New Jersey Rail Workers Decide to Conclude Strike Following Troubled Weekend for Commuters
New Jersey Rail Strike Concludes With Tentative Agreement An interim agreement has been reached between NJ Transit and its locomotive engineers, ending New Jersey’s first statewide rail strike in over 40 years. Officials announced that full service will resume on Tuesday. The Locomotive Engineers and Train Brotherhood (Brett) called off the strike after a two-day […]
NJ Transit strike concludes after 3 days, right before commuters start their new work week
New Jersey Transit Strike Resolved New Jersey is set to see the end of its first transit strike in decades, as an agreement was reached on Sunday, just in time for the rush hour on Monday morning. The Brotherhood of Transportation and Locomotive Engineers announced that after two days of talks, the final details of […]
More than 300,000 commuters impacted as New Jersey Transit engineers begin strike
New Jersey Transit Strike Disrupts Commuters As transport engineers in New Jersey initiated their strike early Friday, over 300,000 commuters found themselves scrambling for alternatives to reach work. The strike involves the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers alongside members of the Train Brotherhood, following extensive negotiations that lasted about a month between New Jersey’s transit authority […]
NJ Transit strike disrupts travel for commuters, but they worry that next week may be even tougher
Ghost Train’s Final Call to Jersey The usually bustling transit hub felt pretty eerie on Fridays lately. NJ Transit engineers have gone on strike, impacting rail services across the state and leaving travelers at places like Penn Station in New York with a haunting atmosphere. This past Friday, during the early rush hour, the Manhattan […]
Transit Engineers Go on Strike After Contract Negotiations Fail, Impacting 350,000 Commuters
New Jersey Transit is experiencing its first significant strike in over 40 years after failing to finalize a contract with its engineers. This announcement follows weeks of warnings from the rail service—one of the largest commuter lines in the U.S.—about potential disruptions. Governor Phil Murphy indicated that up to 350,000 residents might be impacted, with […]
Transit engineers in New Jersey are on strike following unsuccessful contract talks, causing chaos for commuters.
NJ Transit has failed to reach a contract agreement with a locomotive engineer union, marking the first major transit strike in New Jersey since 1983. The rail system had been warning commuters for several days about potential disruptions to essential services. A strike could impact around 800,000 daily riders. The Brotherhood Union of Locomotive Engineers […]
Outdated Software Leaves Thousands of San Francisco Commuters Stuck
This week, it became clear that, despite significant investments from the Biden administration, much of America’s transportation infrastructure still relies on outdated technology. On Friday, tens of thousands of commuters in San Francisco found themselves stuck without a destination when the BART train system shut down just before dawn. According to a live report from […]
NYC subway station replaces benches with goofy leaning bars — and commuters are confused
These new lean bars can't stand scrutiny. The MTA replaced the bench with a new sloped bar at a bustling Manhattan subway station, which was widely panned by Strafanger as “unpleasant” and “somehow nasty.” The new metal slate was recently announced on the platform at West 4th Street Subway station, offering A, C and E […]
New Jersey commuters should be refunded for congestion pricing tolls, US Rep. Josh Gottheimer says
According to U.S. Rep. Josh Gottimer, the Metropolitan Transportation Agency should begin reimbursing commuter money spent on New York's congestion pricing scheme. A day after President Trump vowed to kill Congressional controversial initiatives, Gottheimer (D-NJ) said the MTA would continue to collect tolls until the MTA puts on hold as “outrageous” Continuing to collect it […]
NYC workers, commuters rejoice over Trump’s axing of congestion pricing toll: ‘I’m ecstatic’
They finally put the brakes on. Working class New Yorkers were pleased that the Trump administration had x crowd pricing on Wednesday. “I'm excited,” said Paul Berry, who owns a plumbing business in Brooklyn. “No one needs this. Everyone has the high inflation that they already deal with.” Berry said that driver fees for Manhattan, […]