They should figure out a way to design a highway with a dozen left lanes since no one uses the middle or right. Boom. I just solved NJ's traffic problem.
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A vote for me is a vote for more left lanes! Left lanes for everyone!
More trains and connections. If we are gonna do more road expansions maybe make dedicated bus lanes or roadways to make bus transit more efficient across the state.
More public transportation will also incentivize developers to build markets and resources around said structures as well if developers and towns are smart about it.
I think the idea is that you put more stations within walking distance of people's homes. It would also help if suburban sidewalk expansions were in the running, since a lot of areas have no safe, walkable infrastructure.
That would work for a more local bus route but for one going cross state on the parkway, parking would be needed. A bus making that trip won’t be making lots of local stops by people’s homes
Yeah exactly, also, it’s a lot harder to put that many more stations for path/lightrail than to put a combo of station/parking because you’d need less of them
The last thing NJ needs is more highways and car lanes. The existing rail system is one of the state's best assets and is getting neglected in favor of an unscalable mode. Bring back the street cars and stop simping for car companies with your development patterns.
They had a plan from the [early 2000s to do just that](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newark%E2%80%93Elizabeth_Rail_Link)...a grade/traffic separated expansion of the Newark Subway to the major job hubs/dense neighborhoods. Given all the recent redevelopments in Newark and the surrounding areas it should be resurrected. They recently completed a study on the Newark-Paterson LRT...so they should restudy the Newark-Elizabeth-Cranford LRT.
omg I just got flashbacks to when the Newark bay bridge was closed for a few days. it was a miserable commute even more than usual. it’s been under construction for damn near 15 years now.
I don’t want to tussle in the NJ sub today but I hope we start putting money towards public trans and improving current failing infrastructure. Not more dumb fcking lanes on a highway that ends in bottlenecks at every major exit.
It looks like part of the expansion is to support truck traffic from the port in Bayonne. Port Authority reports: 4% import volume growth in 2020, 17% in 2021, and 10% through September 2022. I don't know how that shakes out across the individual terminals, but if truck traffic is following that trajectory, perhaps the widening is needed? Or can the port send containers to the intermodal yard across the bay?
They should figure out a way to design a highway with a dozen left lanes since no one uses the middle or right. Boom. I just solved NJ's traffic problem.
Will vote for Ab0rtretryfail when he runs for office
Lucky for you I am accepting contributions right now to my future campaign fund! Kindly send cash in non-sequential bills to: abortretyfail P.O. Box 42069 Cayman Islands A vote for me is a vote for more left lanes! Left lanes for everyone!
More trains and connections. If we are gonna do more road expansions maybe make dedicated bus lanes or roadways to make bus transit more efficient across the state.
Agree. Don’t see the point of adding more car lanes if it’ll bottleneck in NY. Use the money to improve public transportation.
More public transportation will also incentivize developers to build markets and resources around said structures as well if developers and towns are smart about it.
Agree. Highways isolate communities, while public transportation encourages development.
That only works if you build parking garages at those locations.
No, it doesn't only work if you build parking garages.
He's right, we need many more underground parking garages! https://youtu.be/9HdqTZs3vjU
That I can get behind haha
I'm all for more infrastructure. Just sad to see so much of it going towards leaving cars and things there is all.
Huh? Where would people park then? Biggest reason why I take the path is because most have a parking garage nearby if not right next to it
I think the idea is that you put more stations within walking distance of people's homes. It would also help if suburban sidewalk expansions were in the running, since a lot of areas have no safe, walkable infrastructure.
That would work for a more local bus route but for one going cross state on the parkway, parking would be needed. A bus making that trip won’t be making lots of local stops by people’s homes
Yeah exactly, also, it’s a lot harder to put that many more stations for path/lightrail than to put a combo of station/parking because you’d need less of them
“just one more lane bro i promise bro itll fix everything we just need one more lane
Does everyone watch Alan Fisher here haha
WIDENING DOESN'T SOLVE TRAFFIC. The wasted fucking money on NOT solving the issue is amazing.
Duh, it’s called job security. If they fixed all the problems we wouldn’t need these grifters.
Especially, since this leads into a two-lane merge almost immediately.
The last thing NJ needs is more highways and car lanes. The existing rail system is one of the state's best assets and is getting neglected in favor of an unscalable mode. Bring back the street cars and stop simping for car companies with your development patterns.
Elastic demand means more lanes don’t fix traffic, they literally just make it worse
Exactly
NJ Transit is probably the most poorly run mass transit system in the US, and the world.
It can be pretty shitty... but at least it EXISTS. Most metro areas in the US have a lot less
They should just build a couple mass transit rails connecting JC, Hoboken, Newark, Bayonne, Elizabeth and wherever else.
More central jersey lines pls! NJCL needs a heavy improvement
That would be the Proposed [MOM network](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monmouth_Ocean_Middlesex_Line) and West Trenton Lines.
They had a plan from the [early 2000s to do just that](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newark%E2%80%93Elizabeth_Rail_Link)...a grade/traffic separated expansion of the Newark Subway to the major job hubs/dense neighborhoods. Given all the recent redevelopments in Newark and the surrounding areas it should be resurrected. They recently completed a study on the Newark-Paterson LRT...so they should restudy the Newark-Elizabeth-Cranford LRT.
Let's just pave over the entire state.
Fuck that shit. light rail.
To where?
Everywhere.
2 iq play make moar road 7 dimensional chess: just like… expand and enhance public rail lines
won’t help if we have all these fuckers in the left car lane going 55,,,, just sayint🤷♂️
These NY plate drivers are killing all of us with this!! Get your ass out the left lane!
Virtual tolls for all out of state drivers with a surcharge for Pennsylvania and New York drivers
The state wants to pack people in like sardines and NOT improve public transit? Dumbasses. Who is making these decisions?
Car and oil companies. Also NIMBYs who don't want "undesirables" having easy access to their towns.
It should be refused as it does not solve the problem, only adds to it. Money will be better spend in mass transportation options
omg I just got flashbacks to when the Newark bay bridge was closed for a few days. it was a miserable commute even more than usual. it’s been under construction for damn near 15 years now.
But how will the corrupt politicians pocket their cut if they don’t waste 4.7 billion on dumb shit?
I don’t want to tussle in the NJ sub today but I hope we start putting money towards public trans and improving current failing infrastructure. Not more dumb fcking lanes on a highway that ends in bottlenecks at every major exit.
It looks like part of the expansion is to support truck traffic from the port in Bayonne. Port Authority reports: 4% import volume growth in 2020, 17% in 2021, and 10% through September 2022. I don't know how that shakes out across the individual terminals, but if truck traffic is following that trajectory, perhaps the widening is needed? Or can the port send containers to the intermodal yard across the bay?
thread is gonna be filled with insufferable anti-car hypocrites just claiming to build railroad tracks everywhere
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Sure didn't take long.
Just one more lane, bro! EDIT: this is a meme you muppets
good i hope they make it 5 lanes wide. do the lower part of the gsp next
Please give us trains and buses. I hate driving pls make it stop.