New Jersey Transit urged riders to reach their destinations before the end of the day Thursday or risk being stranded as talks continued in a bid to avert a rail strike by train engineers that would affect some 350,

From New Jersey mayors and members of Congress to commuters, it seems everyone was voicing their opinions on social media about the strike.

Maplewood, which ordinarily runs jitney buses to and from the township’s NJ Transit rail station, announced that in the event of a strike buses will be re-rerouted to the South Orange station, which is offering Manhattan express bus service.