Turnpike Trap
@turnpiketrap.org
Uniting New Jersey against the toxic $10.7B widening of the Newark Bay-Hudson County Turnpike Extension (I-78).
https://turnpiketrap.org/
https://turnpiketrap.org/
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This is your sign 👀
Apply to be TSTC’s next Community Organizer in Trenton.
⏰ Applications close this Thursday.
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Apply to be TSTC’s next Community Organizer in Trenton.
⏰ Applications close this Thursday.
bit.ly/jerseyorganizer
🚲🌿 Join our team!
TSTC is hiring a part-time Community Organizer in Trenton, New Jersey to grow community partnerships and push key trail projects forward.
🗓 Apply by Jan 15, 2026
Let’s make safe, equitable trails a reality together!
TSTC is hiring a part-time Community Organizer in Trenton, New Jersey to grow community partnerships and push key trail projects forward.
🗓 Apply by Jan 15, 2026
Let’s make safe, equitable trails a reality together!
January 12, 2026 at 10:08 PM
This is your sign 👀
Apply to be TSTC’s next Community Organizer in Trenton.
⏰ Applications close this Thursday.
bit.ly/jerseyorganizer
Apply to be TSTC’s next Community Organizer in Trenton.
⏰ Applications close this Thursday.
bit.ly/jerseyorganizer
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This seems very familiar somehow … People are slowly waking up to the fact that these projects bring more crash deaths, more air and noise pollution, and ultimately more traffic jams, making everything worse for drivers too. While wasting $Billions. @turnpiketrap.org @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 5:55 PM
This seems very familiar somehow … People are slowly waking up to the fact that these projects bring more crash deaths, more air and noise pollution, and ultimately more traffic jams, making everything worse for drivers too. While wasting $Billions. @turnpiketrap.org @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
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If done right, Mikie Sherrill has maybe just created NJ's version of the MTA -- www.northjersey.com/story/news/t...
Sherrill makes unusual move in naming head of NJ Turnpike Authority
Mikie Sherrill's move to appoint Kris Kolluri to head two transportation agencies is meant to unify strategy to improve commutes for NJ residents.
www.northjersey.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
If done right, Mikie Sherrill has maybe just created NJ's version of the MTA -- www.northjersey.com/story/news/t...
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The man now running the state transit agency will also run the NJ Turnpike Authority www.nj.com/news/2026/01...
Kolluri tapped to lead both NJ Transit and the Turnpike Authority in rare dual role
Former transportation commissioner will take $1 salary from Turnpike Authority while maintaining $280,000 position at NJ Transit in unusual leadership arrangement.
www.nj.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:16 PM
The man now running the state transit agency will also run the NJ Turnpike Authority www.nj.com/news/2026/01...
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Kris Kolluri will stay on to head NJTRANSIT AND will lead the NJ Turnpike.
Pretty sure this has not been done before, here’s my story on what this means.
Pretty sure this has not been done before, here’s my story on what this means.
Sherrill makes unusual move in naming head of NJ Turnpike Authority
Mikie Sherrill's move to appoint Kris Kolluri to head two transportation agencies is meant to unify strategy to improve commutes for NJ residents.
www.northjersey.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Kris Kolluri will stay on to head NJTRANSIT AND will lead the NJ Turnpike.
Pretty sure this has not been done before, here’s my story on what this means.
Pretty sure this has not been done before, here’s my story on what this means.
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I resent that my tolls go towards expanding highways rather than making the highways safer. My mother (and many other people I know) no longer feel safe driving on them and have stopped. We have a safety crisis that is ignored by these agencies. Please put the money to better use.
NJ motorists are paying higher tolls in 2026, seemingly at every turn.
In many cases, these increases are the result of policies that generally allow public agencies to enact modest, annual hikes to keep up with inflation, and head off the need for larger, one-time increases.
@njspotlightnews.org
In many cases, these increases are the result of policies that generally allow public agencies to enact modest, annual hikes to keep up with inflation, and head off the need for larger, one-time increases.
@njspotlightnews.org
Driving through, in and out of NJ now costs more | NJ Spotlight News
It’s not just the state’s gas tax. Tolls are up all over
www.njspotlightnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I resent that my tolls go towards expanding highways rather than making the highways safer. My mother (and many other people I know) no longer feel safe driving on them and have stopped. We have a safety crisis that is ignored by these agencies. Please put the money to better use.
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If there was a spot for bus lanes/stations in a BRT dedicated lane setup on a highway in North Jersey, Route 3/46 would be the logical place.
The current setup is so bad and dangerous for riders.
newjersey.news12.com/toll-of-comm...
The current setup is so bad and dangerous for riders.
newjersey.news12.com/toll-of-comm...
Toll Of Commuting: Highway bus stops in New Jersey raise safety concerns for riders
These stops are among the most unusual in the state, located on highway shoulders, entrance ramps, and narrow concrete islands.
newjersey.news12.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:59 AM
If there was a spot for bus lanes/stations in a BRT dedicated lane setup on a highway in North Jersey, Route 3/46 would be the logical place.
The current setup is so bad and dangerous for riders.
newjersey.news12.com/toll-of-comm...
The current setup is so bad and dangerous for riders.
newjersey.news12.com/toll-of-comm...
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We could also extend the PATH to Newark Airport and expand the light rail to connect the two cities. These projects are shovel ready. We lack the political will (funds) in NJ to truly build great public transportation systems. Instead, there's an obsession with more lanes and more highway.
Please, can Jersey City and Newark government do this for route 1&9 connecting New Jersey's two largest cities together and making it safe for pedestrians and cyclists.
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 7, 2026 at 4:52 PM
We could also extend the PATH to Newark Airport and expand the light rail to connect the two cities. These projects are shovel ready. We lack the political will (funds) in NJ to truly build great public transportation systems. Instead, there's an obsession with more lanes and more highway.
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🚆The rollout of new real-time departure signs continues on HBLR.
Installation is complete at Essex Street & underway at Bergenline Ave & Newport, where demand for better info has been strong since the disruptions last summer.
During installation, use the NJ TRANSIT app for scheduled departures.
Installation is complete at Essex Street & underway at Bergenline Ave & Newport, where demand for better info has been strong since the disruptions last summer.
During installation, use the NJ TRANSIT app for scheduled departures.
January 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
🚆The rollout of new real-time departure signs continues on HBLR.
Installation is complete at Essex Street & underway at Bergenline Ave & Newport, where demand for better info has been strong since the disruptions last summer.
During installation, use the NJ TRANSIT app for scheduled departures.
Installation is complete at Essex Street & underway at Bergenline Ave & Newport, where demand for better info has been strong since the disruptions last summer.
During installation, use the NJ TRANSIT app for scheduled departures.
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🚌 🎉 Thank you NJ Transit! Much needed frequency improvements. More weekend service coming to the 119 and more weekday service coming to the 125 🚌 🎉
We'll continue advocating for faster, more frequent, and more reliable buses.
We'll continue advocating for faster, more frequent, and more reliable buses.
January 6, 2026 at 5:29 PM
🚌 🎉 Thank you NJ Transit! Much needed frequency improvements. More weekend service coming to the 119 and more weekday service coming to the 125 🚌 🎉
We'll continue advocating for faster, more frequent, and more reliable buses.
We'll continue advocating for faster, more frequent, and more reliable buses.
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Congestion pricing is working. The cameras are staying on.
January 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Congestion pricing is working. The cameras are staying on.
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Here is the latest on construction at the Port Authority Bus Terminal and how it will disrupt commutes for straphangers in the coming years.
Here's where Port Authority's Manhattan bus terminal makeover stands
An $11 billion project to reconstruct and expand the world’s busiest bus terminal is underway.
www.northjersey.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Here is the latest on construction at the Port Authority Bus Terminal and how it will disrupt commutes for straphangers in the coming years.
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There are, right now while you're reading this, 7 grams of microplastics in your brain, and most of it came from car tires.
That's 0.5% of the entire weight of your brain. Is literally car tires. And you convert more of your body to car tires every day.
That's 0.5% of the entire weight of your brain. Is literally car tires. And you convert more of your body to car tires every day.
Very proud of @naemas.bsky.social and my story yesterday on how thousands of the estimated 16,000 known plastic chemicals get into our food.
“The problem is, none of the plastics that we have right now are safe... That’s what the data tell us.”
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
“The problem is, none of the plastics that we have right now are safe... That’s what the data tell us.”
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
These kitchen items may be contaminating your food with chemicals
See the thousands of plastic chemicals in what we eat.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
There are, right now while you're reading this, 7 grams of microplastics in your brain, and most of it came from car tires.
That's 0.5% of the entire weight of your brain. Is literally car tires. And you convert more of your body to car tires every day.
That's 0.5% of the entire weight of your brain. Is literally car tires. And you convert more of your body to car tires every day.
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Happy New Year, NJ Transit! @customeradvocate.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Happy New Year, NJ Transit! @customeradvocate.bsky.social
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We're just hours away from 2026 and we can't wait — we have a lot of exciting projects in store for the new year!
We asked RPA staff to tell us about the projects they're looking forward to in the upcoming year. Support those projects by visiting rpa.org/support!
We asked RPA staff to tell us about the projects they're looking forward to in the upcoming year. Support those projects by visiting rpa.org/support!
December 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We're just hours away from 2026 and we can't wait — we have a lot of exciting projects in store for the new year!
We asked RPA staff to tell us about the projects they're looking forward to in the upcoming year. Support those projects by visiting rpa.org/support!
We asked RPA staff to tell us about the projects they're looking forward to in the upcoming year. Support those projects by visiting rpa.org/support!
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Happy New Year- let's continue to be more careful out there. www.nj.com/news/2026/01...
N.J. traffic deaths drop 15% in 2025 from 30-year high in previous year
After a spike in traffic deaths in 2024, New Jersey had a safer 2025, recording a significant drop in fatalities.
www.nj.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Happy New Year- let's continue to be more careful out there. www.nj.com/news/2026/01...
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It's interesting that people think congestion pricing only works if you have New York density and transit -- folk wisdom.
Congestion pricing can work anywhere you use it. Most car trips in the USA are under 3 miles. Congestion pricing removes both implied and explicit subsidies to drive everywhere.
Congestion pricing can work anywhere you use it. Most car trips in the USA are under 3 miles. Congestion pricing removes both implied and explicit subsidies to drive everywhere.
I’m not sure there are national implications? I can count on one hand (SF, Boston, DC, Chicago) the number of cities in America that have transit networks robust enough that congestion pricing is a viable policy. America isn’t really setup for it.
The most under-reported story of the year, IMO, is about the national implications of the extreme and wildly popular success of congestion pricing in New York City.
When you remove cars from cities, you not only make money for things the city needs; you make people in the city much, much happier.
When you remove cars from cities, you not only make money for things the city needs; you make people in the city much, much happier.
December 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It's interesting that people think congestion pricing only works if you have New York density and transit -- folk wisdom.
Congestion pricing can work anywhere you use it. Most car trips in the USA are under 3 miles. Congestion pricing removes both implied and explicit subsidies to drive everywhere.
Congestion pricing can work anywhere you use it. Most car trips in the USA are under 3 miles. Congestion pricing removes both implied and explicit subsidies to drive everywhere.
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As this explains, it's *always* been a patronage mill, and all promises that expansion will fix traffic have proven to be wrong. www.northjersey.com/story/news/t...
Why New Jersey Turnpike tolls were meant to disappear and never did
Tolls rise 3% in 2026, extending a system born in 1948 with a promise that drivers would travel New Jersey’s turnpike for free starting in 1986.
www.northjersey.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
As this explains, it's *always* been a patronage mill, and all promises that expansion will fix traffic have proven to be wrong. www.northjersey.com/story/news/t...
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If you missed our show in Brooklyn, this will be a great chance to see us live! We're looking forward to taking the PATH to Jersey City.
We are thrilled to partner with
@jctheatercenter.bsky.social
to host an evening with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, the co-hosts of
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
podcast and authors of Life After Cars at White Eagle Hall on Wednesday, January 21. Tickets: www.eventim.us/wafform.aspx...
@jctheatercenter.bsky.social
to host an evening with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, the co-hosts of
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
podcast and authors of Life After Cars at White Eagle Hall on Wednesday, January 21. Tickets: www.eventim.us/wafform.aspx...
December 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
If you missed our show in Brooklyn, this will be a great chance to see us live! We're looking forward to taking the PATH to Jersey City.
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The price to replace the airport monorail come at the cost of extending PATH to the airport www.nj.com/news/2025/12...
Port Authority shelves PATH Newark Airport extension for 10 years to pay for higher cost monorail
Ambitious 2017 plans to extend the PATH rail line to Newark Airport have been shelved due to increased costs.
www.nj.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The price to replace the airport monorail come at the cost of extending PATH to the airport www.nj.com/news/2025/12...
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What happens when four lanes of a new NJ Turnpike bridge meets a two lane highway on the other side? Opponents want a project paused for answers.
Turnpike widening opponents ask Sherill to ‘pause’ controversial $6.2B project
What happens when four lanes of a new NJ Turnpike bridge meets a two lane highway on the other side? Opponents want a project paused for answers.
www.nj.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What happens when four lanes of a new NJ Turnpike bridge meets a two lane highway on the other side? Opponents want a project paused for answers.
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This. And also, I have yet to see even one public statement or document that rules out the project being a #TurnpikeTrojanHorse. I.e., building a huge roadbed striped for 4 car lanes and suspiciously wide shoulders—which, after the project “ends,” can easily be painted as new lanes, “for safety.”
December 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This. And also, I have yet to see even one public statement or document that rules out the project being a #TurnpikeTrojanHorse. I.e., building a huge roadbed striped for 4 car lanes and suspiciously wide shoulders—which, after the project “ends,” can easily be painted as new lanes, “for safety.”
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This is something that bothers me when people take an us vs them in neighborhood issues @ transportation. Everyone actually wants the same thing... less traffic.
The point I wish got emphasized more is that the big winners from congestion pricing are *people who urgently need to drive*. Because they are ones that travel times really matter for. I always thought that instead of congestion pricing it should be called "free streets" - free from other cars.
this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)
December 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is something that bothers me when people take an us vs them in neighborhood issues @ transportation. Everyone actually wants the same thing... less traffic.
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy scaled back his planned $11-billion widening of the New Jersey Turnpike, but the lame duck executive's so-called "compromise" will still induce thousands more cars and trucks onto Garden State roadways.
Don't Believe the Hype: NJ Turnpike Widening Still Happening - Streetsblog New York City
Gov. Murphy's late revision will just move the problem around, advocates say.
buff.ly
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy scaled back his planned $11-billion widening of the New Jersey Turnpike, but the lame duck executive's so-called "compromise" will still induce thousands more cars and trucks onto Garden State roadways.
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Someone let Phil Murphy know.
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Someone let Phil Murphy know.