NJ Transit announces week of free fares for riders

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A 16 YEAR OLD IN THE STOMACH. BOTH ARE IN STABLE CONDITION. THE SUSPECT HAS NOT BEEN CAUGHT. >> WELL, AFTER A SUMMER RIDDLED WITH DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS, NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY IS OFFERING SOMEWHAT OF AN OLIVE BRANCH TO NJ TRANSIT RIDERS. >> GOOD DAY, NEW YORK. THIS MORNING HE BROKE THAT NEWS FOR ONE WEEK. IN THE END OF THE MONTH, ALL FARES WILL BE COMPLETELY FREE, FREE OF CHARGE? YES, FREE. AND OUR ANTWAN LEWIS IS AT THE SECAUCUS JUNCTION STATION. ANTOINE, HOW ARE THE COMMUTERS REACTING TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY LIKES THE WORD FREE, BUT WE CAN LET YOU KNOW THAT HERE IN NEW JERSEY, PARTICULARLY AT THE SECAUCUS JUNCTION STATION, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF JERSEY ATTITUDE WITH SOME OF OUR EXCITEMENT. TAKE A LISTEN. CALLING IT A TRANSIT FARE HOLIDAY, NEW JERSEY TRANSIT RIDERS ARE GETTING A LATE SUMMER SURPRISE THE WEEK OF AUGUST 26TH. FREE RIDES ON ALL TRAINS, BUSSES AND LIGHT RAIL. NEWARK RESIDENT REGGIE SMITH HAS A THOUGHT ON THAT. >> THEY OWE ME. THEY OWE ME, I WAS LATE. THEY CANCELED THE TRAIN. >> TRANSIT OFFICIALS CALL IT A THANK YOU. AFTER A HELLISH SUMMER FOR COMMUTERS. OVERHEAD WIRE ISSUES, DISABLED TRAINS AND POWER OUTAGES LED TO REPEATED DELAYS AND SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS. INTERRUPTIONS CAUSED BY SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE WITH AMTRAK. GOVERNOR MURPHY SAID ON GOOD DAY THURSDAY. >> THE CATENARY WIRES, WHICH BECOME VERY FINICKY IN HIGH HEAT DAYS, WHICH WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THIS SUMMER. SO WE'RE WORKING. WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH AMTRAK, SO WHILE TWO THIRDS OF OUR DELAYS PLUS OR MINUS ARE DUE TO AMTRAK INFRASTRUCTURE, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. >> MURPHY SAYS AMTRAK HAS APPLIED FOR $300 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANTS TO FIX THE OVERHEAD WIRE PROBLEMS. BUT HE ALSO ADMITS THAT THE STATE MUST DO ITS PART. >> WE JUST RAISED A CORPORATE TRANSIT FEE THAT WILL RAISE ANNUALLY BETWEEN 800 MILLION AND $1 BILLION TO DO WHAT NJ TRANSIT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET NEW EQUIPMENT. ET CETERA. >> WHEN I HEARD THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GOVERNOR THIS MORNING THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE A GOOD IDE, I HEARD ABOUT THAT. >> TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. >> IT'S GREAT. THE FREE RIDES LAST FROM MONDAY, AUGUST 26TH THROUGH LABOR DAY, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND. >> AND JUST LIKE REGGIE OF NEWARK, MARIAH FROM SECAUCUS ALSO FEELS THAT SHE'S OWED A FREEBIE. >> THE CONDITIONS THIS SUMMER HAVE BEEN INSANE, SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO SHOW THAT AT LEAST THEY CARE. >> WE LOVE THAT JERSEY TOO. ANYWAY, AS YOU COME BACK TO US NOW, IF YOU'VE ALREADY BOUGHT A MONTHLY TICKET, YOU WON'T BE LEFT OUT. THOSE CUSTOMERS WILL AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE A 25% DISCOUNT WHEN THEY BUY THEIR TICKET NEXT MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. BUT AGAIN, THIS WAS THE REACTION HERE

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