Mass Transit Delays Are Wrecking the Return-to-Office Push

Commuters face hours of delays and sometimes the train doesn’t even make it to Manhattan.

Commuters wait for an Amtrak train in Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station in New York on Tuesday, June 18. 

Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg

Bosses are increasingly demanding that workers get back to the office. But mass transit isn’t cooperating.

After three major delays on Amtrak and New Jersey Transit into New York City this week, some people say that commuting by train has never been worse.