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Godsarefakezz t1_iwo3yij wrote

Reply to comment by GhostOfRobertTreat in Newark needs this so bad. "Hoboken and Jersey City announce first protected bike lane connecting the 2 cities" by Top_Ad5385

Yeah totally agree. This city makes it dangerous for pedestrians, where they only allow crosswalks on once side of an intersection. This city has low car ridership and needs to cater to pedestrians instead of vroom vroom cars.

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Copypter1 t1_iwyvz15 wrote

Traffic enforcement is sorely needed in Newark. Drivers constantly run red lights and drive insanely fast on Broad endangering pedestrians because drivers know they will never get a ticket.

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ryanov t1_ix2kb2n wrote

Any day of the week at night you can see people doing 50-ish down Broad Street. No effort to change it at all. Hell, there are people who fly down Commerce Court.

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Copypter1 t1_ix50ks4 wrote

I have to assume that the leadership of the city just doesn't care. It is sad.

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ryanov t1_ix50v07 wrote

Cars are king, pretty much anywhere, and the leadership of the city rides around in them, and parks illegally all over the place, breaks traffic laws, etc. I’m generally supportive, but that is a bad look, and I think it extends to all sorts of transportation policy here.

The story in this town seems to be that you only use transit until you manage to get a car.

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Copypter1 t1_ix8iqlo wrote

It is sad. Leadership says they support and represent to city, but they put convenience of a few (drivers) ahead of the safety of many (pedestrians and transit users).

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ryanov t1_ix9mics wrote

To be fair, it's a lot of drivers. But no one's safety should ever be placed above someone else's, especially not when we're talking about supporting something that's also destroying the environment and health, etc.

People leaving sports games in this town appear to think they don't have to follow traffic laws at all. That's absolutely a group we should not be catering to.

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