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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦

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Addicted to e-bikes. Research Director at the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia. Hot takes are my own. My relationship status with NJ TRANSIT is "complicated".

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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here is yet another reason the outcry to ban e-bikes is so wrong-headed. My 250 Watt Class 1 Cannondale vs. our 2 motor vehicles.
AI-assisted one-pager graphic of a real-world comparison of a 2009 Subaru Forester XT (premium gas required), 2025 Kia Niro EV and a Class 1 e-bike, the Cannondale Treadwell Neo with a 250W (1/4 kWh) motor and battery.
300 Mile Results 
Subaru Forester $78.95 at 5.00 a gallon
Kia Niro $8.00 at 12 cents a kWh (PSE&G Time of Use)
Cannondale Treadwell Neo 68 cents at 27 cents a kWh
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KD Drummond @kddrummondnfl.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
Fans booing THE SHIT out of the anthem at Cowboys-Ravens in Rio
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Why is @njtransit.bsky.social not telling #RiverLINE customers that afternoon service cuts are coming in this press release? Service will be every 30 minutes after 9AM. @customeradvocate.bsky.social www.njtransit.com/service-advi...
New afternoon service will only be 30 minutes instead of 15 minutes after September 21st on New Jersey Transit River Line.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ban e-bikes!
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Morning bike count on the Ben Franklin Bridge. #bikephl @bcgp.bsky.social
Bike Count sheet, Ben Franklin Bridge,  Camden, NJ.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Love the HBO series #Task. I hate the fact that they have a #PHL bike lane permit on Market St. and did not set up the required bicycle detour.
1700 Block of Market St on August 26th. The set crew from the HBO series "Task" storing equipment in the bike lane. The City requires a bike detour with this permit.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"If you commute on an e-bike 20km a day, five days a week, your charging cost would be about $20 – annually."
theconversation.com
The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
@customeradvocate.bsky.social RiverLINE shuttle buses are a mess. No directional sign, no real time, driver doesn't announce. Trenton customers just tried to board a southbound at Beverly, they weren't happy.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
WHICH BIKE LANE DO WE BLAME FOR THIS TRAFFIC? Banner from December 2024 in Toronto over the Gardiner Expressway. 📸 @martinreis.bsky.social
B/W BANNER HANGING ON A HIGHWAY OVERPASS: WHICH BIKE LANE DO WE BLAME FOR THIS TRAFFICexpressway traffic with image of banner hanging on overpass
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Nice day eh! Wind Chill of 18 degrees and soaking wet I assume. #MaunaKea #LALA
Weather Observation at an CFHT observatory on Mauna Kea, HI. Temp 36.8, Presure 607 mb, Winds ENE 84 mph.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Shout out to this kid who seems to be flush with cash (or sponsors) to buy and modify all these #emotos www.facebook.com/share/r/1GtT...
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It looks like Senator Scutari seems OK with the monster he's created. #ebikeNJ Gift Link www.nj.com/news/2026/08...
NJ.Com NJ bike shops report up to 90% drop in e-bike sales new law: "They are breaking us"Facebook Post from NJ 22nd Legislative District elected officials. Senate President Nick Scutari and assembly members James Kennedy and Linda Carter on the current e-bike law. Scutari the 2nd most powerful elected in the state, was the primary sponsor of the bill.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
At least we're finally addressing the e-bike menace.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Here is a handy e-ride checker that shows whether or not you need to register your vehicle in NJ. #stupidlaw www.jesseserides.com/pages/ridech...
jesseserides.com
What Class is Your e-Ride? | Jesse's e-Rides
Find out which New Jersey e-bike class your ride belongs to. Use our simple interactive checker to know whether your e-Ride is Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, or something else.
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Ernest Penfold @penfoldsfiv.eurosky.social · 01/07/2026
lol looks like the voters heard her loud and clear because DeGette lost her primary
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Here is an e-bike Liability Insurance quote from #velosurance. The bike is a 2013 Breezer that was retrofitted with a Hilltopper e-bike conversion kit in 2020. The $545 is the original cost of the kit. TBF this is max coverage. @govsherrill.bsky.social

Total premium
$31.99/month or $414.00/year

2013 Breezer Uptown Ex (with 2020 e-bike conversion kit).
Value - $545

Coverage
Limit

Bicycle Physical Damage 
None Liabillty only
Deductible
None Liability only

Bike usage
Commuter
Worldwide Theft/Damage/Loss
NQ
$500,000
LiabiltyLimit (0ptional -nal premium

Medical Pavments (Optional)
$10,000/person

$25,000
Vehicle Contact Protection (Optional)
$500.00/occurence $1,000.00/term

Competitive Event Fee Reimbursement (Free)
$250.00/occurence

Rental Reimbursement (Free) 
Spare Parts (Free) 

$500.00/occurrence $1,000.00/term
Cycle Apparel (Free)  riding gear helmet etc.
$500.00/occurrence $1,000.00/term
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Here's my answer to PA residents who aee worried about being stopped in NJ for riding an e-bike.
Expired PA License plate attached to a Class 1 e-bike. 
NJ e-bike law enforcement begins July 19th and the law as it stands now has contradictory language as to whether out of state residents can legally ride an e-bike in the state.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
"From police to politicians, a corrupt Establishment thinks citizens fighting data centers must be terror threats or foreign agents." Another banger from Will Bunch. www.inquirer.com/opinion/data...
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You hate data centers. They think you could be a terrorist or Chinese dupe. | Will Bunch
From police to politicians, a corrupt Establishment thinks citizens fighting data centers must be terror threats or foreign agents.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
People are uniting behind reigning in data centers. I expect progressives to run with it and centrists to author some milquetoast statements.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
#DelanyHall has easy bus access (Route 25) from Newark Penn Station. NJ Transit accepts Tap and Pay on its buses. A Veo scooter ride is faster than the bus but you will be on streets with heavy truck traffic.
Route 25 Bus service from Penn Station, Newark to Delany Hall on Doremus Ave. A 20 minute bus ride or a 15 minute Veo scooter ride. Source the Transit App.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Nothing like a little institutional bias at Rutgers-Camden. A $75K Solar EV Charging station next to a $1200 broken Fix-It Station. Rutgers has insisted that the installer, DC based @railstotrails.org is on the hook to maintain that bike rack. #thecircuittrails #EVswillnotsaveus
Beam EV ARC 2020 off-grid solar EV charger at Rutgers Camden on Pearl St near the foot of the Ben Franklin Bridge Walkway.Dero Fixit Station Station on Pearl St next to the Ben Franklin Bridge walkway.Broken air pump at Dero Fixit Station in Camden NJ.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I've voted for Andy Kim in every election since he beat Trump syncophant Tom McArthur in 2018. Truly the best. thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com
Senate Democrat pepper sprayed at protest outside ICE detention facility in New Jersey
Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) on Monday was pepper-sprayed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers while demonstrators gathered outside an immigration detention facility in Newark, N.J. Vide…
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Road Safety Experts Confident Asking Kids To Be Perfect So Adult Drivers Can Be Dangerous Is The Right Approach
kid walking bike across a crosswalk

Road Safety Experts Confident Asking Kids To Be Perfect So Adult Drivers Can Be Dangerous Is The Right Approach
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Ben S @bensh3.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Even more than that: this replaced four car travel lanes and pushed all of it to between the tracks. Philly's largest-ever road diet
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
New sidepaths on Island Ave, replacing narrow sidewalks and marginal crosswalks. 1-3 Buist to Suffolk 4 Glenmore St. to the Cobbs Creek bikeway. There's a 3 block gap between the 2 pathways. There's a bike signal at Island/Lindbergh and long driveways at the shopping plazas. #BikePHL
Island Ave at Tanager St trolley stop.Service road replaced with Greenspan and a long driveway at the Penrose shopping center.Bike signal at Island and Lindbergh.New Cobbs Creek Trail section. Sidewalk converted to a sidepath between Glemore and the existing path at Island and Woodland.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The new eastbounf bike lane on Vine St between Broad and 8th looks promising. #BikePHL
New bike lane on Vine St looking west towards Broad StNew bike lane on Vine St at 13th looking  east.Raised separated bike on Vine St at 8th.New bike lane on Vine St. End of raised bike lane conncting to the 8th St bike lane 1 block to 8th and Race.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
It seems like the data center backlash is something Democrats should be all over.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The next season of Landman is going to be so good.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
My take is why are there so many cars in a City-State with an immaculate transit system?
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
USDOT launches their "One More Lane Bruh" campaign. ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freedom-to-d...
ops.fhwa.dot.gov
FHWA Operations - Freedom to Drive Initiative
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Thank You Congressmen Van Drew and Smith for "saving the whales". /s
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Families for Safe Streets @familiesforsafestreets.org · 14/04/2026
Read the full press release here: www.familiesforsafestreets.org/news/marylan...
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Maryland Legislature Passes Landmark “Stop Super Speeders” Bill; Waiting Gov. Wes Moore’s Signature — Families for Safe Streets - USA
Annapolis, MD — April 13, 2026 — Families for Safe Streets (FSS) applauds the Maryland legislature for passing the Stop Super Speeders legislation (HB 107/ SB 366), a critical step toward reducing tra...
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Just in case you're wondering how effective e-bike laws will be, these obnoxious riders on 2-stroke dirt bikes made it a point to kick up dust and ruin every trail users peace on the D&L Trail in Bucks County, PA.
Dirt bikes riders on a warm Sunday afternoon in the D&L trail in Delaware Canal State Park April 12,2026.
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nerdymark @nerdymark.com · 08/04/2026
☄️ NASA Skyfall Alert: Fireball over New Jersey (04/07/2026). Speed: 13.5 km/s (30,199 mph). Altitude: 76.8–43.9 km (48–27 mi). #meteor #fireball #NASA
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Fireball over New Jersey
NASA Skyfall event 20260407-183400 — 04/07/2026 18:34 UTC
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Mt. Laurel PD can't wait for July to cite people riding $500 Concord e-bikes for not obtaining $300-$500 annual liability insurance. #VisionZero4NJ
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Congrats to uptownvans.com a ticketing service for providers from Upper Manhattan to Eastern PA for putting schedule data on the @transit.app
Uptown Vans - Service fron Washington Heights to Scranton and Wilkes-Barre.Uptown Vans service from Washington Heights to Hazleton with multiple round trips.Uptown Vans service from Washington Heights to Reading with multiple round trips.Uptown Vans service paartners woth Van services in Washington Heights to Pennsylania.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
A ghost bike memorial dedication in DelCo for Teddy Einstein included pop-up traffic calming and plans for quick build . bicyclecoalition.org/teddy-einste...
Preliminary plans for improvements at Penn Pines and Providence Rd in Upper Darby Twp.Upper Darby Township and Philly Bike action placed a pop up at the intersection intersection. PennDOT is working on plans for quick build improvements.
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 22/03/2026
Currently on France TV, the new mayor of Paris Grégoire celebrating his victory by biking around on a bike share. He’s now taking an interview while riding.
New Paris mayor biking around in celebration
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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
It’s a nice spring day, but hardly peak cherry blossom crowds down by the National Mall and Tidal Basin. But the 15th Street protected lane that the Trump administration will start tearing out next week was still busy with people on bikes and scooters; locals and tourists alike.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This is one of my favorite PBL's anywhere. It was/is concrete protected between the White House and the Tidal Basin and being taken out for spite.
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Carol Etta Kelso @carolettakelso.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Prayerful, thoughtful consideration requested😔🙏👩‍💻🙏😔 🗞"After the project was installed, all roadway crashes along the corridor decreased by 46 percent, and bicycle injury crashes decreased by 91 percent, according to the study. ... wapo.st/4uOy2Kn
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Bike lanes that greatly reduced crashes on National Mall set for removal
After the 15th Street bike lanes were constructed, bicycle injury crashes decreased by 91 percent, according to the District Department of Transportation.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Finally a gift article. 🙏
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The Trump administration has been attacking funding and policy for solar, wind, congestion pricing, connecting communities, Vision Zero, climate resilience, bike lanes shared use paths, transit and EV infrastructure. All those things that mitigate the need for oil.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Let's see, $4 - 0.18 = ??????
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
That's a 45° temperature range.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Now would be a great time for the NJ Legislature to reconsider the new e-bike laws. If electric rates doubled tomorrow the cost of charging my Class 1 250W Cannondale from zero will rise from 7 cents to 14 cents. bicyclecoalition.org/governor-mur...
bicyclecoalition.org
Governor Murphy Signs E-bike Bill and Some Questions Answered - Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
Governor Murphy has signed S4834/A6235 into law, requiring riders to have registration, a license and insurance to ride ANY e-bike in NJ. The passage of the bill has led to significant confusion regar...
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Did I offend a car?
Meta disabling and deleting my Instagram and Threads Accounts.
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
#VerdeEnergy charging me at 5x the rate of #PSE&G for natural gas. #UtilityChoice @mikiesherrill.bsky.social
Verde Energy portion of a February PSE&G electric bill in NJ. 

The top item circled is Per kWh rate $.29 from Verde vs. $.19. for PSEG
Bottom item is gas supply $1.99 vs. $0.36
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The Sherrill Administration's first transportation policy decision is a winner
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John Boyle 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱🇵🇦 @fjohnboyle.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Foamer alert! I couldn't find a freely available 3D Model of a #SEPTA bus so I borrowed the #3DStreet New Flyer Model and added some decals. Bus - tinyurl.com/SEPTA-Bus-3DSt Bike Rack - tinyurl.com/Sportworksbi... View - tinyurl.com/SEPTA-New-Fl...
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