Neighbor Ryan

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

Latest thread from a project I've been working on the last couple weeks: @CarsDontFitJC 👇

[Perhaps Slightly Fewer Cars JC @CarsDontFitJC]

Journal Sq to Liberty State Park

200 cars & 4 buses, stuck in traffic

200 drivers could fit on 4 buses

This is a failed transportation system. Bus and bike lanes have 5-10x more capacity & 5-10x less emissions, noise, pollution, violence, and cost

(citations follow 🧵👇)

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@eaconner @yousefjsaleh More trains/ferries is best, but a bike/ped connection should also exist, if our transpo sector wasn't a total disaster

Ppl regularly propose bridge, but tunnel is better. There's also ways to use existing tunnels for BRT/bike/ped, e.g. 1-lane bike "pulses" every 1-2hrs.

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@JonatPhil @yousefjsaleh Tunnel would be orders of magnitude cheaper to build, would get used more bc it can be less than half as much climbing

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@eaconner @yousefjsaleh There should obviously be a bike/ped connection b/w Hudson County and NYC. As it currently stands no one is working on it, and we will still be at square 0 in 10 years. I don't accept that.

Ofc I agree with you re: the Councilman's failure to build any bike infra in the Heights.

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@JonatPhil @yousefjsaleh Bayonne Bridge is 215', Goethals 140', Brooklyn 127', Manhattan 135', Wburg 145' (bike path).

228' is a huge schlep, there are successful bike/ped tunnels around the world of comparable size, 1000's of people per day would use a bike/ped tunnel between 2 of US' densest counties

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@bbenzon @DanLevin_inJC @yousefjsaleh Yes, bridge not really feasible, bike/ped tunnel is easy/cheap/practical though https://t.co/uPytnVoCIT

[Vincent Marchetto, AIA @vincemarchetto]

@grischard @GridlockSam @BarmanNYC Holland tunnel is 93’ deep. Bridge would need to clear a 2000’ navigable channel with a height of 228’. Also you have to worry about suicide barriers and people potentially jumping off. Attached is an image from a NJIT arch studio with @PANYNJ I reviewed on this topic.

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@HeinisHardNews @jim_mcgreevey What is "the Palisade Condo Association"? Article makes it sound like an HOA for 36 units…?

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@HeinisHardNews @yousefjsaleh @JCHudsonMedia He could have moved forward with what was piloted, but is accommodating someone's objections, and refuses to say what they are

Big waste of time and energy, for the tiniest 1st step towards reasonable bike infra in the Heights.

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@yousefjsaleh @josh_weissman @davidsankey @JerseyCity @SolomonforJC @bikejc @SafeStreetsJC @NJBikeWalk @HudCoStreets Coles St is great! But Heights is years overdue for a PBL network

You know it's good policy, there's already support (which will grow as it's built), and Manhattan/Franklin is already funded

Wasting all the money & effort, and pushing everything back years, would be a disaster

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@yousefjsaleh @josh_weissman @davidsankey @JerseyCity @SolomonforJC @bikejc @SafeStreetsJC @NJBikeWalk @HudCoStreets You've been in office >4yrs, with over a year left in this term. 5 years and 0 safe routes anywhere in the Heights is unacceptable.

You're talking about "a" PBL, in year 6? All JC's PBLs were built in the last 6 years. Here is what the bike master plan has called for, since 2019

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@yousefjsaleh @josh_weissman @davidsankey @JerseyCity @SolomonforJC @bikejc @SafeStreetsJC @NJBikeWalk @HudCoStreets The fact it's close to 50/50 means you're behind the ball

Do you think Heights will get *more* car-dependent over time? How? Every road is already 3-4 lanes for cars, 0 bike infra anywhere

It will only get worse for drivers as JC grows. We need *leadership* on transpo

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@AylaSchermer @GovMurphy Car crash deaths per capita decreasing in OECD countries, increasing in US, and especially @GovMurphy's NJ https://t.co/Ru7fHWR5KJ

He is spending $20BN widening highways, has built 0 transit in 7 years. Historic policy disaster, with 1000's of violent deaths to show for it

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@GovKathyHochul @NYstateparks "Pausing" congestion pricing was a despicable act. Flip the switch Kathy

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@presinzano4hob1 Hoboken spending $40MM to rehab a parking garage ($50k/space) https://t.co/tIzZlypaaE

Depressing watching a new Councilperson focus exclusively on performative nonsense. You could save the city millions of pencils (and your constituents $10k/year) by reducing car dependence.

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@Sagermike @presinzano4hob1 @BikeHoboken @HudCoStreets @bikehudsonco @bikejc @bikenorthbergen @WheelieBadBikes @CitiBikeNYC @HudCoTweet he only pursues punitive policies, that won't work (sporadic ticketing on sidewalks when there's no usable bike infra)

banning ebikes from bike racks, while ≈100% of curb space is free car storage, is garbage governance (during climate, transpo, and air quality crises, no less)

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@presinzano4hob1 @BikeHoboken @HudCoStreets @bikehudsonco @bikejc @bikenorthbergen @WheelieBadBikes @CitiBikeNYC @HudCoTweet "Concerns about no bike parking around the PATH due to increased E-delivery parking"

"E-delivery bikes taking over bike parking"

"floated the idea of resident only bike parking permits"

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@presinzano4hob1 @BikeHoboken @HudCoStreets @bikehudsonco @bikejc @bikenorthbergen @WheelieBadBikes @CitiBikeNYC @HudCoTweet "No E-Bikes" prohibits "e-delivery parking" as well as resident ebike parking.

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@WheelieBadBikes @DNCsBazaar @EmMorgen @RaviBhalla @BikeHoboken @HudCoStreets @presinzano4hob1 @Tiffanie_Fisher @MichaelRussoNJ @RubenRamosJr @PhilipHCohen @jenforhoboken @HobokenEmily @JoeQEsq @HeinisHardNews @MattMcCann_ What proposal?

County's contractors proposed a PBL on *Blvd E* in 2022. Project name also included "Park Ave," but there was never a "proposal" for a PBL on Park Ave, just some other safety improvements.

There is no current proposal, afaik https://t.co/c1G4qUunUt

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@WheelieBadBikes @DNCsBazaar @EmMorgen @RaviBhalla @BikeHoboken @HudCoStreets @presinzano4hob1 @Tiffanie_Fisher @MichaelRussoNJ @RubenRamosJr @PhilipHCohen @jenforhoboken @HobokenEmily @JoeQEsq @HeinisHardNews @MattMcCann_ There's no "proposal" or "proposed design" (beyond that tweet from yesterday)

Seems you got confused bc '22 County project had "Park Ave" in the name + EM referenced it in a Jan '22 email

Then you assumed above tweet meant there's a live proposal (there's not + has never been)

[Neighbor Ryan @RunsAsCoded]

@WheelieBadBikes @DNCsBazaar @EmMorgen @RaviBhalla @BikeHoboken @HudCoStreets @presinzano4hob1 @Tiffanie_Fisher @MichaelRussoNJ @RubenRamosJr @PhilipHCohen @jenforhoboken @HobokenEmily @JoeQEsq @HeinisHardNews @MattMcCann_ "If the Park Avenue bridge isn’t part of the proposal why mention it?"

It was part of the name of the County project.

"why is Mayor Bhalla getting invited to 30 minute meetings when it isn’t in HOB?"

The project's South end was in HOB (14th St) https://t.co/SCEJXdrEUE