Dangerous Intersections, School Vote Chaos, and a Big Get: Senator Cory Booker

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The episode discusses street safety issues in Montclair, featuring guests David Folkenflik, Jacob Nieman, and Senator Cory Booker.

This week on The Montclair Pod , we bring you one of our most important episodes yet. We tackle a deeply emotional and urgent issue: street safety. NPR's David Folkenflik joins us to share the heartbreaking story of losing his mother to a preventable traffic collision right outside his Upper Montclair home, followed by a conversation with Montclair’s new Complete Streets Director, Jacob Nieman. Then we sit down with Senator Cory Booker to discuss his new legislation, independent media, and his time under a state monitor in Newark. Plus, we break down the district-wide school lockdown, the results of the massive school referendum (and the lawsuit trying to stop it), and Mike shares a brilliant YMCA membership hack. The Tragic Reality of Street Safety We sit down with NPR media reporter and longtime resident David Folkenflik , who experienced the unthinkable in October 2023 when his mother was killed crossing the street outside his house. He shares his warnings about Montclair's dangerous intersections, the aggressive driving culture plaguing our residential neighborhoods, and the frustration of warning the town before tragedy struck. We follow this up with a discussion featuring…

People in this episode

Host: Montclair Pod LLC

Guests: David Folkenflik, Jacob Nieman, Cory Booker

Topics covered

• street safety
• traffic collisions
• school referendum
• independent media
• legislation
• community issues

Keywords

• street safety
• traffic collision
• Montclair
• Cory Booker
• school referendum
• independent media
• Complete Streets

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NPR

Places: Montclair, Newark

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