Sharing Our Special Spooky Transportation Report đŚ Hitchcock had The Birds. Edgar Allan Poe had a raven. Dracula had a taste for blood. This October, transportation news supplied its own unsettling variations. Live birds concealed in passengersâ clothing. Blood-feeding bed bugs aboard a long-haul flight. A cruise booked for the Bahamas that headed toward Canada
Two States, Two Seasons, One Strange October October produced two BOMA Transportation Reports, (Read New York and New Jersey here.) and somehow both themes became more accurate as the month went along. Also readers, the report gets better as it goes on. USE "CAITON" AHEAD (NJ's typo, not ours) and read through to the last
At Bell Environmental, performance has always been built on substance I recently borrowed Lady Gaga for an unusual lesson about transportation. In âTransportation Has Entered Its Gaga Eraâ, I looked at something that has become increasingly noticeable after four years of writing the BOMA Transportation Report. Transportation agencies have discovered personality. New Jersey's clever highway
Bird flu has faded somewhat from the headlines, but it has not disappeared. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called H5N1 or bird flu, continues to circulate among wild birds in the United States and around the world. For property managers, that deserves attentionâbut not panic. The CDC continues to describe the risk to the general
Pest control is one of those professions where you never really stop learning. Thatâs why this past Saturday, we were grateful that our technicians came together for a full day of pest control training and recertification. It was a chance to refresh the fundamentals, dig into the challenges our teams see in the field, share
If someone close to your household has bed bugs, helping them solve the problem may be one of the best ways to protect your own home. When it comes to bed bugs, none of us really lives on an island. You can have a spotless apartment, a great building manager and a terrific pest-control program.
The costume only works if you can sing. For four years, the BOMA Transportation Report (September 2026 BOMA Transportation Report versions are here: New Jersey Edition - BOMA Transportation - September 2026 and New York Edition - BOMA Transportation - September 2026 )Â has mostly been about the substance: trains, tunnels, bridges, buses, congestion, construction, airports,
One of the biggest misconceptions about bed bugs is that theyâre a sign of a dirty home. Theyâre not. Bed bugs donât care if your house is spotless. They donât care if you stayed at a five-star hotel. They donât care if your kidâs dorm room is brand new. They donât care how often you
And hopefully no bed bugs running through your bed. The Police sang about Too Much Information long before anyone could fall down an internet rabbit hole at 2 a.m. But if youâve ever searched âDo I have bed bugs?â online, you know the feeling. Suddenly thereâs too much information running through your head â and
New York City appears to be making real progress in its long-running battle with rats. That's good news. Bloomberg recently reported that rat sightings reported through NYC's 311 system fell approximately 22% during the first seven months of 2026 compared with the same period last year. The decline coincides with New York City's continuing effort
