If N.J. Transit Strikes, Prepare for Circle-of-Hell Bus Commute
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- Backup for rail uses playbook from last walkout 33 years ago
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The last time New Jersey railroad employees walked off the job, displaced Manhattan commuters turned to fill-in charter buses for more than a month.
Thirty-three years later, as members of Congress try to head off a New Jersey Transit strike authorized for March 13, the nation’s third-biggest mass-transit provider again is counting on motor coaches to cross the Hudson River.