New Jersey Transit train engineers to go on strike, leaving some 350,000 commuters in the lurch

New Jersey Transit train engineers will go on strike early Friday, leaving an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to reach their destinations or consider staying home.

The walkout comes after the latest round of negotiations on Thursday didn’t produce an agreement. It will be the state’s first transit strike in more than 40 years and comes a month after union members overwhelmingly rejected a labor agreement with management.

“We presented them the last proposal...