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NYC Congestion Toll Linked To Rising Subway Ridership
NYC Congestion Toll Linked To Rising Subway Ridership
A report from the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee suggests that congestion pricing in New York City is increasing subway use, according to Bloomberg.
The policy charges most drivers a $9 toll to enter parts of Manhattan, encouraging some commuters and leisure travelers to shift from driving to public transit.
Data from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority shows subway ridership reached 1.28 billion rides in 2025, a 7.7% increase from the previous year and more than double the 3.7% growth recorded in 2024. Even with the...
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Feb 22, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Could The War In Ukraine Go Nuclear?
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Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker,
Too many influential voices are contemplating how to ‘win’ a nuclear war...
With all eyes on the U.S. military buildup around Iran right now, the Russia-Ukraine War has been temporarily upstaged. It will not play second fiddle for long. The recent trilateral talks in Geneva involving the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and the United States have been unable to resolve a principal issue of disagreement: Ukraine’s martial-law-president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s refusal to cede any land and Russia’s insistence that the Donbas region — specifically the four eastern territories that have...
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Feb 19, 2026 / Dave DeCamp
Israeli Settlers Kill 19-Year-Old Palestinian American in the West Bank
Jewish settlers in the West Bank killed a 19-year-old Palestinian American on Thursday as settler violence continues to surge in the Israeli-occupied territory. According to Haaretz, Nasrallah Abu Siam was shot during a settler attack on the village of Mukhmas in the central West Bank, and he later succumbed to his wounds. Two other Palestinians […]
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Feb 27, 2026 / Joshua Mawhorter
Massachusetts 1690: The First Western Fiat Experiment
When the Massachusetts colony issued its own unredeemable paper money in 1690, it was with the promise that it would soon be redeemable in specie. Like all paper money issued by government, it lost value and the confidence of the people.
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