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sethrieder.bsky.social
Full on YIMBY Passionate about cities that are built for people not cars.
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NJ RESIDENTS: There's a very important bill in the NJ Assembly, which would make incremental growth via small 4-to-5-story buildings more feasible & allow new apartments to have more light & air: A4972 would allow towns to permit single-stair buildings <6 floors. njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/...

submitted 16 days ago • 17 comments

one of the most pathetic elements of the congestion pricing saga is how @govmurphy.bsky.social is refusing to release NJ Transit ridership data after congestion pricing went into effect because he knows it would undermine his pointless lawsuits

submitted 17 days ago • 4 comments

“More people visited the Business Improvement Districts within Manhattan’s congestion relief zone in January than during the same month last year, dispelling some business owners fears that the toll would deter visitors to Manhattan’s core.” No surprise to those of us who follow this kind of thing.

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

Congestion Pricing is creating tremendous benefits. Subway Ridership: ⬆️ 13% Bus Ridership: ⬆️ 6% (⬆️ 21% weekends) Transit Crime: 🔻36% Fatal Car Crashes: 🔻44% Trip Times: 🔻10-30%

submitted 21 days ago • 46 comments

Tariffs on construction materials, alongside mass deportations of construction labor, could wreck housing affordability in the next few years. State and local policymakers need to be pulling out all the stops to legalize affordable typologies, speed up permitting, and slash fees.

submitted 25 days ago • 6 comments

Kind of a bummer that no politician or advocacy group in New Jersey has taken an interest in single-stair reform, because Jersey City could desperately use it. We have had bills at least introduced in VA, MD, PA, NY, CT, RI, MA, but nothing in NJ.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

In 2004, when Jersey City was ~20% smaller: - PATH ran the normal weekday service pattern (at 15 min frequencies) on weekends, plus 10 min midday service on all lines. - HBLR ran 15-minute headways middays & weekends (vs 20 now)

submitted 76 days ago • 9 comments

You can only have two: - Unchanging physical neighborhood character - Housing affordability - Economic prosperity

submitted 83 days ago • 6 comments

My philosophy is that "community input" happens every four years or so and is called an "election." If politicians run on a platform of increasing housing, transit, or bike lanes and win, that's the opportunity people have to give up or down votes on whether they want such things.

submitted 87 days ago • 7 comments

The Port Authority’s budget is coming up. Please write a letter and submit a comment asking for increased PATH service on weekends and off-peak. You can also register to attend one of the Port Authority’s meetings virtually. hudcostreets.org/panynj

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

A nonprofit wants to build 100 homes for disabled people on industrial land at 100 Cornelison Ave in Jersey City. Slam dunk? Well, it's at the bottom of a hill with a brownstone neighborhood at the top and they're organizing against it (and the reasons will SHOCK you!) Meeting details below...

submitted 96 days ago • 1 comment

LFG!!! Gov Murphy can redirect his massive highway spend on fixing NJ Transit - why isn't every elected official in NJ calling for this? Instead they all say, "I support NJ transit" or "we need to fix NJ transit" - but they offer no solutions. This is why Gov. Shapiro is popular.

submitted 96 days ago • 1 comment

With LGA being a really nice airport now, it needs a nice subway connection:

submitted 96 days ago • 10 comments