If you live in New York City, you're probably used to the 7 p.m. wave of sound emanating from rooftops, windows, and streets, as New Yorkers come together at a distance toBut Thursday at 3 p.m., you might have heard a different burst of noise: honking.
Amtrak, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, NJ TRANSIT, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and other bus and ferry operators around the region orchestrated a tribute to essential workers, particularly transit workers, who ensure first responders, healthcare workers, grocery store employees, and other essential workers have the means to travel.
These transit agencies honored each other and workers around the nation by giving two, one-second horn blasts Thursday at 3 p.m. as a part of #SoundTheHorn Campaign."Our region's frontline transit employees deserve all the thanks and recognition we can give them right now," NJ TRANSIT President & CEO Kevin Corbett said when announcing the plan.