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InnovativeFarmer t1_ixj4by1 wrote

Reply to comment by stevenfrijoles in Bad for Cities From Newark to New York: N.J. Turnpike’s $10B widening project gets new opposition from New Yorkers by jcskunk

Unless we can widen the ways across the Hudson or add more crossing, making the the NJTP wider just means more cars get to the bottlenecks faster. There are four ways to cross the Hudson. 3 are connected to the NJ Turnpike. The Tappenzee Bridge is a bit north but still acceptable sometimes to avoid traffic, especially if you are going north of the city.

I hope more crossings are added.

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stevenfrijoles t1_ixjblcy wrote

If the bottleneck into NYC still exists, then there won't be any difference on the NYC side, which is why their complaint is silly. And if they're complaining about this, oh boy, just wait until they get the opportunity to complain about improving actual real crossing capacity

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InnovativeFarmer t1_ixjf56k wrote

I mean they need to build more crossings along the Hudson. I have crossed over quite frequently since I have family and friends that live in MA and I lived there for a bit. The traffic is bad in the vicinity of the crossings and during busy hours. I recently crossed over the GW and it was smooth both ways around mid-morning to mid-day but I did hit traffic going north near Connecticut. Really bad traffic. But thats typcial for CT.

We need more way to cross the Hudson.

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