Buses here are too often stuck in traffic even though they provide millions of rides a year. Hudson County needs to finally build BRT on JFK. Go Ron!
#FixJFKBlvd #VisionZeroNJ
Tonight at 7pm: Opportunity to calm traffic in the Heights and improve safety right in front of PS 8. Please support.
#JerseyCity #VisionZeroNJ
Something pretty interesting about this winter storm is so far there haven't been any crash deaths since the snow. Five days is notable because NJ in recent years has had a rate that is a little less than ~2 fatal crashes per day.
Driving slower, a little less driving saves lives.
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Increases in traffic enforcement on the Garden State Parkway in 2025:
⬆️ Summonses up 30%
⬇️ Crashes down 25%
Total 2025 NJTA fatalities:
20 on the Garden State Parkway
32 on the NJ Turnpike
(From today's NJTA board meeting)
#visionzeronj #turnpiketrap
NJ needs to redesign roadways to be safe 24/7. In the meanwhile, there is pretty good evidence that traffic enforcement + aggressive license suspensions would reduce crash deaths. NJ's crash death rate per mile is 40% higher than Massachusetts – where there aren't even speed cameras.
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#JCcrashes The last fatal crash in Jersey City in 2025 killed a man at Route 1/Tonnelle Avenue & North Street at the same exact spot as a pedestrian died last year in 2024. There are no accidents.
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One reason we need left-turn calming more than ever.
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Speed cameras save lives – now with evidence from the National Academy of Sciences.
NJ needs automated speed enforcement.
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And evidence from our neighbor NYC that speed cameras are highly effective.
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NJ needs speed cameras:
"Philadelphia's addition of speed safety cameras on its most dangerous road has led to 50% fewer traffic deaths"
"San Francisco reduced speeding by an average of 72% in locations where speed cameras were added"
"Portland reduced top-end speeding by 94%"
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Police confirmed the victims in the SUV were a family of four traveling together. Horrific. Such sadness for the sole surviving daughter: dailyvoice.com/nj/east-wind...
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Driver of a tractor trailer truck drives in the shoulder of the NJ Turnpike crashing into a family's parked SUV. Based on the description, it seems probable that two parents and a sibling were killed, leaving behind an orphaned child: www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...
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NYCDOT shows frequent violators have 40X KSI crash risk.
We have socialism for dangerous drivers. It is state policy to preserve the ability for people to keep driving at all costs. There is no way to insure these people except to force normal drivers to subsidize them.
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NJ's statewide plan for Vision Zero is really not bad.
One surprising thing – being car-lite – I had no idea safety inspections were removed from NJ motor vehicle checks in 2010. What reason could they possibly have had for doing this? Will be great when this is reversed.
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Traffic circles / roundabouts are statistically the most effective traffic calming measure possible. 73% reduction in crashes before and after in the US, 82% internationally. (The only caveat is there isn't room for them at every intersection)
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Galaxy brain traffic engineering in Monmouth County. One of the rare places in NJ with a traffic circle – great! – but then they defeat it with two dangerous slip lanes to speed traffic around it. And a huge detour for the sidewalk.
Brookdale Community College / High Tech HS / CBA HS
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Hit-and-run in Garfield, NJ on a Bergen County county road. Driver is at-large. Road with limited visibility over a hill and wide lane widths despite 25mph speed limit: www.nbcnewyork.com/news/mother-killed-in-tr...
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