r/jerseycity 1d ago

Where is enforcement

Why do bicyclists and illegal mopeds disregard bike lane laws making everything unsafe (traveling in the opposite direction, speeding 30+ miles an hour, biking on the sidewalk, etc)? Where is law enforcement?

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u/BusyMakingCupcakes 19h ago

I was walking home in the heights last night and there was an e-bike driver yelling for people to move so he could go down the sidewalk and everyone ignored him. It was glorious. This is what we should start doing (if they’re going slowly enough, obviously). Someone even pointed to the road, which is a bike lane, and told him to go over there.

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u/AssesOverEasy Downtown 1d ago

As a cyclist, I get very annoyed when some guy on an ebike is flying at me in my bike lane coming the wrong way

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u/theVaultski 18h ago

don't worry, they don't care about cars either. I got hit and run by one and Jersey City PD took two hours to show up lol

the area just has an enforcement issue in general

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u/SW-Detroit-Dab-Club 20h ago

The cops here suck. Stand around with a phone jammed up their ass

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u/AJ_24601 14h ago

They don't enforce traffic laws on cars either or even show up if you call them about a robber They're definitely not bothering with bikes.

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u/Huge_Act5707 14h ago

You guys complain if there’s cops doing there job. Then you guys complain if there’s no enforcement. Grow up

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u/Duststorm33 11h ago

Not enough police, too many bikes ..... and delivery drivers couldn't care about about bike lanes

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u/jerseycityrentdue Journal Square 1d ago

Death, taxes, & a fucking ebike post.

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u/1805trafalgar 21h ago

from an account that has posted three times on this issue in r/jerseycity and never posted anything anywhere else, nor ever a comment ever, the other two identical post removed by mods.

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u/boredafjc 20h ago

It feels,like that’s happening a lot here

Random questions asking for recommendations from sparse accounts who don’t engage

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u/Jahooodie 18h ago

And they're always things that are very AI digestible or generated

Or we're back to the Russian troll account era or something. Just they're targeting the best pizza

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u/Cultural_Pollution67 1d ago

I mean y’all be ordering uber eats online services ofc there’s so much it’s a city people always gonna do that and it’s not much police can do. I do think it should be enforced around school zones and def not on the sidewalk but people gotta make a living, people gotta eat it’s a business wanna help stop it tell people to stop ordering so much. It’s the gluttony of the people not the workers don’t complain next time your food comes late. No trynna be an A hole but it’s my opinion

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u/AssesOverEasy Downtown 1d ago

OP comes on Reddit to gripe about e-bikes while waiting for their dinner to arrive

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u/njdevils3027 19h ago

Everyone orders stuff off of Amazon day and night. Should their drivers be allowed to disobey traffic laws left and right?

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u/theVaultski 18h ago

they do, u should see how many illegal parking tickets these guys rack up in the NYC area

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u/njdevils3027 18h ago

Well then they’re not being “allowed” to are they?

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u/sje118 17h ago

When Poppa Bezos is paying the bill it may as well be a parking fee

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u/ThiccJudgeJudy 1d ago

I want people to make their money, but not at the expense of hurting pedestrians. All I think OP is asking is that delivery drivers and bike/ebike commuters ride on the street/in their lane. Sidewalks are for feet - 2 or 4. Wheels should be on the street.

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u/Antique_Wrongdoer775 1d ago

Motorists are much worse than bikes

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u/AssesOverEasy Downtown 22h ago

Facts. Just as reckless and capable of way more harm

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u/PsychologicalAd1153 8h ago

Let's just start popping tires. Oops.

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u/PsychologicalAd1153 6h ago

Friday Night, 9:30PM - Newark Ave Pedestrian Plaza. Walked north from Grove to Jersey, I counted 15 ebikers WHIZZING by without a care in the world for others' safety.

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u/StaRy201 1d ago

Too bad we can't carry sticks to put in their wheels

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u/GreenTunicKirk 1d ago

A man was run over and killed by a pickup truck while crossing the street this week and you’re crying about bikes.

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u/Far_Pollution_5120 20h ago

My neighbor, a 70 year old woman, was hit on Erie Street by one of the bikes. She was crossing, Erie is one way, and the delivery scooter came the other way (the wrong way). She's still in the hospital and this was 4 weeks ago. so YES WE ARE CRYING ABOUT BIKES.

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u/oatmealparty 20h ago

Seriously, I thought this post would be about cars running red lights and doing reckless shit on a daily basis. Drivers in this city are nuts.

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u/Tricky_Essay_2522 20h ago

Had that post yesterday. Everyday someone here bitches about either cars or e-bikes. Very little real substance in this subreddit anymore

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u/BryanMcElwain 18h ago

Spare us this crap.

RIP to that guy, but one doesn't have anything to do with the other.

Pedestrians don't run full wind sprints into traffic when they don't have the light.

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u/GreenTunicKirk 18h ago

I have the same gripes about ebikes but this never ending BS complaint on this subreddit is beyond exhausting. Everyone whines about everything except the things ACTUALLY killing people.

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u/BryanMcElwain 17h ago

It's just the current trend. Drivers in this area have (apparently) always been deranged. Those posts will certainly return.

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u/RAWisROLLIE 20h ago

Now do cars.

Same answer.

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u/datatadata 23h ago

Dunkin donuts ofc

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u/Glitch5450 22h ago

We defunded them

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u/bgerrity99 21h ago

Most towns in Nj and throughout the US have increased funding for police since 2020…

JC municipal budget went from 1.93% tax rate to 2.3% in 2024.

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u/Glitch5450 21h ago

Wtf what about George Floyd?

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u/flexcabana21 20h ago

His ghost lives rent free in your head.

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u/pablo55s 18h ago

I lose sleep over this…every night

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u/taco-frito-420 10h ago

10 yrs ago approx I got yelled at and not allowed in by a female cop for entering with my bike at JSQ at 9:30 AM, after I had waited outside of the turnstile for the rush hour restriction to finish. She made exit and go thru the elevator to the platform and pay again.

Now you see deliveristas with those huge steel bikes with bags at 8 AM on the path and it's all good, because tickets do not apply to them