New Jersey Transit is on the brink of a “huge crisis” as a train engineers strike threatens to upend commutes as early as May 16, according to US Representative Mikie Sherrill.

A contingency plan for a potential strike involves bringing in additional buses to move passengers into New York City, the destination for the majority of NJ Transit riders

NJ Transit unveiled its plans on Wednesday to move displaced train commuters if locomotive engineers go on strike in two weeks, but it will only help a fraction of daily rail commuters. NJ Transit officials cautioned that only 20% or 20,