Hotel bookings jumped 10%, highways became parking lots, and subway cars overflowed when New Jersey experienced its first statewide rail strike.

The first NJ Transit rail strike in more than 40 years is now underway, with engineers walking off the job just after the stroke of midnight as they argue for higher wages. Follow live updates below.

NJ Transit workers are on strike, following a yearslong battle over wages.Mark Wallace, national president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, confirmed that the union and NJ Transit didn’t reach an agreement on a new labor contract Thursday night,