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Home : News : Transportation : Road Warrior/John Cichowski
Jan 13, 2013
Road Warrior: Preserving landmark Pulaski Skyway going to be a costly endeavor
The Record
For some folks, it's an erector-set monstrosity — a dangerous, dingy relic of a corrupt, political past. But for others, it's the quintessential North Jersey landmark. Love it or hate it, the ...
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Jan 10, 2013
Road Warrior: NYC's simpler parking signs not simple enough
The Record
If you've ever tried to decipher New York City's no-parking signs, you might have arrived at the same conclusion that once tripped up Jane Abraham even though she was accompanied by two attorneys and two Ph.D.s. "We all checked the confusing signs several ...
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Jan 09, 2013
Road Warrior: Training -- the antidote for motorcycles crashes
The Record
New Jersey drivers who rail about unsafe motorcycle habits should be happy to know that deaths involving these two-wheeled vehicles plummeted nearly 24 percent last year to 70 compared with the 2011 death count. Why? "Weather," said the director of the state ...
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Jan 06, 2013
Road Warrior: MVC has to draw the line somewhere
The Record
Anybody who waited in vain on a long gas line this fall can appreciate the frustration of Elyse von Egloffstein and her daughter, who whiled away two hours of their lives on a Motor Vehicle Commission line in Lodi only to be told, "Sorry, you'll have to come ...
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Jan 04, 2013
Road Warrior: Can humor reduce jaywalking?
The Record
If you're the guy in charge, how do you convince the people you represent to stop doing dangerous things, especially if those dangerous things — such as jaywalking — are killing and maiming ...
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Jan 02, 2013
Road Warrior: A bargain hunter's semi-risky delight
The Record
Want a bargain? With gas prices way over $3 a gallon and Manhattan parking rates exceeding $30 a day, everybody can use a break, especially with Hudson tolls at $13 cash. "Why spend money when you can go for free?" asked Robert, a hotel doorman I met near ...
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Dec 31, 2012
Road Warrior: Lesson on left-lane tailgaters learned
The Record
Nobody likes a tailgater, the highway terrorist who sticks close to your bumper at high speed and usually in the left lane. And nobody likes a left-lane hog either, the passive-aggressive pest who encourages others to pass him illegally on the right.
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Dec 28, 2012
Road Warrior: 20 ways to stay safe this winter
The Record
Despite winter snow and economic woe, about one-fourth of the nation's population has taken to the road this holiday season, an exodus that may have contributed to a 57 percent rise in fatal New Jersey crashes for this year's 4 1/2-day Yule period. The bad ...
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Dec 26, 2012
Road Warrior: Top 10 list of traffic peeves
The Record
Now that your loved ones have given you every material thing you need, it's time to pursue that intangible gift we all want but seldom receive: an uneventful ride to and from work. On this post-Christmas morn, Road Warrior readers sound off on a Top 10 list ...
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Dec 23, 2012
Road Warrior: A wish list for stuff to make us feel safer
The Record
For too many of us, the holidays focus on financing gifts of limited genuine value. So, as we complete our Christmas wish list, let's think about funding some things that have worthwhile value to road warriors. Let's start with that once-sleep-inducing word ...
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Dec 21, 2012
Road Warrior: Rail perks reaching end of line for some
The Record
Starting Jan. 1, NJ Transit will do something that mass-transit agencies seldom do, which is to squeeze fares from people who rarely, if ever, pay their own way.
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Dec 19, 2012
Road Warrior: Cycling -- a big idea with small support
The Record
Who in our car-centric society wants to be especially reasonable about an idea that would remake our road system to accommodate two-wheelers?
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Dec 16, 2012
Road Warrior: A Christmas wish list for 2013
The Record
It's that time of year when this know-it-all climbs on the red lap of the Great White Whiskered One to present another edition of our annual Christmas wish list. (No Scrooge-like scoffing, please. At least two of last year's wishes — shorter waits on Motor ...
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