NJ Transit Riders See Simple Commutes Turn Into Crowded Slogs

Danny Wild is a senior coordinator for digital operations at Major League Baseball’s office in Manhattan and he’s experiencing what can best be described as commuter misery.

While some colleagues enjoy spring training in sun-dappled Florida and Arizona, he’s one of thousands of New Jersey commuters coping with extensive delays as Amtrak and New Jersey Transit reduce service so workers can transfer wires and electrical systems to a new bridge over the Hackensack River.

Wild’s troubles this week began in Secaucus, a critical NJ Transit hub where, because of the bridge work, there are fewer trains heading into New York ...