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Comms Specialist | Ex-Newser | Runner | Weather Nerd | Jersey Strong | Views = My own | @travfed on ๐Ÿ“ฑ

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Gateway Program a possibility!

07.03.2026 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trumpโ€™s โ€œWarflationโ€ Has Just Begun If he were trying to increase prices on purpose, would he be doing anything differently?

Get ready for some "warflation": higher prices for oil, gas, food (lots of fertilizer passes through Hormuz), goods made with petrochemicals (umbrellas, shampoo, toys, etc.), and pretty much anything that needs to be transported anywhere.
Affordability! open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

06.03.2026 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 830    ๐Ÿ” 326    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 44    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26

As a person who lives car-free, the effect this has on me is negligible.

And I hope this spurs more people to demand walkable, bikable, transit-friendly places to live. Fossil fuels have always been a threat to national security and our pocketbooks

06.03.2026 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 153    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
a graph of year-on-year change in US tech employment

a graph of year-on-year change in US tech employment

Brutal numbers for US tech sector jobs released todayโ€”overall, employment decreased by 12k last month and is down 57k over the last year

That's now nearly as bad as the worst of the 2024 tech-cession, and significantly worse than either the 2008 or 2020 recessions

06.03.2026 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 269    ๐Ÿ” 83    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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One of Phillyโ€™s finest stations, and yes this is on the Northeast Corridor.

05.03.2026 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

The dual aisle also just helps speed along boarding/deplaning as well. Hopefully we get a domestic 787 for some of the high density/limited slot routes.

05.03.2026 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Highway access + plenty of larger NJ companies (especially pharma) located in the โ€˜burbs.

04.03.2026 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A week after opponents pitched their one bridge option, Gov. Sherrill downsized the controversial NJ Turnpike twin bridge project over Newark Bay www.nj.com/news/2026/03...

04.03.2026 00:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œโ€ฆsignificantly reduced the rate at which BART service crews have had to clean up vandalism and what the agency internally refers to as โ€˜very large messesโ€™โ€ฆcleanup that generally requires staff to pull in larger bins and different types of cleaning products. The data, Trost said, was โ€˜shockingโ€™.โ€

04.03.2026 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 106    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Big news. Especially how theyโ€™re keeping it only 2 lanes.

03.03.2026 23:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Clearly everyone forgot how they bungled the COVID travel shutdowns.

03.03.2026 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

UPDATE: Trump says the US is already chartering flights and booking flights for Americans.

But I just called the hotline again, and it STILL begins with: โ€œDo not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation.โ€

How is anyone supposed to understand that?

03.03.2026 23:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Battle with Trump administration over the massive N.Y.-N.J. rail tunnel could add over $1 billion to final price tag Experts estimated a long court battle with federal officials over funding could add over $1 billion to the fina cost of the Gateway Tunnel project.

As Tom Wright said in our webinar yesterday, a delay for the Gateway Program could quickly rack up costs. A 6-month delay could add more than $1B to final costs.

More on yesterday's webinar from @commutinglarry.bsky.social:

03.03.2026 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They really need BRT & dedicated bus lanes if theyโ€™re going to keep building up NB.

03.03.2026 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

guessing weโ€™re tapping the strategic petroleum reserve again even though itโ€™s down ~50% from pre-Russian invasion levels and oil is $70 a barrel. guys itโ€™s supposed to be for emergencies not whenever you get scared your foreign policy is unpopular

02.03.2026 23:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1811    ๐Ÿ” 364    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

Not the thing to share now that airspace/flights to the region are closed & unavailable.

02.03.2026 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pothole season, Jersey City edition.

02.03.2026 22:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We lost 3 F-15s today. www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/m...

02.03.2026 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 460    ๐Ÿ” 146    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Iran Attack: U.S. Jet Fighters Mistakenly Downed by Kuwait - Live Updates Israel launches dozens of strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, widening the conflict, while U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran continue. Follow along for live updates, news and analysis as the conflict in the Middle East unfolds.

Three U.S. jet fighters were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses, the U.S. military said .

02.03.2026 11:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 274    ๐Ÿ” 122    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60    ๐Ÿ“Œ 144
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It was cheaper to fly to Ireland instead of Orlando for a long weekend, so I did it and had a blast. โ˜˜๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

01.03.2026 22:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

28.02.2026 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26280    ๐Ÿ” 8892    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 289    ๐Ÿ“Œ 334
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ISRAEL SAYS IRAN SUPREME LEADER KHAMENEI IS DEAD His death could accelerate the collapse of Iran's regime.

๐Ÿšจ BREAKING: ISRAEL SAYS IRAN SUPREME LEADER KHAMENEI IS DEAD

28.02.2026 19:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22

I am once again asking the Port Authority to acknowledge that people going to and from airports are also carrying a lot of big and bulky luggage. Much like the old EWR AirTrain, these cute vans can fit 2-3 people with luggage.

25.02.2026 18:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kash Patelโ€™s use of jet delayed FBI teamโ€™s mass shooting response, whistleblower tells top senator Sen. Richard Durbin says FBI directorโ€™s โ€œmisplaced prioritiesโ€ led to the delayed response to the Brown University shooting in December.

Breaking MS NOW:

Agents with the FBI's elite evidence response team were delayed in reaching the scene of a mass shooting at Brown U. in December because there was no FBI plane available.

Kash Patel was in south Florida at the time with one of the FBI's two available jets.

24.02.2026 20:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8277    ๐Ÿ” 3600    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 257    ๐Ÿ“Œ 377

โ„๏ธโœˆ๏ธ

23.02.2026 22:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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They ran empty trains through the whole storm and it clearly performed great!

23.02.2026 22:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

32.8โ€ in Providence, RI is a new record, busting the Blizzard of โ€˜78. Numerous 30โ€ totals now across Rhode Island. Just shy of 30โ€ on Long Island. Some 30โ€ in SE Mass now too. Carlstadt, NJ at 28โ€ highest total there. North Stonington, CT leads CT totals with 26.5โ€.

23.02.2026 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And this was before that last big band โ„๏ธโ„๏ธ #njwx

23.02.2026 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Snow map 2/23/2026 10am

Snow map 2/23/2026 10am

New snow map. Our meteorologists now says this could break the Blizzard of '78 record for Providence. www.wpri.com/weather/wint...

23.02.2026 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Blizzard update from Jersey City โ„๏ธ

23.02.2026 13:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0