Bikes can cost anywhere from $400 to $3,500, depending on your budget and your needs. Even a brand-new, high-end bike costs about 90% less than the average used car. Public transit costs vary, but one household can save $10,000 a year by using public transportation...
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What state and local governments should do about generative AI
How can we take advantage of the technology without harming the public? Society is often slow to appreciate that technological innovations have both positive and negative outcomes. Splitting the atom led to weapons that can destroy the planet, but also provided a...
A surprising lawbreaker in mandated public reporting? New Jersey’s government
Reports on assets seized by cops, sexual assault remain in the works years after lawmakers required them Three and a half years ago, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law requiring police departments to publicly report on property they seize from the public during criminal...
Distracted Walking: A Critical Analysis of the Real Risks and Solutions
Dissecting the “Distracted Walking” Narrative Pedestrian deaths have risen by a staggering 35% between 2008 and 2017 in the United States. This alarming statistic has prompted widespread concern, with many attributing this to the rise of ‘distracted walking’. The...
Stamato Op-Ed: Grease from pork does not aid good governing
A new op-ed by Linda Stamato highlights concerns over the allocation of pork barrel earmark funds by New Jersey lawmakers. She argues that these funds, intended for local projects, are being distributed without proper transparency and accountability, leading to...
Research says Dodd-Frank cuts interest costs
The Dodd-Frank Act's provisions to protect municipal issuers lowered interest costs in the muni market by a significant amount, according to research released Tuesday. "I estimate that for an average bond issue, Dodd-Frank resulted in about $600,000 in interest...
Paul on The Marc Steiner Show – America’s Lost Promise of Economic Rights
Inequality lies at the heart of contemporary American politics—from the dizzying power of corporations and the billionaire class to the racialized and gendered dimensions of wealth and income disparities. Yet the question of economic justice, as well as the struggle...
‘Not a perfect process’: How did the two versions of NJ’s budget differ?
As the process to craft New Jersey's state budget came to a chaotic close last month, rumors swirled about what needed to be done to ensure that the spending plan was final and complete by the time it made it to the governor’s desk. In each chamber of the Legislature,...
The impossible paradox of car ownership
Arizona State University Professor David King and two colleagues, Michael Manville at UCLA and Michael Smart at Rutgers, decided to look at the falling socioeconomic status of carless people in the United States. In a paper published in 2019, they found that the...
Paul on America’s Other Freedom
Today, Americans need not just freedom from. We need freedom to. And it starts with an economic bill of rights. For many—perhaps most—Americans, the meaning of freedom can be found in the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, our hallowed Bill of Rights....