NJ TRANSIT Commuters Gearing Up For Potential Strike
NJ TRANSIT commuters are preparing for the worst if a strike happens next month.
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NJ TRANSIT commuters are preparing for the worst if a strike happens next month.
A small fire and power outage in one of the Hudson River tunnels shut down NJ TRANSIT service into and out of New York City late Friday.
The Long Island Rail Road says westbound service has been suspended between Jamaica and Penn Station Wednesday evening.
NJ TRANSIT has announced a system-wide ban of hoverboards on trains, light rail and Access Link vehicles, effective on Wednesday.
NJ TRANSIT rail workers are prepared to strike if the agency doesn't improve on an offer they say would increase health premiums by hundreds of dollars per month, union officials said.
NJ TRANSIT trains on the Northeast Corridor line were halted late Monday, after reports that someone may have been struck.
The last time NJ Transit workers went on strike was in 1983.
Bus riders have been forced to walk dangerously close to cars as snow sits uncleared at the bus stop.
Major highways are clear in New Jersey following the massive storm that clobbered the state, but many schools are closed Monday because snow remains a problem on local roads.
New Jersey is digging out and cleaning up after a massive blizzard dumped more than two feet of snow on parts of the state and caused flooding along the Jersey shore.
Some NJ TRANSIT and Metro-North Railroad customers were thrown off by delays and cancellations as service resumed Sunday, while the Long Island Rail Road remained out of service.
The investigation into the crash is ongoing.
The accident took place just before 2 p.m. at Wainwright Street and Lyons Avenue.
A driver was hospitalized Thursday night after an NJ TRANSIT train struck a vehicle in Paterson, New Jersey.
As a precaution, NJ TRANSIT banned alcoholic beverages on light rail and buses Saturday and said the policy will be strictly enforced.
A janitor at the NJ TRANSIT station in Secaucus put the motto "when you see something, say something" into action this week.
A power problem is creating significant delays on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
The federal government and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will partner in the project to help ease congestion – but commuters will have to help foot the bill.
NJ TRANSIT spokesman Jim Smith says the bus was headed from Newark to Lakewood when it was stopped at Route 9 south and Route 520 by Marlboro police around 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
Although new rail tunnels under the Hudson River are not specifically mentioned, the bill is favorable for the Gateway project, giving Amtrak the extra $10 billion over five years.
Police had closed the Journal Square PATH Station in Jersey City after a suspicious package was found on a train.
NJ TRANSIT is assessing a pilot program that limits waiting room seating at some of its stations and keeps the homeless moving.
More than half of the nation's mass transit commuters ride the rails on the Northeast Corridor.
A contractor has been sentenced to probation after admitted paying bribes to an NJ TRANSIT employee to obtain landscaping contracts has been sentenced to probation.
When the storm came ashore it triggered flooding, and in Breezy Point raging flames. Tunnels turned into rivers, and lives were lost in a rage of nature.
