we begin with a few key stories we're following even a week of free rides on New Jersey Transit isn't enough to ease commuters frustrations the rail agency was plagued with another night of massive delays on Tuesday mostly in and out of Penn Station according to a spokesperson for New Jersey Transit there were 116 delays total some lasted for hours most were smack in the middle of rush hour and on just day two of a week-long fair holiday launched by the agency as an apology to riders who've put up with major disruptions throughout the summer commuters shared their anger on social media telling New Jersey Transit they'd rather have reliable service than a week of free rides the rail agency tells NJ Spotlight news Amtrak was conducting track maintenance in the afternoon and ended up needing to make additional repairs which led to the delays Amtrak and aging infrastructure have largely been blamed for the rail issues but both agencies released a joint report last week highlighting efforts in recent months to improve the system [Music]