Hundreds of thousands of New Jersey commuters awoke Friday to learn that, at 12:01 a.m., NJ Transit engineers went on strike after five years without a new contract and a last-minute breakdown in negotiations Thursday.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority will resume the transformation project at Five Points Station with the detour of downtown bus routes this Saturday, May 17.
NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen met with the National Mediation Board in Washington, D.C., on Monday, but it didn’t help avert the possibility of a strike.
Locomotive engineers at NJ Transit and the agency’s management remain at odds as stalled contract negotiations at an impasse over wages threaten to boil over into a disruptive strike in less than a week.
Following an extensive public engagement period, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority is hosting a series of public hearings May 12-17 to finalize the NextGen Bus Network, a strategic redesign of over 100 bus routes.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority will resume the transformation project at Five Points Station by detouring downtown bus routes on May 17 and closing customer services such as the RideStore, Lost & Found, and Reduced Fare office on June 6.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has reopened the bus loop at Indian Creek Station after a successful six-week station improvement project.