@runsascoded.com updated his visualization, showing the efficiency of different modes of transit between NYC-NJ. Lincoln tunnel bus lane is the winner - and it only operates for 3 hrs a day! Investment in private vehicle infrastructure, is not a good use of state or city resources.
hbt.hccs.dev
Also worth noting we're 6 years into C3's requiring registration and insurance, and MVC still doesn't know how to do it.
Markel is the backend for Velosurance, my Velosurance bill comes from them. JFYI !
FYI, I maintain crashes.hudcostreets.org with analysis of those NJSP stats (and some NJDOT ones that include non-fatal crashes, but lag by 2-3yrs)
* was killed by an SUV driver
Which map?
experience.arcgis.com/experience/8... is official, should be up-to-date, but AFAIK doesn't contain "planned", or these new WIP Summit lanes
map.bikejc.org is a mirror of a few layers from the city's map, plus Ward boundaries, that I update on a "best effort" basis… will refresh soon
Good bike infra begets better bike culture. Licensing etc does the opposite, and is primarily pushed by people who want to criminalize and reduce biking. It's bad policy.
Meanwhile, licensed/insured drivers killed more people since you started on about this yesterday than bikes have in a decade.
bsky.app/profile/runs...
Drivers injure 150 people in NYC each day (vs. 3 by cyclists, including ebikes)
Drivers kill 2 pedestrians in NYC each week (vs. 2 per year by bikes and ebikes)
www.nyc.gov/html/dot/dow...
1 bus lane (Lincoln Tunnel) moves 5x as many people per hour as 5 car lanes combined (Lincoln + Holland Tunnels)
github.com/hudcostreets...
8 years of "Climate Governor" Phil Murphy:
❌ $24B for highway widenings
❌ 0 new trains and light rail lines
❌ 100-year low transit service
⚰️ 4,500+ people killed in car crashes
Please stop doing the worst possible things during historic transportation, environmental, and public health crisis.
ty! @stevenfulop.bsky.social tweeted this in October: x.com/StevenFulop/...
I think the exact dock locations are TBD, the image is just to show approximate level of coverage.
See also www.instagram.com/p/DCRh_VhR0qh/ from @njbwc.org @bikejc.org @hudcostreets.org insta
Slides from a talk I gave at @njbwc.org summit: bw25.hccs.dev
He basically fell out with the groups over what to do about ebikes on sidewalks. The groups believe enforcement is an important component, but that safe infra is also necessary, and politically harder, so we usually focus there first (there are still 0 safe bike routes for most trips in HB/JC...)
I'd say (i): small $$ amount can go far, 10-20% more mode shift is possible, CB is best way to get it. Also fights car-destruction of the commons.
Citi Bike to date is like having added 10% of a new subway line, in 10% the time, for 1% the cost (vs e.g. 2nd Ave line). Better use of marginal $$ IMO!
CB should definitely receive public money (like every transpo network, esp cars).
re: $5 non-member ebike unlock, losing an ebike costs 1000x that. Not surprising to me they want to nudge ppl away from that model (primarily toward membership), or price in the risk
Agreed about CP but do you think city govt will do a better job running/expanding Citi Bike?
High non-member fees target tourists, and subsidize member fees. Residents should just become members
I didn't think an NJ rev-share had been worked out, do you have a source for that?
Citi Bike Rides per Month, NYC, October 2024: 5,131,687 rides, 12mo avg 3,638,786.
Citi Bike Rides per Month, Jersey City and Hoboken, October 2024: 118,005 rides, 12mo avg 86,942.
Citi Bike ridership data, Oct '24: ctbk.dev
NYC:
• 5,131,687 rides (all-time high)
• 12mo avg: 3,638,786 rides/mo (all-time high)
JC+HOB:
• 118,005 rides (all-time high)
• 12mo avg: 86,942 (all-time high)
@citibike.bsky.social @hudcostreets.org
Car crashes kill twice as many people as homicides, in NJ. In 2022, crashes killed 2.4x as many people (732 vs. 302), the largest disparity on record.
Car crashes kill twice as many people as homicides, in NJ.
In 2022, crashes killed 2.4x as many people, the largest disparity on record.
crashes.hudcostreets.org#vs-homicides @hudcostreets.org
Avg PATH rider per day; Sept '24: Weekday: 206,543 Weekend: 101,194 Big drop in March 2020, due to COVID, almost to zero. Steady recovery since then.
Avg PATH rider per day (vs. 2019), Sept 2024: Weekends: 99.5% Weekday: 69.2% Weekend ridership has recovered to pre-COVID levels though service remains degraded.
PATH ridership data, Sept '24: path.hudcostreets.org
• Avg weekday: 206,542 rides
• Avg weekend: 101,194 rides
Sept '24 vs. Sept '19 (pre-COVID):
• Weekdays: 69.2%
• Weekends: 99.5%
Weekend ridership is at pre-COVID levels, despite degraded service.
Weekdays continue to set post-COVID highs.
