NJ Transit on brink of strike
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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.
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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.
With a possible NJ Transit strike looming later this week, engineers protested in front of the agency's headquarters on Wednesday in Newark.
After dueling press conferences filled with fiery rhetoric on Friday, NJ Transit and a locomotive engineers union met in Washington Monday for talks to avoid a rail strike.
NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri, ECPIP director Ashley Koning and Sen. Cory Booker join the show after a busy week in New Jersey politics.