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Meanwhile, the Chuckles Shutdown is on day 60.
1 posted on 04/16/2026 4:43:28 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

He got the attention of all the uber drivers....


2 posted on 04/16/2026 4:56:33 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: Libloather

Why is this any different than say NFL games which routinely happen at MetLife?


3 posted on 04/16/2026 4:56:36 AM PDT by xp38
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“NJ Transit plans to raise prices to a staggering $100 for fans traveling from New York Penn Station to MetLife Stadium”

I’m confused. Isn’t it the NJ government agency doing the gouging? Does Bruce Springsteen pay for the rides his fans take to the show? Progressive women live in bizarro world.


4 posted on 04/16/2026 5:01:45 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: Libloather

This makes NO sense.

From the article:
NJT would be stuck with a $48 million bill... as they are tasked with carting upwards of 40,000 fans

So, it will cost NJT $1000+ for each fan transported?

And that is 40,000 total over eight games. So, 5000 people per game, on trains. They can add cars on trains to carry more right?

I smell a grift going on.


5 posted on 04/16/2026 5:03:06 AM PDT by The Free Engineer
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To: Libloather
Just so you know, Mikie is a helicopter pilot, which makes her supremely qualified to screw over NJ citizens.


6 posted on 04/16/2026 5:08:53 AM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: Libloather
She surmised that the hullabaloo will bury NJT under “a $48 million bill” as they are tasked with carting upwards of 40,000 fans to and from the stadium.

They can't do mass transit on their mass transit system?

7 posted on 04/16/2026 5:09:28 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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To: Libloather

How about ‘demanding’ that they don’t inflate the prices 775%?


8 posted on 04/16/2026 5:09:39 AM PDT by Mr. K (no i think 10%consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: Libloather

FIFA should contract with larger state universities for the venues. Screw the blue cities.


10 posted on 04/16/2026 5:20:49 AM PDT by Mashood
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From the article: Sherrill...fumed that her “administration inherited an agreement where FIFA is providing zero dollars for transportation” to and from the World Cup.

How nice of the Caitlin McCormack at the NY Post to omit that the previous administration was a Democrat administration, that of Phail Murphy.

We expect Democrat governor Mikie Sherrill to omit that, but Caitlin McCormack and the NY Post had the opportunity to point that out.

You didn't "inherit" anything, Mikie Sherrill, YOUR team put it in place.

14 posted on 04/16/2026 5:27:21 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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I suspect the transit agency has a real problem where they can't force employees to work overtime to cover the trips and are looking for money for incentives. The money can't come from rider fares because those must go into the general operating fund, and since these transit agencies run at a loss, none of that money can be directly pegged to these events.

If they can get FIFA to cough up money, those fees can be directed toward overtime and bonus incentives for the employees working those trips.

17 posted on 04/16/2026 5:33:47 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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The state likely fought to have these games in NJ for the economic development and tourist dollars. Now they want to renege on their agreement to host.


22 posted on 04/16/2026 5:46:11 AM PDT by gunnut
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To: Libloather

Another one of their communist AWFLs wanting to awful things to America.


26 posted on 04/16/2026 6:15:10 AM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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The Sanctuary Barbie Smurf Twins, Spamburger and Minkie Sherrill are both in their heads. ROTFL!


27 posted on 04/16/2026 6:18:14 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Asshat the Piker needs to get his domestic terrorist ass out of my country. )
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To: Libloather

Why does anyone need to pay for the fans? Once the train reaches capacity which helps the transit systems, fans will uber, taxi, limo, bus, charter, to the stadium.

This whining is preparing the fans for a money grab.


28 posted on 04/16/2026 6:26:05 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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“The least FIFA can do is ensure New York residents can go to the stadium without being gouged at the turnstile. I am demanding FIFA step up and cover transportation costs for host cities and states.

LOL! Good luck with that Schmuckie. FIFA is as corrupt as the UN or the IOC... when they award the World Cup to a host nation (or nations in this case) they are going to make millions off that decision.

30 posted on 04/16/2026 7:32:41 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Ok In anyq war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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NJ Transit plans to raise prices to a staggering $100 for fans traveling from New York Penn Station to MetLife Stadium for the eight FIFA World Cup games hosted at the Garden State arena.

Why do they have to raise fares at all? How much different is this from a Giants or Jets game?!

31 posted on 04/16/2026 7:34:07 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Ok In anyq war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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To: Libloather

Well, instead of whining and crying and complaining and “fuming,” turn to creating a solution — a solution that doesn’t involve me, by the way. What a novel concept.


33 posted on 04/16/2026 7:40:44 AM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: Libloather

As of April 2026, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill has proposed a FY 2027 budget that includes over $1 billion in direct state operating support for NJ Transit, representing a 26% increase over the previous year to improve reliability and capital projects. The plan includes $782 million for capital projects and focuses on upgrading aging infrastructure, including new rail cars and buses.

Its a forever financially failed system with ridership and fares that cannot keep the system operating. Pouring billions more from the taxpayers into a failed system will only INSURE the taxpayers will have to keep doing so forever. A subsidized system has no market oriented incentives to correct it’s fiscal situation so that its operations and its fares are a financial match.

A really good NJ governor would pack the NJ transit board and demand its components be sold off to private investors. There are parts of NJ transit - certain lines - that could be profitable but that is not true for most of the system. Cut to only the most financially feasible lines, without needing to prop up the rest of the system, a private NJ transit could do as well as many airlines.


34 posted on 04/16/2026 7:50:45 AM PDT by Wuli ( )
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To: Libloather

Greedy leftist d-bags.


40 posted on 04/16/2026 1:24:50 PM PDT by vpintheak (The left is violence.)
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