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el_barto_15 t1_j0yfuae wrote

Reply to Dentist recommendations? by DrMontalban

Dental associates of Jersey City. Dr Hana is awesome and the lady at reception is a saint. I got burned at True Dental when they said they “work with my insurance”, which just meant they were put of network and sucked up most of my deductible. Dr Hana’s office was up front and even got estimates from insurance companies for my filings to get an accurate cost

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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_j0xq26h wrote

Reply to comment by aa043 in Electric school buses are practically free now — Axios by scubastefon

Well the subsidies lower the cost for at least the first few vehicles. But that doesn't necessarily make it affordable.

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The bigger problem right now is the infrastructure and restructuring of how operations work.

i.e. lots of districts use buses during the day for schools, then in the evening for other things like sports, and even overnight for senior citizen activities. It's pointless to have separate vehicles for all of these tasks, especially when some school buses now are handicapped accessible. One vehicle, and just have different drivers since obviously you can't have someone drive 18hrs a day. It makes sense, it saves money. Some towns even use school buses for moving their employees between job sites. No point having a fleet of vans just for that task. Lots of these trips are quick. Having rarely used vehicles is a waste of money.

Same reasons towns love those garbage trucks that double as snow plows. One vehicle, multiple tasks. They're nice and heavy so they are good in big storms too.

But for an electric bus, you kinda need 2 vehicles for stuff like this. They can't be quickly gassed up. They need to sit and charge overnight. And charging facilities. And staff that are trained to service/inspect them. And until you do a complete fleet replacement, you need staff that can still service ICE vehicles. That's more duplication. You've also need supply chain for both.

This is a key reason why PA was keen on a big order of cars and replacing the whole fleet. Rather than do various orders/models. It saves them money long term having one model, one set of training for employees, you can use parts between them, swap them out for each other, etc. etc.

I'd predict you'll see more adoption in really rural places that provide minimal services before suburbs. The ones that own a dozen or less buses, only use them for school, and nothing more because the government provides no other services. Even rural distances are within range, and it's a perfect match.

But in urban/suburban areas, school buses are kind of abused as multi-purpose township vehicles that just so happen to also take kids to school.

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SpicyMargarita143 t1_j0x1ubo wrote

Reply to Have you checked out all the new stuff at the Jersey City Free Public Library? by edwinblanco201

I am the biggest fan of the library. A few of my favorites features:

  • Phone calls and emails when my books come in, such a kind and generous thing to do.

  • All the Children’s Activities. Miss Barbara and crew at the Main Branch are absolute gems.

  • LIBBY! I don’t feel like you guys hype Libby enough. Hoopla is cool and all for audiobooks, but I find their selection very limited. Your Libby selection is much larger (and compatible with the kindle so I get to check out eBooks and read them on my Kindle, it’s great!).

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Blecher_onthe_Hudson OP t1_j0x1871 wrote

Reply to comment by Anonymous1985388 in Proliferation of license plate obscuring, and now anti-flash coatings by Blecher_onthe_Hudson

That would make sense, but it doesn't happen. When they catch them it's more or less luck in spotting the obscured plate, and the reflective paint would never be seen by the naked eye of a cop.

https://www.nj.com/news/2022/03/port-authority-cops-nab-driver-they-say-used-a-black-out-device-to-beat-holland-tunnel-toll.html?_sp=0ae2c46a-0e18-4fd7-a85c-6b21a6614e25.1671499168559

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Anonymous1985388 t1_j0wyja2 wrote

Reply to comment by Blecher_onthe_Hudson in Proliferation of license plate obscuring, and now anti-flash coatings by Blecher_onthe_Hudson

I would expect that some sort of alarm gets triggered when a car goes through and a license plate does not get scanned. Should be enough time for police to look at the photo of the car whose license plate didn’t get properly read, and the car can get pulled over by police when they come out the other side of the tunnel. Though I don’t know how the technology works.

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wavybbq t1_j0wxwo7 wrote

Reply to New Years recommendations by Euphoric-Entrance317

Following. We using do Luna’s because they have live music and always have a special where you get an app, entre, dessert, and a glass of champagne for like $60 or something. But I want to do something different this year, so I’m also wondering what other restaurants do something special

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