NJ Transit on brink of strike
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US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has ordered a reduction of traffic at the airport for the “next several weeks,” insisting that it’s safe to fly out of New Jersey’s busiest airport, despite it using an “old” system, which he previously described as being run on “copper wire and floppy disks.”
Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday night that he's "hoping for the best but preparing for the worst" regarding a possible NJ Transit rail strike.
Nearly 9 in 10 New Jersey voters say NJ Transit has either stayed the same or gotten worse since the so-called “summer of hell” in 2024, according to a new poll conducted by PIX11, Emerson College and The Hill.
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If the engineers do walk off the job, the agency plans to increase bus service, saying it would add “very limited” capacity to existing New York commuter bus routes in close proximity to rail stations and will contract with private carriers to operate bus service from key regional park-and-ride locations during weekday peak periods.
NJ Transit is spending $2.7 billion to retire all its old trains, which will increase reliability for riders by 2031.
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