Tony Borelli

Shirt I illustrated for @hudcostreets.org is out in the wild, and I love how it turned out. So many of us in Hudson County rely on NJ Transit, PATH trains, and our bikes to get around. We're one of the most densely populated places in the U.S., and our transportation infrastructure ain't cutting it.

Big step forward coming for #Hoboken! When Grand Street is resurfaced in the coming weeks, the city will pilot the ever protected bike lane through the interior of Hoboken! How exciting!

Jersey City is considering lowering the speed limit from 25mph to 20mph. The evidence is strong that Twenty is Plenty. When Seattle lowered their speed limit from 25mph to 20mph injury crashes decreased by 17%: www.iihs.org/news/detail/...

Beyonce on a bike

Beyonce's cycling thoughts:

"I was able to get around Dublin because by the time anybody noticed me, I was gone. People just said 'hello' and gave me peace and I just felt so free - it was one of the best memories of my life."

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The Trump administration is once again seeking to meddle with our streets to make buses slower, worsen congestion and pollute our air.

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@govmurphy.bsky.social's widening of the I-78 Turnpike Extension is predicted to only save drivers 3 minutes and cost $10.7 billion. Horrible to see this continue.

NYC Judges Have a Tool to Help Them Rule on Pretrial Detention. Why Are They Ignoring It to Make Racially Skewed Decisions? Joanna Weill of the Data Collaborative for Justice talks about its new study that finds judges are more likely to ignore release recommendations for Black defendants.

NYC judges have an extremely accurate statistical instrument to help them decide whether to release someone before their trial. But a new study finds that judges often disregard those release recommendations, especially for Black defendants.

hellgatenyc.com/nyc-judges-r...

Billionaire Ackman's All Ack of Ideas to Stop Mamdani And more links to start your Thursday.

Morning Spew for Night Owls—Trump-supporting billionaire Bill Ackman has dumped an additional $1 million into a super PAC created to defeat Mamdani's bid for NYC mayor, and he's not the only billionaire making a last-minute donation to stop the democratic socialist.

Someone tell that to Gov. Murphy about widening the NJ Turnpike.

This is the problem for a hundred years in Hudson County in one sentence.

Major news outlets are standing together and refusing to sign. ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News have all rejected a new Pentagon policy that would impose unprecedented restrictions on news gathering.

I might not find some political activism that compelling but I try to keep in mind Kwame Ture's point:

"You don't criticize somebody who's doing something when you doing nothing."

Zohran and Brandon standing in Grand Central Station. Brandon has his arm around Zohran's shoulder showing him the exhibit.

A group photo with Zohran and Brandon sitting on the floor with a dozens of students around them.

Zohran and a student artist admiring a photographer.

On Sunday, I visited DEAR NEW YORK, Brandon Stanton's "love letter" to the city he's been documenting for years as "Humans of New York" for their family reception with student artists.

It's a gorgeous exhibit that's transformed Grand Central Station. See it before 10/19!

Our monthly distro at The Sharing Place is coming up and we are desperately low on baby diapers, sizes 2 and up. If you have any extras let us know and we’ll arrange pick-up. Or if you can, buy some through our registry and have them delivered to us directly. www.jcmutualaid.org/donate

Who's the Best Candidate on the Block? We want to hear from voters who rely on Better Blocks to learn about policy and inform their decisions on election day in Jersey City. Based on the candidate responses given to the Better Blocks can...

While we work on our voter guide and potential endorsements, we want to hear what voters thought of the candidates' answers to the Better Blocks questionnaire.

Let us know who your choice for mayor and council would be in this quick survey.

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"...an angry white mob, who were assisted at times by the Tulsa police force and the National Guard..."

MUST WATCH: They didn’t just burn Tulsa — they burned proof.

Black wealth. Black futures. Gone.
And now they’re banning books so you never learn it happened.

📚 ERASED tells the truth they’re scared of.

Read it before they erase that too: stan.store/gxldsociety/...

It’s pronounced cyclist.

Photo of a woman riding a cruiser bicycle in front of a corrugated metal wall.

Actress Diane Keaton

#RIPDianeKeaton

TONIGHT! We’ll cruise down the Hudson waterfront through Liberty State Park, then neighborhoods in southern JC. Forecast is autumnal, 60F at the start, then staying close to that. Join us!

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This Friday 10/10 is our LAST scheduled Light-Up Ride of 2025, so don’t miss it! Meets 6:00 pm at Grove PATH Plaza, rolls 6:30. Route TBA, but definitely shorter and easier than last month’s Bayonne Bridge adventure! Free, social pace, just show up with your bike, ready to ride.

This is perfect for a city like Jersey City. If we could make our neighborhoods truly safe for pedestrians and cyclists, we wouldn't need to rely on cars so much. Imagine getting to school or to the PATH station or to the bus this comfortably!

This is the main issue I have with so much of the coverage around e-bikes. It's not that there aren't legitimate issues. But there is a panic around e-bikes and crickets regarding the daily toll of cars. And that's because the harm of cars is just accepted. It's baked into our society.

I want a cargo bike so I can ride around town in summer with bengal cats, fishing gear, and my shirt off.

Today at noon, our second free bike tour of the #JCAST art fest rolls around Jersey City. Join us! Meet 11:30 at Grove PATH Plaza with your bike. Today we visit Downtown, the Heights, and Journal Square.
Route: ridewithgps.com/events/40081...
Live tracking map: bluelane.io/wTJAL4

Today at noon, our first of two free bike tours of the #JCAST art fest rolls around Jersey City. Join us! Meet 11:30 at Grove PATH Plaza with your bike. Today we visit venues in Bergen-Lafayette, Greenville and the West Side.
Route: ridewithgps.com/events/40080...
Tracking map: bluelane.io/pZTh0e

Interested in parents & kids biking and easier ways for getting around? Please join PS 5 parents today Oct 1 at 5pm at Mary Benson Park to meet other families, check out different bike setups, and talk tips and tricks.

Bluesky's Patent Non-Aggression Pledge - Bluesky Bluesky develops open protocols. We're taking a short and simple patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everybody feels confident building on them.

Bluesky runs on open protocols with open source code. Today we’re taking an additional step and making a patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everyone can build confidently on our work.

Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...