“Latent demand” is usually what we really mean when we say “induced demand”.

Long experience has shown me that in local government, the definition of "the community" is "people who own single-family houses."

End aldermanic privilege!

@njtrainsit.bsky.social: what’s Hoboken’s secret? How do you churn out these technical electeds?

In JC, a number of council people are happy to defer to the administration on technical matters and so don’t prioritize understanding the nuts and bolts of the city’s government.

A shame, especially given the fact that JC is 5x bigger than Hoboken!

TIL! Thanks for the fascinating information.

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But people on here will insist that you can just afford everything bro.

We can all easily understand that tradeoffs are inevitable when it comes to setting our own private budgets, but some people really struggle to understand that the same idea applies to govt. Sane adults know not to buy a cruise ticket before being sure they can afford rent.

Very sorry to hear it. For what very little it’s worth, the research fund cuts were some of the most braindead parts of the entire federal program.

Excellent question. His plan doesn’t clearly disclose the answer. Perhaps he’d shrink state aid to schools based on this quote to NJ.com?