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Christie: No fare hikes from NJ Transit contract deal

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey commuters won't have a New Jersey Transit strike as an excuse to miss work Monday. And Gov. Chris Christie says they won't have to worry about fare hikes for quite awhile to cover the costs of the tentative deal reached Friday with rail workers. The deal ends a dispute that has been percolating for nearly five years and that threatened to upend commutes into New York for more than 100,000 riders. Rail workers had threatened to walk off the job Sunday morning. Christie says the deal won't lead to the need for a fare hike or service cuts, at least through June 2017.