NewNewark t1_jegkoge wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:24 PM

Reply to comment by Marv95 in The new Harrison/Kearny Target is officially open by DesertVol

The Rutgers bus used to go there (open to the public) but Rutgers hates the environment so they cancelled it

NewNewark t1_jefqoge wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:04 PM

Reply to comment by DesertVol in The new Harrison/Kearny Target is officially open by DesertVol

I agree

NewNewark OP t1_jefay0x wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:21 PM

Reply to comment by granitellama in This city detests people who aren't in a car by NewNewark

I like to bike for fun and the only time I was comfortable doing it was April 2020

NewNewark OP t1_jebz05w wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:12 PM

Reply to comment by GhostOfRobertTreat in This city detests people who aren't in a car by NewNewark

So you acknowledge that the choice was made between maintaining a car lane or providing a safe and accessible path for pedestrians. In other words, the title of this thread.

A travel lane, by the way, that is almost always filled with parked cars with their hazards on, making it not much of a lane at all.

If extremely crowded Manhattan can find the space to always provide a walkway, than so can Newark.

Regardless, the burden of how the accommodation is provided should fall on the construction people.

Heres another example in NYC with two simultaneous projects

One side of the street they build an in-road walkway
https://goo.gl/maps/iqJRCwpifbBUwLFY9

So presumably the folks across the street who started their construction later had to create a pedestrian tunnel since they couldnt use another lane

https://goo.gl/maps/EzHQQ62uBuD8obB76
https://goo.gl/maps/EAA5Pzp6g2NbRaAx5

NewNewark OP t1_jebwnio wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:56 PM

Reply to comment by GhostOfRobertTreat in This city detests people who aren't in a car by NewNewark

You're a piece of shit if you think blind people are idiots. Fuck off.

NewNewark OP t1_jebvcta wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:47 PM

Reply to comment by GhostOfRobertTreat in This city detests people who aren't in a car by NewNewark

Not providing a safe walkway can lead to someone getting killed. The area has heavy pedestrian traffic and "temporary" can mean anything from 1 week to 5 years in this city. And it shouldnt be allowed for more than a few hours for a true emergency repair.

Go spend an hour in NYC and youll find every single construction site has a pedestrian walkway.

Example:
https://goo.gl/maps/9CQxh7ib5tFRyvUT7
https://goo.gl/maps/BxDe6TkonMb9PacP6

NewNewark t1_jeb4hqa wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:56 PM

Reply to comment by GhostOfRobertTreat in 55 Union at night by ScrollHectic

Its not about the brightness, its about the design.

For any streetlight design, including the standard cobra or the "historic" looking lamps the city loves, the side facing the building can be shielded by simply using a thin piece of metal, as shown here

https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/618113-street-light-shielding/#

Of course the better option is to instead use a lamp design that properly lights the street and sidewalk instead of sending 3/4 of the light in the wrong direction (up, into bedrooms)

https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/620f/e040/3e4b/3104/6c00/0009/slideshow/fi2.jpg?1645207589

Just because something is bad now doesnt mean it is ok to get worse.

NewNewark t1_jeao8z7 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:12 PM

Reply to comment by GhostOfRobertTreat in 55 Union at night by ScrollHectic

You know we can have street lights that dont blast light into bedrooms right?

NewNewark t1_jeairzb wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:37 PM

Reply to comment by Nwk_NJ in 55 Union at night by ScrollHectic

> The lighting looks amazing.

Ah yes, just what people want in their bedroom- bright spotlights making it impossible to sleep

NewNewark t1_jdwgmqi wrote on March 27, 2023 at 6:20 PM

Reply to How is the homeless situation in Newark train station made possible? by [deleted]

The Dunkin is open past 11pm now? Thats a good improvement.

NewNewark t1_jcgmbdx wrote on March 16, 2023 at 6:07 PM

Reply to Mayor Baraka responds to Kal Penn by Echos_myron123

>We made a mistake, and we owned it.

Hey Ras, I have a dozen outstanding tickets on the Report app that your staff has failed to address for months on end. How about owning up to that?

NewNewark t1_jcaravf wrote on March 15, 2023 at 2:39 PM

Reply to All 33rd st trains currently suspended, WTC also delayed. by EyesOnImprovement

PATH: We run shit service all weekend because were hard at work maintaining the tracks

Also PATH: No weekday service because no one has maintained the tracks

NewNewark t1_jcaqvc8 wrote on March 15, 2023 at 2:37 PM

Reply to comment by Nexis4Jersey in New rail station to be built ahead of delayed PATH Newark Airport extension by 66nexus

The 37 and 107 stops there, so if youre going from say New Brunswick to Weequahik (as a college student might) this will cut at least 20 minutes off your trip each way

I agree Raritan line should also have a station there

NewNewark t1_jat9qdc wrote on March 3, 2023 at 10:16 PM

Reply to City of Newark Accidentally Signed Agreement With Fugitive Godman Nithyananda's 'Kailasa' by madsheb

We have the worst fucking elected officials

NewNewark t1_jat13xt wrote on March 3, 2023 at 9:18 PM

Reply to Is it just me or are the traffic lights in Newark mistimed? by GhostOfRobertTreat

The three on Broad/Raymond are on a timer but the timers run like 5 seconds off so over the course of a month you see it go from perfect to absolute chaos to perfect again.