Did NJ Transit retire these locomotives too soon? The feds think so and dunned NJT $27.5 million from it next grant for doing so. www.nj.com/news/2025/09...

This is a devastating blow for New Jersey. In a state torn between two major media markets (NYC and Philadelphia), NJPBS provides a vital service and coherent coverage on vital local affairs. The Legislature has a duty to step in and help save that coverage.

Four more NJ Transit Northeast Corridor Line cancelations, including three crew availability cancelations, have been announced since my initial post ≈ 45 mins ago. Not a great start to the week, NJ Transit.

Engineer availability issues once again plaguing NJ Transit on the day after a Meadowlands event. Riders need NJ Transit to offer greater transparency and a detailed plan to fix this.

"NJ Transit reported 634 cancellations due to mechanical issues over the three-month period, the highest number under any year since Murphy took office in 2018. This summer, they rose for the third consecutive year." -- newjerseymonitor.com/2025/09/17/m...

Mechanical, equipment failures drive NJ Transit’s summer train cancellations newjerseymonitor.com/2025/09/17/m...

The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.

@govmurphy.bsky.social, Mr. “I’ll fix NJ Transit if it kills me,” was unable to avoid a NJ Transit engineer strike in 2025, while transit-unfriendly @ChrisChristie was able to avoid one in 2016. Let that sink in, folks.

“All of these precautions have kept me safe. In contrast, almost all my colleagues have had COVID at least once—some multiple times. Some even have Long COVID.” Mitigations work! Repeat infections are not inevitable. Grateful to the HCWs still masking & protecting themselves and their patients

BREAKING: NJ Transit rescinds contract offer to locomotive engineers as strike deadline looms More details in the story www.northjersey.com/story/news/t...

Jersey (still) needs judges: "The rise in vacancies could be due both to a lack of nominations and the Senate not acting quickly on confirmations." From @colleenodea.bsky.social www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/04/nj-j...

NEWSDAY's The Point: "The report, by transit writer Nolan Hicks, provides a long-needed updated and comprehensive look at what electrifying the LIRR would cost and what the impact would be." -- www.newsday.com/opinion/the-...

"...damage, in some cases irreparable damage, has been done” as Trump Admin tries to claw back fed funding for local health care in NJ. Via @lilohstainton.bsky.social www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/04/how-...

Another MTA alum joins the Gateway Development Commission, Catherine Rinaldi started this week. More on that hire and what she’ll be doing. www.northjersey.com/story/news/t...

Workers in a small rural town in Arida, Japan, built a new 3D-printed train station overnight, in what the railway’s operators say is a world first. Here's how they did it in six hours. nyti.ms/4ju9Bvj

N.J.'s attorney general says the ruling "puts a halt to the Trump administration’s cruel attempt to claw back hundreds of millions of dollars in public health funding"

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Begging folks to stop referring to the pandemic in the past tense. It’s still “during COVID”. The pandemic isn’t over just because you want it to be. We have no sterilizing vaccine. No treatment or cure for Long Covid. People are still dying & becoming disabled every day because we refuse to adapt

Canadian airlines are eliminating tens of thousands of seats to the U.S. this April, while industry data shows that bookings have declined significantly.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor advocated for a “fearlessly independent” judiciary during remarks Friday, telling an audience in Washington that she is worried about “standards that are being changed.”

#FDA's Peter Marks is ousted. Scathing words for RFK Jr. on #Vaccines Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/h...

Breaking News: The top vaccine official at the FDA abruptly resigned, saying that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “misinformation and lies” were irresponsible.

Time is running out to fight the New York mask ban! Governor Hochul is trying to sneak it into the budget, and once again folks are claiming it’s “fine” because there’s a medical exemption. These bans criminalize masks. Including medical masks like N95s. Medical exemptions are NOT the answer:

UPDATE: DC appellate panel rules 2-1 to temp deny the Trump Admin's request to resume controversial deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. Legal experts in NJ worry the Admin's rush to deport immigrants could plunge the US into a constitutional crisis. www.njspotlightnews.org/video/critic...

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Outrageous. “Savings” at the expense of allowing people to suffer.

SINKHOLE UPDATE: Rt 287 in Parsippany-Troy Hills (caused by a broken pipe) will be reopened Monday "hopefully in time for the morning commute," says @govmurphy.bsky.social. As for Rt 80 sinkholes (caused by old mine shafts)--repairs could take months. See NJDOT updates: dot.nj.gov/transportati...

A NJ nurse who got Covid in the pandemic's first days has found a novel way to return to work...despite flareups of pain and fatigue. As researchers explore lingering Covid impacts in the brain, nerves, lungs and more--many folks still suffering long Covid symptoms struggle on the job and at home.

A Texas lawsuit including 17 red States is attempting to remove Section 504, a critical disability protection “It prohibits discrimination based on disability in programs & activities that receive federal funding” If successful this will be a major blow to disabled rights, accessibility & autonomy

Heads up. Sinkhole closes Rt 80 in BOTH DIRECTIONS From @northjerseynews.bsky.social www.northjersey.com/story/news/m...

I got to know the new NJTransit customer advocate a bit at the Trenton listening session, asked him how the job is going, and why he took it. More on Franck Beaumin ⬇️ www.northjersey.com/story/news/t...

#TokenTuesday: The #NYTMCollection contains dozens of tokens from cities outside of #NYC. They represent lost transit systems, mostly former streetcar lines. These tokens are from the Mid-Atlantic & Midwest regions. Next month: South & western US tokens. Read more about each token on our Instagram.

The federal government program that provides free at-home Covid-19 tests says it is “not currently accepting orders,” according to the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response website.

According to a joint statement released Monday morning, the deal includes wage increases, which have been the primary issue for union members since their contract expired in 2019.

The plain language of the law requires NJ Transit to hold public hearings "[blefore implementing any fare increase." NJ Transit's plan to do this is unlawful and should be challenged. Call your mayors, assembly members, state senators, the governor and demand public hearings.

Such a loss. @pollsterpatrick.bsky.social's Monmouth Poll earned a rare A+ from FiveThirtyEight (which ABC shut down a couple days ago.) newjerseyglobe.com/polling/monm... From @njglobe.bsky.social

Press release from @meactnet.bsky.social and @patientled.bsky.social calling for the Long COVID Advisory Committee to be reinstated.

"Water was on the third rail and on the catenary." More on why the Northeast Corridor was shut down last night, causing huge headaches for NJ Transit commuters. www.northjersey.com/story/news/t...

American Bar Association backs 'rule of law' after Elon Musk calls for judges to be impeached www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Some Democrats are inviting fired federal workers to President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday instead of boycotting the speech.

This is beyond stupid. Tax info has heightened confidentiality for a reason: so we don’t disincentivize ppl from paying taxes. Even if you hate immigrants-which these bozos do, which is evil-this is bad policy bc you’re ensuring undocumented ppl who currently *pay taxes* won’t do so in the future.

The agency advised riders to seek alternate transportation options, including PATH trains.

HHS has reversed an obscure requirement called the Richardson Waiver, which requires a period of notice and an opportunity for public comment on a wide range of decisions related to “agency management or personnel or to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.”

#OnThisDay in 1781, the Articles of Confederation, the first American constitution, becomes the law of the land—but it didn’t even last a decade. Find out why with #ConstitutionDaily: ow.ly/kXk050V8ul3

“We have about 1,000 buses and 250 rail cars that need to be replaced,” NJ Transit's CEO said.

Advocates feel caught in the political crossfire over a GOP budget plan that could blow a $5B hole in NJ health coverage for 2M folks who rely on Medicaid for medical treatments/insurance, nursing home care, therapy, vision, & dental coverage...and a lot more. www.njspotlightnews.org/video/nj-hea...

According to Dr. Meg Fisher, a pediatric infectious disease specialist in NJ, there’s a 93% chance a person will be protected from the virus for life if they’ve had one measles-mumps-rubella vaccine. If they get two doses, the rate is between 97%-99%.

In total, more than 200,000 federal workers have been fired since Elon Musk and DOGE, the unofficial government agency in charge of reducing government spending, began mass layoffs.

Avian flu now in NJ cats

Look who's here! Heritage engine 222 will make its inaugural run tomorrow at these times, subject to change: 🌟 7:51 AM Danbury to GCT, arriving 9:55 AM 🌟 3:48 PM GCT to Poughkeepsie, arriving 5:42 PM 🌟 5:53 PM Poughkeepsie to GCT, arriving 7:42 PM 🌟 8:27 PM GCT to Poughkeepsie, arriving 10:20 PM