recent Jersey Transit and its unions are caught in negotiations,as workers wield an impending strike starting on March 13. whether the strike takes situation the recent Jersey Transit commuter rail will shut down.approximately 105000 people commute into recent York via trains, either on NJ Transit or incombination with PATH. Some NJ officials say the agency won't be able to get all the commuters to work in recent York whether the rail workers carry out indeed strike next weekend, or only accommodating approximately 38% with alternate routes of transportation. "They have five park and ride stations throughout the state," explains WNYC transportation reporter Kate Hinds. "They're going to beef up bus service. Buses will take people to the PATH train and to ferry terminals, but it's not going to be pretty. They have been very naked in saying the forecast calls for pain."And the public is not ecstatic. "It seems like a number of commuters are ready to ask for Christie's head, and " says Hinds approximately recent Jersey Governor Chris Christie. "whether i had dollar for every time someone asked me approximately Christie traveling for his campaign while the recent Jersey Transit strike was looming,I could pay for the worker raises myself."Ultimately it's recent Jersey Transit who is doing the negotiations with its workers, but the Governor has to sign off on the deal."It's his agency. He owns it, or " Hinds says.
Source: wnyc.org