NJ Transit will be free for one week after summer of service woes

>> AND NOW THE DETAILS. NEW JERSEY TRANSIT IS SHOWING ITS APPRECIATION FOR ITS CUSTOMERS BY LETTING THEM RIDE FOR FREE FOR ONE WEEK. GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY JUST ANNOUNCED THE DETAILS A SHORT TIME AGO. THESE FREE RIDES START IN JUST A FEW WEEKS. TONY YATES FROM OUR SISTER STATION WABC IS LIVE IN NEWARK WITH MORE ON THIS BIG THANK YOU FROM NJ TRANSIT. HI TONY. >> HI, SARAH. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE AUGUST 26TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2ND. IT'S ACTUALLY AN EXTENDED FREE WEEK OF RIDING ACROSS THE NEW JERSEY TRANSIT SYSTEM. SORT OF A THANK YOU FOR USING MASS TRANSIT. WE ARE SO SORRY FOR ALL OF THE PROBLEMS AND INCONVENIENCES YOU EXPERIENCED. THIS SUMMER. ON THE LINES FREE OF CHARGE, A FAIR HOLIDAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY ONE PENNY FROM THE EARLIEST TRAIN OR BUS. >> ON MONDAY, AUGUST 26TH TILL THE LAST TRAIN OR BUS DEEP INTO THE EVENING ON LABOR DAY, SEPTEMBER SECOND. >> DADDY? YEAH. YOU JOKING? FOR REAL? WELL, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL, BUT SOMETIMES THEY GIVE US SOMETHING FOR FREE. >> IT HAS BEEN A HECTIC SUMMER ON NEW JERSEY TRANSIT TRAINS. DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS COSTING RIDERS TIME AND MONEY. >> IT'S BEEN ROUGH. IT REALLY HAS. LIKE THE WHOLE COMMUTING THE ALL THE WAY FROM, LIKE IN THE STATIONS AND THINGS, YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH. >> AMTRAK OWNS THE SYSTEM THAT NEW JERSEY TRANSIT TRAINS USE, ESPECIALLY THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR LINE. IT'S AN OUTDATED SYSTEM THAT OFTEN FAILS UNDER SUMMER HEAT AND WINTER STORMS. AMTRAK RECEIVED $66 BILLION FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL TO UPGRADE THE SYSTEM, SO THAT THE TROUBLES THAT PLAGUED COMMUTERS NOW WILL BE A THING OF THE PAST. AT SOME POINT. A FREE WEEK OF RIDES, TRAINS AND BUSSES ALL NEW JERSEY TRANSIT, A WELCOME GIFT. >> THAT'S VERY GOOD THOUGH. IT SAVED A LOT OF MONEY. I WAS GOING TO CONTINUE FREE, ISN'T IT? >> I THINK THAT'S AMAZING. >> I THINK THAT'S AMAZING. I THINK THAT'S IF THEY DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. LIKE, I MEAN, REALLY, THAT'S LIKE OUTSTANDING. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. THEY ARE DOING IT. AUGUST 26TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2ND. AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE AUGUST MONTHLY PASSES, NO WORRIES. THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A 25% DISCOUNT ON YOUR SEPTEMBER MONTHLY PASS. FOR NOW, WE'RE LIVE HERE IN NEWARK. TONY GATES, CHANNEL SIX, ACTION NEWS, BACK TO YOU. >> JOHN, THANK YOU