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[James Solomon @SolomonforJC]

Congratulations to the residents of the Heights who have waited for years for more bike and pedestrian-friendly streets. Tonight, the Council voted 8-1 in favor of the Franklin St. safety plan.

Safer streets are coming to the Heights for all - bikers, walkers, and drivers.

[Matt Friedman @MattFriedmanNJ]

A lot of people get pissed when cops do crosswalk enforcement stings. I don't think they do it enough.

[🚲Bike JC🗽 @bikejc]

@GovMurphy @RepSherrill @RajMukherji @katiebrennan_32 @RaviBhalla

@SenPresScutari

[🚲Bike JC🗽 @bikejc]

Senator Scutari's grossly irresponsible e-bike bill has advanced again, despite being a knee-jerk reaction to 2 women being murdered by a man using a car as a weapon. It would criminalize e-bike riders and discourage safe and sustainable transport, and it must be stopped.

[City of Jersey City @JerseyCity]

Revolutionary ideas such as Vision Zero, the environment-impacting bike share system (Citi-Bike), creation of miles of bike lanes and pedestrian crossing enhancements, Jersey City has commuted its way to being the destination city of the northeast as Our City is Transformed.

[Steven Fulop @StevenFulop]

🧵 Major street safety redesign/bike improvements for Jersey City

🚨 On the September Council agenda, we’re putting forward a big redesign for major streets including bike lanes/safety:

• Summit/Baldwin (Wards C/D)
• MLK/Ocean Ave (Wards A/F)

[bnbscience @bnbinquiry]

@RaviBhalla I signed one! Thank you for opposing the turnpike expansion

[bnbscience @bnbinquiry]

@StevenFulop If Manhattan Ave can’t be made one way for the Heights protected bike lane, let’s remove parking for 3 blocks from one side of the street. So we can get from Kennedy to Palisade safely

[bnbscience @bnbinquiry]

@StevenFulop Thank you for your support of congestion pricing and opposition to the turnpike expansion!

Any chance there’s anything you can do to secure the full $670,00 state bikeways grant funding to implement the protected bike lane on the full corridor? If Manhattan can’t be made one

[bnbscience @bnbinquiry]

@SolomonforJC Thank you, Council Person Solomon!!! Snd you are correct, we should not squander more than ½ $1M to make our streets safer. Our award-winning department of infrastructure project for a reason far too much harm has already come to pedestrians and cyclist in the Heights.

[Emmanuelle Morgen @EmMorgen]

@SolomonforJC Jersey City is a leader in safe and complete streets policy, and I am so glad we have leadership who continues to work toward implementing crucial safety improvements. Thank you @SolomonforJC

[James Solomon @SolomonforJC]

I am committed to safe streets for everyone, and I support the full proposal for the first protected bike lane in the Heights. I will work with Councilman Saleh to ensure that Jersey City does not squander half-a-million in state grant funding to make our streets safer.

[回 @3_under_scores_]

This corner of Bergen Square used to be parking for only seven cars, but now more than 30 people are enjoying it, most of them children.

[Ayla Schermer @AylaSchermer]

THANK YOU Mayor Bhalla for your strong support of this project and for safe streets generally! 👏 This corridor will provide a much-needed way for cyclists to safely connect from JC Heights down to Hoboken!

[Ravinder S. Bhalla @RaviBhalla]

Protected bike lanes are a proven way through Vision Zero to create safer streets for all users, and we should strive to create them wherever it is practically possible.

I strongly support a permanent PBL on Manhattan Ave and Franklin Street in the Heights, a corridor which has seen 11 crashes in 5 years - data that speaks for itself - and am hopeful this project will move forward without further delays.

[Emmanuelle Morgen @EmMorgen]

This bike lane would provide residents of the Heights more options for travel between two parks and P.S. 8, as well as the potential to connect to Hoboken, the Essex-Hudson Greenway, and a north-south bike lane to Journal Square. Safety and access for all ages and abilities.

[Tyler Newcomb (He/Him) @tylernewcomb_]

@StevenFulop Thank you for your public support of this project! Bike infrastructure is a critical public safety improvement, and I hope the rest of the council will follow the lead of Councilman Saleh and yourself in wholeheartedly supporting it!

[bnbscience @bnbinquiry]

@StevenFulop I cannot tell you how excited I am that you came out publicly supporting the *FULL* project. Thank you so much!!!

[Emmanuelle Morgen @EmMorgen]

@StevenFulop Thank you for speaking for safety for ALL road users. 🙏

[Ayla Schermer @AylaSchermer]

@StevenFulop THANK YOU for supporting the full plan!! 🙏 Safety should always be paramount when making these decisions, and the full plan is by far the safest option, providing a full E-W connection across the Heights.

Plus—it’s fully funded! Any scope reduction would leave $$ on the table.