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JERSEY CITY, NJ - About an hour before the official ribbon cutting of the new playground at Audubon Park in Jersey City on Saturday Mayor Steven Fulop arrived with his two and half year-old son, Jaxon.

Along with a few neighborhood kids, Jaxon made his way through the assortment of slides and other features trailed by Fulop, who – even in his remarkable physical shape – barely kept ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - With a ready, set, go, Mayor Steven Fulop helped launch this year’s Jersey City Kids Bike Ride from in front of City Hall on Saturday.

Established in 2020, the now annual event was designed to not just to highlight the protective bicycle lanes that the city has been aggressively installing, but also to educate the kids at an early age in safe riding.

Working with ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - Mayor Steven M. Fulop has accepted the 2021 Marty Epstein Advocate of the Year Award from the New Jersey Bike and Walking Coalition for bringing policy, funding, and infrastructure to accomplish Jersey City’s aggressive road safety goals.

Fulop was selected for this year’s award based on his work to make the City of Jersey City more accessible and equitable for ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - In another positive sign for the local economy, NY Waterway announced the restart of its weekday rush hour service from Jersey City to Midtown Manhattan as of June 7. 

The service operating from 6:30 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. and 4:10 p.m. and 7:50 p.m. from the Paulus Hook terminal, as well as the Hoboken rail station, will run during the morning and evening rush ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - The bike ride from Riverview/Fisk Park to City Hall Friday was more than just the start of another day at the office for Mayor Steven Fulop.

Accompanied by other two wheeled enthusiasts, the trip was designed to review the connectivity of bike routes in the city and highlight the difficulties, even dangers, bicyclists encounter traveling through the city every day. The ride ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - City officials broke ground on a new $200,000 pocket park in the Bergen-Lafayette section of the city that they say will be ready by summer. 

For most people traveling down Summit Avenue from Journal Square, the existing park looked nothing like recreational space, but rather a confusing intersection with crisscrossing traffic lanes offering only the potential for ...

JERSEY CITY and HOBOKEN, NJ - The bike share feud between Jersey City and Hoboken came to an amicable end on May 12, when the mayors of both cities unveiled a new unified bikeshare program with a ride from City Hall in Jersey City to Pier A in Hoboken.

Although both communities have long agreed that there was a need for alternative bicycle transportation, they previously opted for different ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - Embracing the need to reduce greenhouse emissions, Jersey City’s Office of Sustainability is proposing Jersey City’s first Climate and Energy Action Plan which would advance projects that not only improve residents’ quality of life but also save energy and money. 

The Action Plan consists of over 50 individual actions for reducing ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - Mayor Steven Fulop said sharrows have been installed to close gaps in the city’s bike network, connecting the existing protected bike lanes on Grove and Montgomery streets.

“Sharrows are pavement markings used on streets without dedicated bikeways,” Fulop tweeted. “The markings indicate where cyclists ride within a travel lane. We use it to fill in the ...