After dueling press conferences filled with fiery rhetoric on Friday, NJ Transit and a locomotive engineers union met in Washington Monday for talks to avoid a rail strike.

NJ Transit and BLET face a May 15 deadline to reach a contract deal. A strike could start May 16, disrupting service.

Representatives for NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers are scheduled to meet Monday in Washington, D.C., called there by federal arbitrators to hash out their differences as New Jersey sits on the brink of its first major rail strike in four decades.

NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri, ECPIP director Ashley Koning and Sen. Cory Booker join the show after a busy week in New Jersey politics.

NJDOT’s FY 2026 Capital Program provides $1.725 billion for state and local bridges, which is an increase of more than $300 million from the previous year. NJDOT prioritizes bridge projects using many factors,