NJ Transit engineers are preparing to walk off the job on Friday, which could affect 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City.

With a little more than 24 hours before the deadline set for a potential rail strike, both the leader of the union representing hundreds of engineers and NJ Transit’s CEO expressed optimism Wednesday evening about reaching a deal.

The New Jersey Transit board on Wednesday night pushed the Garden State to the brink of its first major rail strike since 1983, adjourning their monthly meeting without cutting a deal with the agency’s locomotive engineer union.

NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri, ECPIP director Ashley Koning and Sen. Cory Booker join the show after a busy week in New Jersey politics.

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.

NJDOT’s FY 2026 Capital Program provides $1.725 billion for state and local bridges, which is an increase of more than $300 million from the previous year. NJDOT prioritizes bridge projects using many factors,