Seth Rieder
@sethrieder.bsky.social
YIMBY | Passionate about cities that are built for people not cars.
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Celebrating this project is annoying, a shiny object. Instead they could have followed their capital plan to connect the PATH to the Airport, serving loads more travelers and employees. This would have improved a critical regional connection between the airport and Newark, Jersey City, and NYC.
"The new $3.5 billion AirTrain system will be impressive. It will have the capacity to handle 50,000 passengers per day. The current system only has a 33,000-passenger capacity."
Port Authority Chairman celebrates groundbreaking of new Newark AirTrain. newjerseyglobe.com/the-otoole-c...
Port Authority Chairman celebrates groundbreaking of new Newark AirTrain. newjerseyglobe.com/the-otoole-c...
The O'Toole Chronicles: The train to the plane to unlimited opportunities - New Jersey Globe
On Tuesday, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey broke ground on a new AirTrain Newark system to replace the outdated AirTrain that began
newjerseyglobe.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Celebrating this project is annoying, a shiny object. Instead they could have followed their capital plan to connect the PATH to the Airport, serving loads more travelers and employees. This would have improved a critical regional connection between the airport and Newark, Jersey City, and NYC.
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Hey Ciudad Jersey, can you take a moment to fill out this survey about the city’s master transportation plan. If you could share this link to any of your family and friends in the city.
letsmove-jerseycity.hub.arcgis.com
letsmove-jerseycity.hub.arcgis.com
Let's Move JC
Discover, analyze and download data from Let's Move JC. Download in CSV, KML, Zip, GeoJSON, GeoTIFF or PNG. Find API links for GeoServices, WMS, and WFS. Analyze with charts and thematic maps. Take th...
letsmove-jerseycity.hub.arcgis.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hey Ciudad Jersey, can you take a moment to fill out this survey about the city’s master transportation plan. If you could share this link to any of your family and friends in the city.
letsmove-jerseycity.hub.arcgis.com
letsmove-jerseycity.hub.arcgis.com
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November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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We did the math on Solomon’s affordable housing plan so you don’t have to.
Unfortunately, it provides very little affordability or housing for homeowners and renters alike and could raise property 22% by forcing the city to subsidize all new development.
Unfortunately, it provides very little affordability or housing for homeowners and renters alike and could raise property 22% by forcing the city to subsidize all new development.
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
We did the math on Solomon’s affordable housing plan so you don’t have to.
Unfortunately, it provides very little affordability or housing for homeowners and renters alike and could raise property 22% by forcing the city to subsidize all new development.
Unfortunately, it provides very little affordability or housing for homeowners and renters alike and could raise property 22% by forcing the city to subsidize all new development.
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Better Blocks NJ endorses Bill O'Dea for mayor of Jersey City.
https://betterblocksnj.org/2025/10/16/the-jersey-city-mayoral-voter-guide/
https://betterblocksnj.org/2025/10/16/the-jersey-city-mayoral-voter-guide/
October 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Better Blocks NJ endorses Bill O'Dea for mayor of Jersey City.
https://betterblocksnj.org/2025/10/16/the-jersey-city-mayoral-voter-guide/
https://betterblocksnj.org/2025/10/16/the-jersey-city-mayoral-voter-guide/
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Solomon's affordable housing plan basically abolishes by-right zoning in JC. Every single big building will be subject to a city council vote on a PILOT in order to make it financially viable. There will be shakedowns for more parking and scaling down plans, as well as opportunities for corruption.
September 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Solomon's affordable housing plan basically abolishes by-right zoning in JC. Every single big building will be subject to a city council vote on a PILOT in order to make it financially viable. There will be shakedowns for more parking and scaling down plans, as well as opportunities for corruption.
I guess @citibikenyc.bsky.social listened too well! Zero parking available at all the stations below.
September 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I guess @citibikenyc.bsky.social listened too well! Zero parking available at all the stations below.
Meanwhile over in Communipaw it’s the exact opposite. The stations either never have bikes or have very few. System definitely needs some better management. @citibikenyc.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Meanwhile over in Communipaw it’s the exact opposite. The stations either never have bikes or have very few. System definitely needs some better management. @citibikenyc.bsky.social
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We should be building this stuff in NJ. Traffic is awful, trains are overcapacity and poor air quality is making us sick. @mikiesherrill.bsky.social we’re just wasting lots and lots of money demolishing an expressway and rebuilding it just to add a lane - which will just make traffic worse!
September 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We should be building this stuff in NJ. Traffic is awful, trains are overcapacity and poor air quality is making us sick. @mikiesherrill.bsky.social we’re just wasting lots and lots of money demolishing an expressway and rebuilding it just to add a lane - which will just make traffic worse!
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Just imagine @mikiesherrill.bsky.social, what we could accomplish if we ran frequent service, expanded service to the Ironbound and Newark Penn, fix PATH, improve bus service - then we won’t need to waste billions to demolish a highway & rebuild it just to add ONE lane of traffic.
Analyzing raw ridership is useful but ignores service levels; so I charted transit rides per service hour & discovered JC has the most productive US rail line, NJ should expand HBLR & run it more instead of building highways!
Also I knew Denver’s LRT was ineffective but still surprised it’s last
Also I knew Denver’s LRT was ineffective but still surprised it’s last
August 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Just imagine @mikiesherrill.bsky.social, what we could accomplish if we ran frequent service, expanded service to the Ironbound and Newark Penn, fix PATH, improve bus service - then we won’t need to waste billions to demolish a highway & rebuild it just to add ONE lane of traffic.
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Meeting on street safety and street redesign in Communipaw/Lafayette
July 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Meeting on street safety and street redesign in Communipaw/Lafayette
Great thread covering Solomon’s housing platform - as well as some nice counter points from @3underscores.bsky.social
Gonna give a bit of background on Solomon while attempting to stay as candidate neutral as possible. The TLDR is that (i) Solomon's housing platform has a lot in common with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @katiebrennan.bsky.social and (ii) his broader platform has a lot of strong elements. 🧵
June 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Great thread covering Solomon’s housing platform - as well as some nice counter points from @3underscores.bsky.social
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Another parking lot finally bites the dust. 680 homes & retail on just half the parking lot at 242 Hudson St. 68-story tower. The other half is destined for another apartment building.
This project was stalled for almost 5 years.
This project was stalled for almost 5 years.
June 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Another parking lot finally bites the dust. 680 homes & retail on just half the parking lot at 242 Hudson St. 68-story tower. The other half is destined for another apartment building.
This project was stalled for almost 5 years.
This project was stalled for almost 5 years.
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Ground-floor rendering of Namdar's first 48-story towers in Journal Square. Will bring about 1,700 apartments with no parking to Summit Ave between Pavonia and Van Reipen. Two other towers are already under construction on the same block.
June 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Ground-floor rendering of Namdar's first 48-story towers in Journal Square. Will bring about 1,700 apartments with no parking to Summit Ave between Pavonia and Van Reipen. Two other towers are already under construction on the same block.
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In reaction to a recent pedestrian death, JC’s downtown councilman and mayoral candidate, Solomon, is coming out swinging on street safety reform with a bunch of suggestions for improvement.
June 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
In reaction to a recent pedestrian death, JC’s downtown councilman and mayoral candidate, Solomon, is coming out swinging on street safety reform with a bunch of suggestions for improvement.
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A bill before the New Jersey legislature sponsored by LD-31's Assemblywoman McCann-Stamato could lead to greater housing affordability in New Jersey.
New York, Austin, and Denver all do it. Why can't NJ?
Read why we need it by @3underscores.bsky.social
betterblocksnj.org/2025/06/01/s...
New York, Austin, and Denver all do it. Why can't NJ?
Read why we need it by @3underscores.bsky.social
betterblocksnj.org/2025/06/01/s...
Single-Stair Reform: A Solution for New Jersey's Housing Crisis
Explore how single-stair reform in New Jersey can reduce housing costs, enhance safety, and improve community walkability.
betterblocksnj.org
June 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A bill before the New Jersey legislature sponsored by LD-31's Assemblywoman McCann-Stamato could lead to greater housing affordability in New Jersey.
New York, Austin, and Denver all do it. Why can't NJ?
Read why we need it by @3underscores.bsky.social
betterblocksnj.org/2025/06/01/s...
New York, Austin, and Denver all do it. Why can't NJ?
Read why we need it by @3underscores.bsky.social
betterblocksnj.org/2025/06/01/s...
This is why I’m concerned about pretty much all JC mayoral candidates’ housing plans.
“Inclusionary zoning” is one of those policies that sounds great at first but then when you look at the actual impact it ends up just being a massive tax on new apartments that exempts single family homes, accomplishing the exact opposite of the intended effect
May 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is why I’m concerned about pretty much all JC mayoral candidates’ housing plans.
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“Inclusionary zoning” is one of those policies that sounds great at first but then when you look at the actual impact it ends up just being a massive tax on new apartments that exempts single family homes, accomplishing the exact opposite of the intended effect
May 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“Inclusionary zoning” is one of those policies that sounds great at first but then when you look at the actual impact it ends up just being a massive tax on new apartments that exempts single family homes, accomplishing the exact opposite of the intended effect
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I absolutely love all of the neo-art deco that’s been built in NYC recently
May 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I absolutely love all of the neo-art deco that’s been built in NYC recently
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Great rally, thank you to our elected leaders and community members for standing up and fighting back. Two of tonight's many highlights:
1. 👏 Mayor @stevenfulop.bsky.social promised litigation to slow down and stop this project
2. ❤️ Our youngest advocate & speaker an 11-year old LCCS student!
1. 👏 Mayor @stevenfulop.bsky.social promised litigation to slow down and stop this project
2. ❤️ Our youngest advocate & speaker an 11-year old LCCS student!
May 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Great rally, thank you to our elected leaders and community members for standing up and fighting back. Two of tonight's many highlights:
1. 👏 Mayor @stevenfulop.bsky.social promised litigation to slow down and stop this project
2. ❤️ Our youngest advocate & speaker an 11-year old LCCS student!
1. 👏 Mayor @stevenfulop.bsky.social promised litigation to slow down and stop this project
2. ❤️ Our youngest advocate & speaker an 11-year old LCCS student!
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NJ is having a primary right now - and there are still a lot of candidates who are staying quiet or supporting the Turnpike Expansion.
This is an $11B project to DOUBLE the size of a highway. The next governor will decide if this is how NJ residents money should be spent.
This is an $11B project to DOUBLE the size of a highway. The next governor will decide if this is how NJ residents money should be spent.
May 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
NJ is having a primary right now - and there are still a lot of candidates who are staying quiet or supporting the Turnpike Expansion.
This is an $11B project to DOUBLE the size of a highway. The next governor will decide if this is how NJ residents money should be spent.
This is an $11B project to DOUBLE the size of a highway. The next governor will decide if this is how NJ residents money should be spent.
This is an exciting project, should it materialize.
But @3underscores.bsky.social sent me down a rabbit hole around why there’s so few 3-br’s in modern apartment construction. I honestly thought it was mostly market dynamics at play, but had no idea how difficult code/zoning has made things.
But @3underscores.bsky.social sent me down a rabbit hole around why there’s so few 3-br’s in modern apartment construction. I honestly thought it was mostly market dynamics at play, but had no idea how difficult code/zoning has made things.
This project is 100% income-restricted, but technically violates the standards of Jersey City's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance because it doesn't have 3-BR's. I'm guessing they realized just how impractical it is to put 3-BR's into a highrise under US building code.
jerseydigs.com/jersey-city-...
jerseydigs.com/jersey-city-...
May 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is an exciting project, should it materialize.
But @3underscores.bsky.social sent me down a rabbit hole around why there’s so few 3-br’s in modern apartment construction. I honestly thought it was mostly market dynamics at play, but had no idea how difficult code/zoning has made things.
But @3underscores.bsky.social sent me down a rabbit hole around why there’s so few 3-br’s in modern apartment construction. I honestly thought it was mostly market dynamics at play, but had no idea how difficult code/zoning has made things.
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JC mayoral candidate Bill O'Dea said at a mayoral forum today that he wants to weaponize historic preservation to stop 'overdevelopment' according to two people who attended
May 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
JC mayoral candidate Bill O'Dea said at a mayoral forum today that he wants to weaponize historic preservation to stop 'overdevelopment' according to two people who attended
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New Jersey single-stair fans – sign this petition for A4972! And if you’ve got time, reach out to your state legislators directly about it and ask them for their support! It’s tragic that Jersey City has floor plans like this, let’s fix it for the whole state! actionnetwork.org/letters/sing...
May 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
New Jersey single-stair fans – sign this petition for A4972! And if you’ve got time, reach out to your state legislators directly about it and ask them for their support! It’s tragic that Jersey City has floor plans like this, let’s fix it for the whole state! actionnetwork.org/letters/sing...
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Phil Murphy’s insistence on building a >$11B highway widening and opposing congestion pricing is a legacy-defining failure.
New Jersey needs to elect @stevenfulop.bsky.social to clean up Murphy’s mess and build a sustainable New Jersey
New Jersey needs to elect @stevenfulop.bsky.social to clean up Murphy’s mess and build a sustainable New Jersey
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority board approved acquiring properties or easements for 12 properties -- about 38 acres in total -- for the Turnpike expansion project in Newark and Bayonne.
My story at NorthJersey.com has the details ⬇️
My story at NorthJersey.com has the details ⬇️
NJ Turnpike board moves to obtain properties for disputed roadway expansion
It will obtain ownership or easements on parts of 12 properties for a controversial $11 billion Newark Bay-Hudson County highway expansion project.
www.northjersey.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Phil Murphy’s insistence on building a >$11B highway widening and opposing congestion pricing is a legacy-defining failure.
New Jersey needs to elect @stevenfulop.bsky.social to clean up Murphy’s mess and build a sustainable New Jersey
New Jersey needs to elect @stevenfulop.bsky.social to clean up Murphy’s mess and build a sustainable New Jersey