US EditionLIRR Strike Alternate Travel Plan: Here Are the Options
MTA will run limited shuttle buses every 10 minutes during peak hours and offer prorated refunds to monthly ticket holders if LIRR service halts due to strike.
- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority revealed plans on Thursday to operate a reduced shuttle bus route during weekday rush hours if a Long Island Rail Road strike begins at 12:01 a.m. on September 18.
- This potential strike by five unions representing nearly half of LIRR’s 7,000 workers follows failed contract talks and a strike authorization vote ending Sept. 15, with no White House intervention requested.
- The MTA plans shuttle routes connecting Bellmore, Hicksville, and Ronkonkoma stations to Queens subway stops during rush hours and urges commuters to work from home if possible.
- Shanifah Rieara, the MTA’s chief customer officer, acknowledged that full service cannot be maintained during the strike but highlighted efforts to maintain some level of transit access for LIRR riders, especially essential workers, to prevent anyone from being left stranded.
- If a strike occurs, nearly 300,000 daily riders would be affected, prompting the MTA to offer prorated refunds pending board approval and maintain negotiations to avert service disruptions.
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MTA announces plans for possible Long Island Rail Road strike
An eastbound Long Island Rail Road train approaches the Hickville, N.Y., station. Hicksville will be one of three stations offering shuttle-bus connections to New York subways in the event of an LIRR strike. David Lassen NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has urged commuters to work from home or stay with friends and family in or near New York City in case of a strike by Long Island Rail Road workers, while announcing “limited …
As possible LIRR strike looms, MTA announces contingency plans for riders
The MTA announced contingency plans Thursday in the event that five of the major Long Island Rail Road unions decide to strike on Sept. 18 — and called out the unions for allegedly not negotiating in good faith. “The last offer we received from them was a year ago. I wouldn’t necessarily call that negotiating,” said LIRR president Rob Free...
The LIRR could shut down next week as contract negotiations break down, strike looms
MTA officials on Thursday told Long Island Rail Road riders they’d have to work from home, drive or take a sluggish shuttle bus if the railroad’s employees make good on a strike threat next week.
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