NJ Transit got rid of off peak pricing years ago.

Nice seeing the Union Pacific locomotive on a train traveling over the National Docks Secondary.

I think this the easiest thing to do in the near term but it would still require a fair bit of effort is really improving the Newark bus network. NJ Transit put out a redesign proposal which I felt was pretty good but that seems to just be dead in the water. Improving headways, implementing bus lanes, installing more bus shelters, making the system more friendly to new users. Other things that come to mind include refreshing existing light rail stations, ADA improvements to stations that are not compliant, installation of countdown clocks, turning light rail stations into mobility centers by better incorporating transfers to bus service and bike and scooter share programs. Beyond that, making a serious effort to create proper bus rapid transit lines on select corridors and expansions of the Newark Light Rail.

That is a wonderful shot.

That's a great spot, lot of railfans stopped using it a few years when some security guards told them to buzz off. One of my personal favorite is Mulberry Commons right where it meets McCarter Highway.

Yes, the land across McCarter Highway from NJPAC. I think I remember seeing work being done on the bulkhead on the Passaic River over the last year or so.

Jersey Digs article

These days a lack of time is my issue rather than anything else.

I always wanted to photograph the trains going over Dock Bridge from here.

It isn't, I suspect the City has to still get approval from Amtrak and Edison Parking for an easement to connect the two ends.

Right on Oak Tree Road, a short walk from the Metro Park train station.

PATH also started receiving new cars from Japan this year, they were delivered by ship to Port Newark and trucked up to Harrison.

They'll surprise you. I've seen them at Broad St station, Newark Penn, Grove Street and riding the train inspecting tickets at least once. I have monthly rail pass between Newark Broad St and Hoboken so I'm covered.

The Airtrain is technically free when taken between the terminals and parking lots, but the cost of taking the Airtrain is included when you buy an NJ Transit train ticket to and from the EWR NEC station. Auto owners "pay" for the Airtrain by paying for parking at airport parking lots and garages.

An interesting reuse proposal. I always wondered what the story of this property was.

I don't disagree with your sentiment in the last paragraphs about enforcing existing codes and worrying about developers not being held accountable, but to ignore that some land use choices generate more stormwater run off and other externalities than others, seems short sighted to me. I also like to point out, that the residential structures, may have been built prior to the current building/zoning codes being made and hence may have been grandfathered in. I don't know the history of how building codes evolved in Newark so that is only educated guess on my part. Additionally, in 2018, Newark's Office of Sustainability had established some programs regarding stormwater runoff. One of them was a catch basin adoption program and another was a rain barrel giveaway, while the City hasn't seemed to follow up on these efforts, their decision to run these programs indicates to me that this issue isn't purely seen in the way you describe. Additionally, the NJDEP's Resilient NJ for Northeastern NJ, also looks at variety of strategy to mitigate flooding issues from the micro to the macro level. While there are plenty of big ticket items suggested in various scenarios, plenty was written on the importance of small scale action.

I did some quick maths. Using satellite imagery on Google Maps I compared the 61-94 Main Street in Newark's Ironbound to the Edison Parking Lot at 160 Edison Place. Bare in mind this isn't a perfect methodology for multiple reason but the simplified maths are interesting. I picked that particular portion of that block on Main Street as it had 24 residential buildings with "Bayonne Boxes," these were 61-85 Main St and 70-94 Main St. I decided to roughly measure the square footage of their front yards, excluding what appeared to be the City sidewalk. I also excluded measuring the backyards as it was a little harder to determine what was and wasn't paved. I estimated the two rows of homes on each side of the street had roughly 6,880 sq ft of paved driveway/front yard area. In caparison, I estimated that the aforementioned Edison Parking Lot had around roughly 77,112 sq ft of paved parking area. If we assume that each of the residential buildings I measured on that block of Main Street can accommodate two families (households) per building, you have dwelling space for 48 households. Even if we assume one household per building, we still have 24 households. I agree that property owners, regardless of the size of the properties they own should seek any reasonable means to reduce stormwater runoff (reducing impervious surfaces with green space, using more previous types of paving, installing rain barrels, etc), we have to remember the old adage about being "penny wise and pound foolish." I don't think one has to stretch an inference to determine that residences probably provide more value to a community than a parking lot, and that's before we even considers the numbers I calculated.

I would take the #62 or G028 bus. Bus tickets don't have the surcharge. They also will drop you off right next to each terminal. I personally take the G028 and I really like that service.

When I rode a WMATA bus down in DC I don't remember how I hailed them if at all.

I just throw my hand up and that usually suffices. Interestingly, when I rode an MTA bus for the first time in the City, they thought I was nuts for doing that.

Was it a red light or a red x?

I know NJDOT has been doing a lot test lifts of the new NJ 7/Witpenn Bridge, how is that work progressing?

If one bares in mind that the current configuration of EWR was laid out in the 1970s than it's doing an admirable job. I've been through only three airports, EWR, Minneapolis International, and Tampa International. The last two would be considered decidedly better than EWR fpr most people but honestly I can't say that they blow EWR out of the water. It's a major airport, I'm not expecting much.

I suspect a lot of people involved these projects dig the old school aesthetic for buildings in downtown area.

While connecting the two makes sense in general terms and in an ideal world we would. In world where they are funding priorities and there are many places with inadequate transit, it makes very little sense. To a state legislator or administrator overseeing grant money at the Federal Transit Administration it wouldn't make any sense. I think they would wisely argue, why not, for less money fund improvements to PATH service or improved bus service between the two cities and focus on transit expansion to the areas that are currently lacking? HBLR Northern Branch extension, NLR to Paterson, Hawthorne/Paterson to Hackensack rail, Union County BRT, Bergen County BRT? At the end of the day, there is a glut of need and not a lot of money, why duplicate existing service with something that costs a ton of money, when you can just improve the existing services, and use the money you save to improve transit to areas that are not well served?

and when it tried the community effectively killed them. The Forest Hills bike lanes are sad to see with them being relegated to space for double parking.