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@Colleenallreds @NJTurnpike Worth noting the cost of the designs has now far exceeded the Jacobs Engineering report estimated cost of repairing the bridge and extending its life 40+ years.

One of three final design contracts for the first phase of the Newark Bay Bridge replacement was approved yesterday. It’s one piece of the disputed $11B @NJTurnpike widening project. northjersey.com/story/news/tra…

@guiferloo @robthishandle Nah it was 35 mins between trains. A frequency that njt type regional rail can (sadly) get away w but a proper subway like PATH should never.

I briefly return to twitter to say that the PATH is still bad. With that said, I’m still glad @robthishandle is proud of the year he spent on the board. Good self esteem is important for mental health.

@jimmybot @robthishandle Sometimes I wonder if he was aware the PATH was part of the port authority. Like he thought, “yea I see ships coming into the port, nice” and told himself he’s crushing it.

@robhisme @robthishandle Gotta respect the meticulousness of bothering to advocate for transit improvements except for the PATH.

@StevenFulop @SafeStreetsJC @JerseyCity @MikeLydon @bikejc @VisionZeroJC This is great. Bump outs improve just about every intersection. Given the safety benefits of curb extensions projects like this are worth doing even if they didn’t create more parking.

Part of #VisionZero to drive down vehicle crashes - next week we start to implement traffic safety improvements on Communipaw Avenue. We plan on resurfacing the street and installing concrete curb extensions at various intersections along Communipaw Avenue between Park Street and Halladay Street.  The curb extensions will help improve pedestrian visibility and create more space for on-street parking by reducing the “no parking area” at intersections from 25 ft. to 10 ft. This will effectively increase the amount of legal parking spaces within the project limits and make the street safer

The report recommends that the state extend its Corporation Business Tax surtax and dedicate those funds to NJ Transit, which has never had dedicated state funding unlike all other similarly sized transit agencies. njpp.org/publications/r…

@ptrchn1 @alexfromNJ you know who else has a big ole revenue stream looking to be deployed to high roi transit investments ...

Proud to release this report today with @alexfromNJ on how we can save NJ Transit by extending a tax on the world's wealthiest corporations. NJ Transit is a backbone of the state's economic prosperity and deserves true dedicated revenue.

The research: painting murals at intersections reduce crashes improving safety DOT guidelines: painting intersections is bad bc pedestrians and bikers will stand in the middle of the street staring at them. 🫠 Find me a DOT that isn’t absolutely hostile to people not in cars.

@RebovichInst @wildstein @GovMurphy What exactly are her observations of how NJ politics work? If you mean that she is content funneling billions to a connected road union with the I78 widening despite the government's own engineering report undercutting the purported value of it ... then yea, shrewd observer. 🙃

@wildstein Inspired choice by @GovMurphy. I doubt we have had a chief of staff who was less of a product of our politics. Improbably, she was a career Turnpike employee. But her observations of how NJ politics work are incredibly astute, and they have made her an expert practitioner.

BREAKING: Gov. Phil Murphy will name NJ Commissioner of Transportation Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti to replace George Helmy as his new chief of staff. newjerseyglobe.com/governor/murph…

@bici_uc @TurnpikeTrap @NJTurnpike Yea my tweets are all officially crap. This dude is a hero. Get ‘em on the i78 beat stat

Ah yes, the deadly two-wheeled ex-motor cycle vehicles. Let’s check the 3 year stats * 10 deaths for ebikes, mopeds etc * 124,558 deaths for cars I’m sure the next op-ed will be about banning cars 🙃 Bike fear mongering is bizarre, innumerate, and dishonest.

@GovMurphy @NewJerseyDOT Scaccetti does nothing but spend billions widening highways while transit whithers away but sure, give her a promotion. Transportation is 40% of the state’s GhG emissions and NJT’s capital plan is unfunded. This says a lot about your priorities and none of it good.

Excited to welcome Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti as my next Chief of Staff.   Diane has built an impressive track record leading @NewJerseyDOT and I know her experience and skillset make her the ideal choice to lead our team. nj.gov/governor/news/…

.@GovMurphy rhetoric ... * climate change is real * @NJTRANSIT is "fixed" the reality ... * $30B across multiple highway widenings * no dedicated funding source for NJT * the person who oversees this transit and climate disaster, @Teepeea2Diane, gets a promotion #turnpiketrap

@RidleyAM1 Every small time pol loves their little municipal fiefdom. Fire them. Ha.

@robhisme A Hudson county consolidation would be nice but tough, I feel a Harrison/East Newark/Kearny consolidation would have very little pushback from the people who live here. Just from the officials in the charge...

On Tuesday Maplewood voted to officially eliminate the town’s fire department. They had combined with South Orange’s last year to form South Essex FD. So there’s some consolidation happening in NJ. They share a school district and now a fd. Merge the towns!!!

@RidleyAM1 I’ve long been on the Hudson City bandwagon, that seems like the easiest. But the burbs around newark, yea, start smushing then together. I have no idea where Harrison ends and East newark begins and I just don’t care to learn bc it is so arbitrary lol

@robhisme East Newark and Harrison still maintain separate police departments 😑. Pure NJ craziness they are separate municipalities. Make a place including Kearny called West Hudson and be done with it.

@DavidCruzNJ No it’s the identical situation! 🥴🙄 Come on. Lol Like all shitposts there’s a nugget of truth. They are accused of something that undercuts the public’s faith and trust in their ability to do their jobs yet they won’t budge. Main difference: pols asking for Bob to resign.

@robhisme Not quite the same maybe?

Amy DeGise 🤝 Menendez Sr Nah, I like my job. I’ll stay.

@mdasilva1563 So true. Around $2,500 per household in south orange is nontrivial.

@jamesbuffalkill Consolidation is good. Many people are saying this.

@robhisme Seems to work well enough for North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue.

@terrencemcd 👍

@robhisme envelope is fine but must have your return address on it

i may have an extra @amywilson Menendez patch. i also have a mortgage payment due soon. DM me for details.