95% of the day, the Newark Bay Bridge is free-flowing in both directions. Rather than waste precious dollars on a gold-plated 6 billion dollar two bridge solution that won't relieve congestion due to induced demand, peak traffic can be managed through effective peak hour pricing.
#turnpiketrap
Increases in traffic enforcement on the Garden State Parkway in 2025:
⬆️ Summonses up 30%
⬇️ Crashes down 25%
Total 2025 NJTA fatalities:
20 on the Garden State Parkway
32 on the NJ Turnpike
(From today's NJTA board meeting)
#visionzeronj #turnpiketrap
Dynamic tolling fixed congestion in Virginia on I-66. Whenever congestion creeps up, the price increases. In return, the roadway maintains a free-flowing speed of 45-55 mph.
The NJ Turnpike should implement this instead of self-defeating highway expansions.
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It is extremely strange that no one wants to take credit for whatever it is they think this project is. Murphy is not out there promoting it. Claim in the article is Turnpike Authority are the ones that decided on the one less lane but continuing with the megaproject now $10.2B rebuild #turnpiketrap
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
I voted for Murphy, and for her, and now I will scream bloody murder at her administration over the #TurnpikeTrap as I did at his.
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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A lot of bad things happening nationally, destruction of attention spans, and the defunding of newspapers means the signal to noise for local news is really bad right now.
I hope to write more substantively. More to come.
#jerseycity #hudsoncity #nj #visionzero #turnpiketrap #housingabundance
Governor Murphy has defunded investment in NJ Transit by $2.4B over 10 years while increasing funding for highway expansions to $24B over 10 years. It is no accident our trains and buses are constantly breaking down.
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This afternoon, cut-through Turnpike & Tunnel traffic aggressively rushes through Jersey City. At 6th & Jersey, the site of Eli Bender's recent crash death, a NY TLC driver crowds-in and illegally blocks on-coming traffic.
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TODAY! RALLY MOVED ☔️ to Jersey City Hall, 280 Grove St., 2nd floor, main Council Chambers. Come help us fight the deadly, dirty, futile, absurdly wasteful plan to expand the @njturnpike.org Extension through our communities. @jerseycity.bsky.social @turnpiketrap.org
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$10.7B to pollute our air with more cars and trucks.
Meanwhile, NJ Transit is short a large deficit of buses and bus drivers and heavily constrained by their budget despite growing ridership.
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We need less traffic in Jersey City and Hudson County, not more. Flip all of the benefits of congestion pricing around and that's what we'll get if the Turnpike widening goes through – more noise, more delays, and more traffic-related injuries. #turnpiketrap
Today, 9am: No matter what traffic counts the NJTA puts out there, it's obvious to everyone who lives here that traffic backs up due to the Holland Tunnel bottleneck. The bridge they want to double for $6B doesn't even have congestion during rush hour. #turnpiketrap
"Nobody is opposed to fixing infrastructure, nobody is opposed to remodeling the Bay Bridge, but we are having an issue where it’s creating more lanes … when the future should be rail, should be trains, should be public transportation," Baraka said.
#turnpiketrap #hudsoncounty
As always, follow #TurnpikeTrap: turnpiketrap.org
Shame they aren't on Bluesky yet. Sign their petitions, follow their blog/email/RSS/whatever.
He's also pushing through the turnpike expansion in Jersey City despite heavy local opposition. He's an example of why people don't bother voting for Democrats. #TurnpikeTrap
Found this in @njmonitor.bsky.social's newsletter today. This poll suggests voters support Murphy's #TurnpikeTrap. The question gives a false sense of neutrality. Love to see the result if your re-run the poll mentioning the $10bn price tag or induced demand.
Cleaner air for Hudson County, cleaner air for New York City.
#congestionpricingnow #turnpiketrap #fixcanal https://x.com/TransAlt/status/1767272622755045776
The underpass for 139 and I-78 is unpleasant and unsafe with reckless driving speeds common. What highways have for decades taken away, Jersey City is repairing. Very exciting renovation to reconnect the Heights and Hoboken with Downtown.
#turnpiketrap https://t.co/bP1i7XorzT
The NJ Turnpike Authority meeting today ended with no signs of relenting on the toxic $10.7B boondoggle of a highway widening through Jersey City. It also reported 16,807 crashes and 45 deaths (!!) in 2023 with no comment. Remember that transit also saves lives. #turnpiketrap https://t.co/ARpbjgTMNl
“Jersey City has an F air quality rating and the Turnpike is planning to add more cars and more lanes to the highway right near where I live and according to their statement this will be doing an acceptable level of harm,” Schwartz said.
For $11 billion.
#turnpiketrap https://t.co/Za7ZtrJcqo
Great work by @SafeStreetsJC board member @SchwartzTalya for leading the charge against the #TurnpikeTrap @TurnpikeTrap https://x.com/TurnpikeTrap/status/1705260483127713870
The #TurnpikeTrap is a violent scar that runs through our community. It kills people through crashes, and it kills us all slowly with the pollution it brings. It’s unconscionable that @GovMurphy wants to widen it. https://x.com/jerseyjournal/status/1693710128833327208
OPRA is critical to govt transparency. Thanks to OPRA, SafeStreetsJC and the Turnpike Trap coalition were able to obtain the engineering report for the I-78 Turnpike Extension widening. Only via the report did we learn of the 40X cheaper alternative.
#turnpiketrap https://t.co/N0BXZ1wcRV
A welcome experiment – safer streets for all, not more turnpike cut-through
#turnpiketrap x.com/JerseyCityTimes/status/1...
We'll also be at the Ward Tour finish line at Exchange Pl to gather petition signatures to stop the toxic $10.7B Turnpike Widening, and demand clean air, safe streets, and mass transit. Come say hi! with @EmpowerNJ @FWWNewJersey @HudCoStreets @SolomonforJC #turnpiketrap https://t.co/xDeiu6rrBC
Transit advocacy group @eta_ny released an amazing plan showing the types of sustainable transportation projects New Jersey can afford if we stop the #turnpiketrap and other highway widening projects and reallocate $26 billion elsewhere. https://x.com/eta_ny/status/1651205196381298688
It's that simple. Yes to fully-funding NJ Transit. No to the $10B turnpike widening.
The money is there and doesn't need to wasted.
#TurnpikeTrap x.com/NJSpotlightNews/status/1...
