Jersey City resident Kevin Shane recently came up with the idea to build a pedestrian bridge from Jersey City to downtown Manhattan, so commuters don’t have to deal with the PATH trains anymore. In theory, it’s nice. But it’s actually a terrible idea. Here’s why:
1. The high rent prices of NYC have already consumed Hoboken. Put in this bridge and they’ll consume Jersey City as well.
2. The Rangers – Devils hockey rivalry might turn into an all out war. Things are at least somewhat under control when water is separating the two armies.
[Devils Army Blog]3. NYC might be dirty, but everyone knows New Jersey is dirtier. They’re gonna be tracking their filth into our city.
[Wikimedia Commons]4. Anyone else worried that someone would fall off of this?
5. Constructing this bridge would ruin the view for at least a year
[Wikimedia Commons]6. And create traffic
[Mark Riley]7. And pollute the Hudson River even more
[On-Hudson.com]8. It will quickly turn into a tourist attraction, a.k.a. — an obstacle course for commuters who actually need to get places
[Sintillia]9. We’re better off spending the tax dollars on fixing the train tunnels, which is looooong overdue
[@lorimelichar/Twitter]10. If we want to walk over bridges we have plenty already