Turnpike Trap
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Uniting New Jersey against the toxic $10.7B widening of the Newark Bay-Hudson County Turnpike Extension (I-78).
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A few weeks ago, PATH announced a series of service expansions that will finally reverse this trend. Though paired with a rather steep fare increase, these changes will finally put weekend PATH service levels above where they were 25 years ago. Huge congrats to all the advicates who made this happen
November 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A few weeks ago, PATH announced a series of service expansions that will finally reverse this trend. Though paired with a rather steep fare increase, these changes will finally put weekend PATH service levels above where they were 25 years ago. Huge congrats to all the advicates who made this happen
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Possibly the lowest hanging urbanism fruit in the entire country is building trains in New Jersey!
November 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Possibly the lowest hanging urbanism fruit in the entire country is building trains in New Jersey!
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Always a mind f*ck to look at our transit network from a different orientation
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Always a mind f*ck to look at our transit network from a different orientation
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There’s so much discourse about megaprojects it sucks the air out of the room for everything else. I thought I’d list several smaller transit projects ideas in New Jersey, some of which come from NJT’s famously ambitious 2000 strategic plan (pictured) and some of which are mine or others’ ideas.
August 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
There’s so much discourse about megaprojects it sucks the air out of the room for everything else. I thought I’d list several smaller transit projects ideas in New Jersey, some of which come from NJT’s famously ambitious 2000 strategic plan (pictured) and some of which are mine or others’ ideas.
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Rick Cotton is stepping down from the Port Authority. We need to pressure Hochul to appoint someone who cares about transit.
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Rick Cotton is stepping down from the Port Authority. We need to pressure Hochul to appoint someone who cares about transit.
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Majority of people who commute into NY from NJ do so by bus via the Lincoln Tunnel. Please don’t forget about these people @kim.senate.gov @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
Lincoln Tunnel bus service has a bigger impact than the Raritan Valley line.
Here are the buses with yearly ridership over 1m.
Lincoln Tunnel bus service has a bigger impact than the Raritan Valley line.
Here are the buses with yearly ridership over 1m.
November 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Majority of people who commute into NY from NJ do so by bus via the Lincoln Tunnel. Please don’t forget about these people @kim.senate.gov @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
Lincoln Tunnel bus service has a bigger impact than the Raritan Valley line.
Here are the buses with yearly ridership over 1m.
Lincoln Tunnel bus service has a bigger impact than the Raritan Valley line.
Here are the buses with yearly ridership over 1m.
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NJ Wish List
Mega/Improbable: Kennedy Blvd Subway
Mega/Possible: 7 train extension
Moderate/Achievable: HBLR Northern Branch
Simple/Affordable: Kennedy Blvd BRT
Mega/Improbable: Kennedy Blvd Subway
Mega/Possible: 7 train extension
Moderate/Achievable: HBLR Northern Branch
Simple/Affordable: Kennedy Blvd BRT
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
NJ Wish List
Mega/Improbable: Kennedy Blvd Subway
Mega/Possible: 7 train extension
Moderate/Achievable: HBLR Northern Branch
Simple/Affordable: Kennedy Blvd BRT
Mega/Improbable: Kennedy Blvd Subway
Mega/Possible: 7 train extension
Moderate/Achievable: HBLR Northern Branch
Simple/Affordable: Kennedy Blvd BRT
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Stuck in traffic today?
As part of the congestion pricing legislation, New York has the power to free the zone of traffic jams during Gridlock Alert Days by dynamically increasing the congestion pricing fee by 25%.
But Governor Hochul directed the MTA *not* to use this power.
As part of the congestion pricing legislation, New York has the power to free the zone of traffic jams during Gridlock Alert Days by dynamically increasing the congestion pricing fee by 25%.
But Governor Hochul directed the MTA *not* to use this power.
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Stuck in traffic today?
As part of the congestion pricing legislation, New York has the power to free the zone of traffic jams during Gridlock Alert Days by dynamically increasing the congestion pricing fee by 25%.
But Governor Hochul directed the MTA *not* to use this power.
As part of the congestion pricing legislation, New York has the power to free the zone of traffic jams during Gridlock Alert Days by dynamically increasing the congestion pricing fee by 25%.
But Governor Hochul directed the MTA *not* to use this power.
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One underated thing is I think drivers are probably pissed at the endless useless Turnpike expansions that they don't want or need.
Drivers using the NJ Turnpike have seen an almost 50% total toll increase and those using Garden State Parkway, almost a 40% increase since 2020. www.nj.com/news/2025/11...
Motorist group demands Murphy or Sherrill veto 2026 Turnpike, Parkway toll hike
Both Gov. Phil Murphy and Gov.-Elect Mikie Sherrill were call on to stop the New Jersey Turnpike Authority's 3% annual toll increase as costs and inflation increases.
www.nj.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
One underated thing is I think drivers are probably pissed at the endless useless Turnpike expansions that they don't want or need.
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I want to live in a world where the cancer/dementia/trauma/asthma inducing Turnpike Extension doesn’t exist. But at the very least, I want to live in a world where state of NJ doesn’t bankrupt the government by wasting billions of dollars widening it. @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
I want to live in a world where removing the damage done by urban highways doesn't sound impossible or crazy
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I want to live in a world where the cancer/dementia/trauma/asthma inducing Turnpike Extension doesn’t exist. But at the very least, I want to live in a world where state of NJ doesn’t bankrupt the government by wasting billions of dollars widening it. @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
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NJ Turnpike Authority do not care about affordability for NJ, even though they are a public agency and report to the governor. We are being force fed an $11B highway widening in Hudson County, when instead we could fund NJ Transit or pay $$ back to taxpayers #turnpiketrap @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
Drivers using the NJ Turnpike have seen an almost 50% total toll increase and those using Garden State Parkway, almost a 40% increase since 2020. www.nj.com/news/2025/11...
Motorist group demands Murphy or Sherrill veto 2026 Turnpike, Parkway toll hike
Both Gov. Phil Murphy and Gov.-Elect Mikie Sherrill were call on to stop the New Jersey Turnpike Authority's 3% annual toll increase as costs and inflation increases.
www.nj.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
NJ Turnpike Authority do not care about affordability for NJ, even though they are a public agency and report to the governor. We are being force fed an $11B highway widening in Hudson County, when instead we could fund NJ Transit or pay $$ back to taxpayers #turnpiketrap @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
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Looks we had another fatal crash on I-78 in Newark this weekend www.nj.com/essex/2025/1...
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Looks we had another fatal crash on I-78 in Newark this weekend www.nj.com/essex/2025/1...
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This Union is behind the Turnpike Expansion. They are the only constituency who showed up in support of the project at the "info sessions" and the community meeting. Jobs are important, but these workers deserve more than a poison pill, better jobs than worsening asthma and destroying communities.
Does anyone have worse political instincts than this guy? You can thank his union if we finally get the stupid turnpike extension killed.
November 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This Union is behind the Turnpike Expansion. They are the only constituency who showed up in support of the project at the "info sessions" and the community meeting. Jobs are important, but these workers deserve more than a poison pill, better jobs than worsening asthma and destroying communities.
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This is a huge thing for PATH riders who will see better more freqeunt service starting in March 2026. www.nj.com/news/2025/11...
Historic $45B plan will build new airport terminals, add rail service, but tolls and fares will rise
The Port Authority of NY and NJ proposed a $45 billion 10-year capital plan to fund several projects.
www.nj.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This is a huge thing for PATH riders who will see better more freqeunt service starting in March 2026. www.nj.com/news/2025/11...
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The Bronx has long borne the brunt of pollution and heavy truck traffic. Now it’s time for the borough to reap the rewards of congestion relief.
Learn why and how from THE POINT CDC's Dariella Rodriguez and NYC-EJA's Kevin Garcia 👇
www.bxtimes.com/bronx-bigges...
Learn why and how from THE POINT CDC's Dariella Rodriguez and NYC-EJA's Kevin Garcia 👇
www.bxtimes.com/bronx-bigges...
Op-ed: The Bronx should be the biggest benefiters of congestion pricing. We can’t stop that progress now. – Bronx Times
That’s why when New York City implemented its congestion relief program — and we see that a new stream of revenue to improve NYC is possible — we need Bronx
www.bxtimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Bronx has long borne the brunt of pollution and heavy truck traffic. Now it’s time for the borough to reap the rewards of congestion relief.
Learn why and how from THE POINT CDC's Dariella Rodriguez and NYC-EJA's Kevin Garcia 👇
www.bxtimes.com/bronx-bigges...
Learn why and how from THE POINT CDC's Dariella Rodriguez and NYC-EJA's Kevin Garcia 👇
www.bxtimes.com/bronx-bigges...
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Nobody wants to accept that they've worked for years to build nothing.
So it hurts when an infrastructure project dies. It hurts for the planners, engineers, and politicians.
We need more discussion of this process, because when it's repressed, it becomes a bad reason projects should never die.
So it hurts when an infrastructure project dies. It hurts for the planners, engineers, and politicians.
We need more discussion of this process, because when it's repressed, it becomes a bad reason projects should never die.
After years of delay and months of very bad news, ODOT staff will ask their bosses if it's finally time to pull the plug.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Celebrating this project is annoying, a shiny object. Instead they could have followed their capital plan to connect the PATH to the Airport, serving loads more travelers and employees. This would have improved a critical regional connection between the airport and Newark, Jersey City, and NYC.
"The new $3.5 billion AirTrain system will be impressive. It will have the capacity to handle 50,000 passengers per day. The current system only has a 33,000-passenger capacity."
Port Authority Chairman celebrates groundbreaking of new Newark AirTrain. newjerseyglobe.com/the-otoole-c...
Port Authority Chairman celebrates groundbreaking of new Newark AirTrain. newjerseyglobe.com/the-otoole-c...
The O'Toole Chronicles: The train to the plane to unlimited opportunities - New Jersey Globe
On Tuesday, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey broke ground on a new AirTrain Newark system to replace the outdated AirTrain that began
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November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Celebrating this project is annoying, a shiny object. Instead they could have followed their capital plan to connect the PATH to the Airport, serving loads more travelers and employees. This would have improved a critical regional connection between the airport and Newark, Jersey City, and NYC.
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We love you here in Jersey City Governor-Elect @mikiesherrill.bsky.social Can you cancel the Turnpike Ext project? It will make lots more people sicker than the current arrangement. We don't want anymore dementia highways 'round here. Plus the state has no $, so why waste billions on it? Please 😬
Massive contrast between Mikie Sherrill vociferously condemning the cave and Abigail Spanberger supporting it. Already thinking we got the better of the two NatSec moderate female governors.
Mikie also got an essentially identical margin against a much stronger opponent than Spanberger’s.
Mikie also got an essentially identical margin against a much stronger opponent than Spanberger’s.
My statement on the proposed Senate deal
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We love you here in Jersey City Governor-Elect @mikiesherrill.bsky.social Can you cancel the Turnpike Ext project? It will make lots more people sicker than the current arrangement. We don't want anymore dementia highways 'round here. Plus the state has no $, so why waste billions on it? Please 😬
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Gift article - NJ Transit is doing random ticket spot checks to cut down on millions in lost revenue www.nj.com/news/2025/11...
Why NJ Transit is now spot checking tickets before commuters get on trains
NJ Transit is checking commuters tickets at the station before they board the train.
www.nj.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Gift article - NJ Transit is doing random ticket spot checks to cut down on millions in lost revenue www.nj.com/news/2025/11...
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So is she going to blow $10 billion on a turnpike widening that no one wants or is she going to do some transit?
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
So is she going to blow $10 billion on a turnpike widening that no one wants or is she going to do some transit?
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Ouch … (Metropolitan routine)
November 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Ouch … (Metropolitan routine)
In 1999, resident Louis Massano eloquently writes why the previous boondoggle Turnpike expansion through Jersey City was a horrible idea. The proposed expansion was ultimately unsuccessful due to local opposition: www.geocities.ws/hartwheels/C...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In 1999, resident Louis Massano eloquently writes why the previous boondoggle Turnpike expansion through Jersey City was a horrible idea. The proposed expansion was ultimately unsuccessful due to local opposition: www.geocities.ws/hartwheels/C...
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It's crazy that the next governor of NJ is going to waste $10.7billion on a unnecessary highway expansion, while the state might be losing huge sources of funding from the federal government. That money can be used for lots of other projects or even return the toll money back to NJ residents!
@govmurphy.bsky.social's widening of the I-78 Turnpike Extension is predicted to only save drivers 3 minutes and cost $10.7 billion. Horrible to see this continue.
HUGE news from the Hudson Valley — the Route 17 expansion is on pause!
The Route 17 project would only save drivers 6 minutes and cost billions. Great to see this happen.
Rachel Weinberger in @nysfocus.bsky.social:
The Route 17 project would only save drivers 6 minutes and cost billions. Great to see this happen.
Rachel Weinberger in @nysfocus.bsky.social:
October 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It's crazy that the next governor of NJ is going to waste $10.7billion on a unnecessary highway expansion, while the state might be losing huge sources of funding from the federal government. That money can be used for lots of other projects or even return the toll money back to NJ residents!
@govmurphy.bsky.social's widening of the I-78 Turnpike Extension is predicted to only save drivers 3 minutes and cost $10.7 billion. Horrible to see this continue.
HUGE news from the Hudson Valley — the Route 17 expansion is on pause!
The Route 17 project would only save drivers 6 minutes and cost billions. Great to see this happen.
Rachel Weinberger in @nysfocus.bsky.social:
The Route 17 project would only save drivers 6 minutes and cost billions. Great to see this happen.
Rachel Weinberger in @nysfocus.bsky.social:
Hochul Hits Pause on Hudson Valley Highway Expansion
Reporting from New York Focus last year found that the project would save drivers six minutes max, at a cost of $1.3 billion.
nysfocus.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
@govmurphy.bsky.social's widening of the I-78 Turnpike Extension is predicted to only save drivers 3 minutes and cost $10.7 billion. Horrible to see this continue.
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The mayoral candidates on public safety and transportation.
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In Their Own Words: The Mayoral Candidates on Public Safety and Transportation
This is the second installment in a series entitled “In Their Own Words.” The series is based upon a questionnaire that the Jersey City Times recently sent to each of the candidates for…
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October 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The mayoral candidates on public safety and transportation.
jcitytimes.com/in-their-own...
jcitytimes.com/in-their-own...