrymandered, and you lose the councilman you voted for (yes, I know, the HC Board of Elections was responsible, but conveniently JC paid their legal bill). That's always encouraging - and for the record, I always vote. Not that it counts for much, obviously.

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Economy-Cupcake808 t1_j2cm0uq wrote

What the mayor can do is lobby for better service from the state, and not make life miserable for the majority of JC residents whose primary modem of transport is car.

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Brudesandwich t1_j2d7ly1 wrote

I mean he has, what more can he do?

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moobycow t1_j2dlhni wrote

Magic, why hasn't he tried magic yet to solve the traffic problems?

I wonder at people who think that a mayor of a small city next to NYC can do fuckall to fix this sort of thing. Oh sure, Fulop has made it miserable for people who drive. As if adding lanes or roads has fixed a single traffic problem in any city ever.

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oekel t1_j2dts75 wrote

Downtown is already filled to the brim with cars. Prioritizing access for more drivers at this point is a dead end. We need to prioritize safety and other transport options instead.

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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_j2ckbdt wrote

I'll take my "waiting in the cold and rain" when it comes with an extra $600+/month of disposable income

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