Posts Tagged ‘bicycling’

Attention Cyclists: Bike JC Hosts Meeting Tonight

By • Mar 1st, 2011 • Category: Blog, News

Share/Save The advocacy group Bike JC hosts its second meeting of 2011 tonight at Zeppelin Hall, where members will discuss the second-annual Jersey City Ward Tour, bike lanes, Hoboken’s bike plan, bike racks at the Grove Street PATH and more. If you bike in Jersey City and want to make the experience better and safer, [...]



Bike JC Hosts its First Meeting of 2011 Tonight

By • Feb 1st, 2011 • Category: Blog, News

Share/SaveWith all the snow that’s been falling, you might not be thinking of bicycling right now, but Jersey City’s bike advocacy group Bike JC sure is. Its first meeting of 2011 is set for tonight at Zeppelin Hall, and it is open to anyone interested in making bicycling in Jersey City easier and safer (the [...]



Bike JC Joins Other Orgs in Opposing Proposed State Law Requiring License Plates for Bicycles

By • Jan 13th, 2011 • Category: Blog, News

Share/SaveUPDATE, January 13 at 10:50 AM: Assemblywoman Tucker has withdrawn the bill, saying in a statement: “My intention was never to impose a burden or additional costs. My goal was to at least begin a discussion of how best to protect elderly pedestrians. No idea is perfect, but protecting elderly pedestrians deserves attention.” Jersey City [...]



Monday Morning News Roundup

By • Nov 22nd, 2010 • Category: Blog

Share/Save- JCIA/DPW Consolidation: The City Council will not vote this week on the controversial measure to fold the city’s Department of Public Works into the Jersey City Incinerator Authority. The city’s business administrator says he needs more time to get information to council members, who have aired many questions about the details of the plan. [...]



Hudson River Waterfront Walkway & East Coast Greenway Get Federal Trails Grants

By • Nov 4th, 2010 • Category: Blog, News

Share/SaveThe Hudson River Waterfront Walkway and the East Coast Greenway are two local projects that have received federal recreational trails grants, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced yesterday. Across the state, more than $800,000 in grant money was allocated to 48 projects. The federal funds, which are administered by the DEP’s Office of [...]



Wednesday Morning News Roundup

By • Oct 20th, 2010 • Category: Blog

Share/Save- ARC Tunnel: Sens. Bob Menendez and Frank Lautenberg, flanked by hundreds of construction workers, led a rally to save endangered ARC Tunnel project at a rally held yesterday at the project’s construction site. There were also rallies held across the state at various transportation hubs yesterday. MORE from NJ Biz. – Large Fight at [...]



Monday Morning News Roundup

By • Oct 18th, 2010 • Category: Blog

Share/Save- Hoboken Joins Opposition to Spectra: Hoboken has joined the fight against a proposed natural gas pipeline that would run through Jersey City to Manhattan, via an October 1 letter from mayor Dawn Zimmer to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Meanwhile, Spectra Energy has hired a research firm to conduct a phone survey in order [...]



This Weekend’s Best Bets

By • Sep 17th, 2010 • Category: Arts, Blog

Share/SaveFor full calendar listings, be sure to check out the Cultural Calendar. Want your event listed on our calendar? You can submit it yourself — just click here and follow the simple instructions. TODAY You might take parking spaces for granted, but today the Hudson County TMA is encouraging us to think a bit more [...]



Park(ing) Day Events Scheduled for Jersey City and Hoboken Friday

By • Sep 16th, 2010 • Category: Blog, News

Tomorrow is Park(ing) Day, that annual global event in which alternative-transportation advocates temporarily transform street parking spots into temporary public parks and other social spaces. The event, initially created by a San Francisco art and design collective in 2005, has grown tremendously over the past five years, with scores of temporary parks popping up in large cities all over the country.



Friday Morning News Roundup

By • Aug 27th, 2010 • Category: Blog

Share/Save- SEC Looking into Jersey City Hedge Fund: Yorkville Advisors, which recently reported $864 million of assets under management, has disclosed to investors that it provided information to the Securities & Exchange Commission at the direction of securities regulators. – Decapitated Body Remains Unidentified: Homicide detectives have not yet been able to identify the decapitated, [...]

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