A strike, which could begin as early as midnight on May 16, would mark New Jersey’s first major rail labor stoppage in four decades, potentially impacting hundreds of thousands of daily commuters.

Some 350,000 commuters who work in New Jersey and New York City could soon be scrambling for other ways to reach their destinations if New Jersey Transit engineers walk off the job early Friday.

Dedicated, long-term funding is essential to stabilize and modernize our mass transit system.