Long Island Rail Road strike leaves thousands scrambling for alternatives
Commuters are navigating a maze of car, bus and subway routes after a strike shut down the Long Island Rail Road in New York.
Negotiations failed to reach a deal in time for service to resume, leaving 250,000 commuters to scramble for alternatives Monday morning.
The strike on North America’s largest commuter rail system began Saturday.
Negotiations to end the action ran past 1 a.m. Monday before participants called it a night for about six hours.
The five unions representing about half the railroad’s workforce and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the railroad, have resumed negotiations.
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