All New Jersey Transit rail service suspended until further notice due to an engineer strike.
The morning commute May 16 marks the first without train service after NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen could not reach a deal.
"This rests at the feet of NJ Transit," said General Chairman Tom Haas, who represents the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
NJ Transit bus service will remain in operation throughout the state, and the agency has plans to enhance bus capacity during the strike.
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NJ officials react to NJ Transit strike
Gov. Phil Murphy said during a press conference Thursday night he was “not surprised” by the decision to strike but was ready to resume talks.
“This strike will upend the lives of hundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans," Murphy said. "My message to our locomotive engineers is this: the path to a new contract will be paved at the negotiating table, not the picket line.”
HT Remarks: To give readers a perspective on how big a deal this actually is, New Jersey Transit Trains move three-hundred-fifty-THOUSAND (350,000) people every DAY.
There aren't enough Buses in existence to make-up for what the trains are no longer moving. Traffic is going to be an utter nightmare until this is resolved, because all those people now need to drive to get to and from work.
