Comments on: New Report: Walkability Tied to Home Values http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2009/09/03/new-report-walkability-tied-to-home-values/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jon Whiten http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2009/09/03/new-report-walkability-tied-to-home-values/comment-page-1/#comment-11324 Jon Whiten Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:52:32 +0000 http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/?p=5159#comment-11324 Yes Robocub, that gets into a whole 'nother can of worms, something that the Walkscore doesn't take into account. Walking is indeed quite dangerous in downtown Jersey City, as it is in other parts of the city. And don't even get me started about how dangerous it is to bicycle! Yes Robocub, that gets into a whole ‘nother can of worms, something that the Walkscore doesn’t take into account. Walking is indeed quite dangerous in downtown Jersey City, as it is in other parts of the city. And don’t even get me started about how dangerous it is to bicycle!

]]> By: Robocub http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2009/09/03/new-report-walkability-tied-to-home-values/comment-page-1/#comment-11320 Robocub Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:26:30 +0000 http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/?p=5159#comment-11320 Downtown JC 07302 may be very walkable but its also very dangerous for pedestrians. Drivers who come in from out of the neighborhood (ie suburbia) treat the local streets like a highway speeding along, not stopping at Stop signs, etc. Its a dreadful mess. Just last week a Downtown JC man was struck by a car. He survived luckily and the driver's car was totaled, mangled around a tree. Downtown JC 07302 may be very walkable but its also very dangerous for pedestrians. Drivers who come in from out of the neighborhood (ie suburbia) treat the local streets like a highway speeding along, not stopping at Stop signs, etc. Its a dreadful mess. Just last week a Downtown JC man was struck by a car. He survived luckily and the driver’s car was totaled, mangled around a tree.

]]> By: tris mccall http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2009/09/03/new-report-walkability-tied-to-home-values/comment-page-1/#comment-10334 tris mccall Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:57:13 +0000 http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/?p=5159#comment-10334 the downtown is not a walker's paradise. it is more like a walker's obstacle course. walkscores are subjective. one man's amenity is another man's trash, and vice versa. not everybody is looking for the same thing when they walk, and i say that no residential neighborhood in jersey city is lousy for walkers. well, maybe the concrete divider on kennedy boulevard by the jsq path is bad. that can get you killed. the downtown is not a walker’s paradise. it is more like a walker’s obstacle course.

walkscores are subjective. one man’s amenity is another man’s trash, and vice versa. not everybody is looking for the same thing when they walk, and i say that no residential neighborhood in jersey city is lousy for walkers. well, maybe the concrete divider on kennedy boulevard by the jsq path is bad. that can get you killed.

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