How long until the regime starts throwing people out of helicopters into the Atlantic?

We sent our mayoral and council survey to the candidates running for office in Jersey City.

Questions focus on housing, transit, street safety, and public parks. Candidate answers will inform any endorsements we make.

Take the survey and think about how you would respond!

Cities should make rent rolls more readily available so economists and data scientists can easily replicate studies on the effect of new supply on the change in rent increases.

I’m going to be going back to the tape of that Zoning Board meeting because there were some spicy moments. I never thought a debate over the definition of Accessory could be so riveting.

We should be building this stuff in NJ. Traffic is awful, trains are overcapacity and poor air quality is making us sick. @mikiesherrill.bsky.social we’re just wasting lots and lots of money demolishing an expressway and rebuilding it just to add a lane - which will just make traffic worse!

This is great information.

Thanks!

A benefit in and of itself.

I’m trying to assemble information for future posts and to send to the council.

If you have any studies on those improvements, send them to me.

San Francisco went BRT (dedicated bus lane) and changing how riders enter and exit the bus (ie, not at the curb) and things are better for buses and car drivers.

Bus Lanes benefit everyone.

Sign the petition to support bus lanes in Jersey City.

Perhaps the Port Authority has a hearing problem because they don't seem to be listening to rider frustrations on PATH service levels, frequent disruptions, and demand for direct airport service.

PATH leadership needs to get out of the board room and onto the platform to hear from riders.

I've been a big supporter of Josh Shapiro up to this point, but raiding SEPTA capex will completely change that. This is a complete capitulation that will put SEPTA if not the entire Phila region into a transit death spiral.

The Jersey City Department of Infrastructure presented a plan for dedicated bus lanes designed to speed up transit and make streets safer for tens of thousands of residents.

Many misconceptions around the plan swirled in the wake of a community meeting.

We clear those up.

Haven’t all three leading mayoral candidates used their civic association to do giveaways?

ICYMI: Community meetings are often unrepresentative of community opinion at large, favoring those with the time, ability, and personal motivation to attend.

Governing solely based on such feedback results in decisions that make housing more expensive and our streets less safe.

Just attribute it and link back to our site.

Go for it!

The biggest issue with governance by deference to community meetings is that attendance is often unrepresentative of the whole community.

My wife and I can’t attend many of these meetings because we’re working or making dinner for our kids when they're held.

betterblocksnj.org/2025/08/26/w...

Hear me out here - by killing the open street on Vanderbilt, it became less of a destination and the neighborhood can't support restaurants like that if it's not a destination

'We keep buying trains that are, by design, less reliable than the trains the MTA buys" is not a good defense! In fact, it's a bad defense! www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

“An analysis of real-time train data shows that it is less reliable than its New York and Connecticut counterparts — Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) — and riders face significant service disruptions at six times the rate of other commuters.” www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Good to see Brennan and Bhalla calling for hearings and professional board appointees.

New piece by Henry Zhu on the dangerously overcrowded conditions on PATH during weekend events:

betterblocksnj.org/2025/07/31/p...