Why are Newark, East Orange, and Orange treated like a parking lot for the cultural suburban commuters? We break down congestion pricing mitigation funds, stakeholder exclusion, and urban inequality.
Urban New Jersey is not a dumping ground for suburban convenience. In this episode of Auto Asphyxiation Kimberly and Lark unpack how Newark, East Orange, and Orange are expected to absorb traffic, parking pressure, and environmental harm while the people most affected are too often sidelined from the decision-making process on a sporadic Zoom meetings (because I guess the big apple is scared to come to Jersey).
We take on the politics behind congestion pricing mitigation funds, the limits of so-called stakeholder input, and the larger question of who matters in regional planning. This is bigger than transit. This is about racialization, gender, class, power, and whose communities are treated as expendable.
