jimmybot.bsky.social
streets, software, cities in Hudson City, NJ
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@super-bus-machine.bsky.social if you have recommendations for HudCo from the above
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This isn't a technology question. Bikeable, walkable cities and towns aren't a technlogy question. It's not even a money question since societally people would save more money. I would suggest reading @mateosfo.bsky.social @davidzipper.bsky.social who discuss a lot of research around all this.
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It is bizarrely well-understood. Before driverless cars, policymakers have known that trains and buses are a literal order of magnitude safer and that more driving and more VMT linearly results in more deaths. Globally, Americans are uniquely accepting of this: injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-com...
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The problem with this one is that question has been answered. Without political change, yes, Americans are pretty okay with expensive death machines as long as they can look cool sometimes. Cars are like like what smoking was. It's everywhere, people sorta know its bad, continues unabated.
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We know our roads are still dangerous. Parents have screamed about aggressive driving, lack of enforcement, and incomplete safety infrastructure for years.
This is our "Stop de Kindermood" moment.
betterblocksnj.org/2025/06/14/j...
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it's a little bit hard to read, but the machine was broken there too. Stamato was Fulop slate. Walker ran on personal brand and his association. Even though Walker is machine-backed, this race could well end up with him in 1st by far and his running mate Sampson in 4th.
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The reality is neither had a shot as long as the other was in the race. In RCV, they could have worked together. Under RCV, if Baraka would have run on what he ran on but also promote ranking Sherrill as the number 2, that seems pretty weird, but also a lot of his voters would hate him for it.
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It's back up again. So weird. It's like they showed up for work this morning and turned the machine back on.
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But to be honest, I do think it's a mistake for RCV in the primary but not have it in the general. The much bigger cancer is the false choice created by all this national politics noise. Trenton truly is broken, and the NJ state Dems love it whenever there is a Federal crisis to distract from that.
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RCV would also change behavior. If we had that, there is a lot less incentive for Baraka to attack Fulop and focus much more on growing the pie and work together to attack Sherrill.
We are seeing this in the NYC race where it's everyone vs Cuomo. Mamdani is providing real support to competitors.
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Strategically what was happening: Baraka was attacking Fulop, but Fulop was going after moderates while staying progressive. Fulop was playing to win while Baraka was playing to get a high vote. With RCV, I think substantial Fulop supporters don't rank Baraka but most Baraka supporters rank Fulop.
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To spell it out: there is a very lazy 1-dimensional logic that Baraka is the most progressive and Sherrill is the most able to beat Republicans. It's incorrect.
On both counts, Fulop's policies are both the most progressive and the most likely to easily beat Republicans.
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I took a look but the article really stretches to reach their desired conclusion. 30 competing firms is absolutely not an oligopoly. How would that work? You would need a way to prevent defection aka 29 competitors that you trust won't stab you in the back.
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In Hoboken the delivery contractors have gone to council to ask for discounts, currently receiving $10s of thousands of dollars in fines. Maybe we farm out parking enforcement to Hoboken.
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Something interesting is Crystal Fonseca is in charge of disciplining parking enforcement officers that aren't doing their jobs. Someone could have run a campaign against her just based off that.
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They literally went around downtown putting up McGreevey signs together with Fonseca/Pu signs. But of course, many of those got ripped down...
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The Democratic People's Republic of North Hudson
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I would be curious if someone looks into it further, but maybe identitarianism is as repelling as it is attracting.
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Not saying Baraka would be against speed cameras (I don't know). But structurally, I think his political support is an example what makes ideas like that viable.
His popularity among white progressives is high yet enthusiasm in Newark itself is low: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Do you have a top 5 ranking of Dem candidates + Adams? (Assuming Adams is chastened and doesn't engage in further outright criminality again)
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It seems most of the big NYC unions have a pretty cynical view of things, even those with a progressive reputation are taking a completely transactional approach, wrongdoing be damned. And NYC progressives are not willing to talk about it.
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Yeah, even though it's a more moderate alert, it seems to be making people aggravated and short of patience. Definitely recommend an indoor air filter if you don't already have one.
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I will end here for now, but I will say Ramirez has been decent on transit and Saleh has been decent on housing and have been responsive to the public. I believe Brennan and Bhalla are simply a step above in their leadership, strength, and intellect to navigate the morass that is NJ state politics.
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Katie Brennan pushed with the JSQCA on a synergistic upzoning that led to affordable units being built where none were planned as well as growth in market rate units that will dampen runaway price growth. She recognizes the supply shortage and has also supported smart policy like single stair reform
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On housing, Mayor Fulop is well-known for understanding the housing supply shortage and has also presided over both market rate growth and the most subsidized affordable units built in the state. Again outcomes, not just symbolic feel-good percentages that don't actually lead to anything get built.
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Katie Brennan has also been vociferously against the Turnpike widening and has advocated for better bus service. She has advocated not just for more frequent service but also for other important fixes like against bus bunching. She knows her stuff. Less known but she's also a former Bike JC trustee.