Extra, Extra - The Last Hours of the Transit Strike

- Transportation Alternatives will be handing out "commuter packs" (a water bottle, NYC bike map, their Guide to Taking Back the Streets, TA membership info, and information on winning a new Fuji bicycle) at the foot of the Manhattan Bridge this evening. And have you checked out their Bike the Strike action?
- Check out the letters from the NYC Transit and Bus agencies of the MTA - and from the PERB board about service gong back
- Another incident of violent cab rides
- Madison Avenue advertising agencies "grappled" with the strike - boo effing hoo
- More details on how service will be restored from Newsday and the Village Voice
- Skype sent out carolers to brighten up transit-strike afflicted commuters with a transit-strike themed Christmas carol - see the video
- And Mayor Bloomberg, while happy the strike is over, says the economic impact of the strike was bad - plus the New York Blood Center is in a state of emergency and needs donations

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on December 22, 2005 5:59 PM

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archangel

I guess being the infidel that I am - there's little difference.

I love Mondays

archangel: god doesn\'t play dice

I love Mondays

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archangel

jefd:jen doesn't ever use spellcheck, and has brain farts at random intervals where grammar is concerned. She and the entire gothamist crew are to be commended for a very diverse slew of content during this debacle; so lets give her/them a pass.

m:NO. In fact we should bitch about it, because at its most basic level it was not only avoidable and preventable, but entirely unecessary.This was imposed upon us rather than being a random act of god.

JC: Although I feel your visceral urges I choose to temper it slightly. Touissant should be locked up for christmas for calling the strike; he still broke the law and should suffer the consequences, including the imposition of stiff fines. As for the rank and file - they are complicit in this, and are not to be held harmless! Merchants and vendors of all walks should refuse to serve them. Seriously a counter strike is called for. They have acted shamelessly and the level greed is appalling. The air of entitlement that they presume disgusts me, and tonight I watched randi Weingarten of the teachers union spew support on their behalf that made ill; all the while double talking her way around the deal she lauded as fantastic for her teachers! It was incredibly disingenuous and insulting to the teachers, the mayor, and the other municipal unions.

Last but not least - make sure proper blame is assigned to the MTA and the Governor. Their actions and lack of are criminal. Don't forget to praise the mayor, the OEM, and the NYC civil servants that stepped up in the hour of need and did a great job. For a city with no control over the striking union, or the agency they serve, we implemented a contingency plan that kept us from deep trouble.

mikey

Tim:

whilst crossing the bklyn bridge i saw a few trains crossing the manhattan bridge, and then saw one (F or G) going up over Smith/9th. They all looked empty, though, and the stations were still cordoned off (at 8pm). they may just be moving them to where they need to be to get started but might start up by 1am.

Tim

Has anyone actually seen and buses or subways running? I am still at work and will be leaving late night (like 1AM) and am hoping to catch something from tribeca to midtown...

JESUS CHRIST

We must seek revenge on the TERRORIST WORKERS UNION!!! We should round them up into Concentration camps and cleanse them.

peakguy

I helped give out the TA packets from 4-5:30pm and they were very popular! Included was a Water Bottle, information about TA and a biking map of NYC (for what lanes actually exist). I emptied 6 enormous boxes of these in less than an hour. Then we had an air pump, gave out Candy and wished everyone well.

There was also an annoying barricade at the southern entrance which was really inconvenient for pedestrians and bikers who had to walk all the way down to 1st Avenue to enter the Bridge. I felt bad for the police guy who had to tell everyone they couldn't jump the fence. It must be one of the lamest pieces of urban planning I have seen in a long time.

Kevin Walsh

>>Transportation Alternatives will be handing out "commuter packs" (a water bottle, NYC bike map, their Guide to Taking Back the Streets

Taking Back the Streets eh...

We'll have to talk to Chrysler, Buick, Nissan, Hyundai, GM...

about that.

www.forgotten-ny.com

m

With all of the strife and hardship happening around the world, aren't we are a bunch of babies bitching about three days of no subway service.

wade zamechek

I work for the blood center and encourage all who can donate blood tomorrow to do so. help out a fellow new yorker who can honestly say that their past 3 days have been much worse than yours. go to www.nybloodceter.org or call 1-800-933-Blood. if you can host a blood drive at your office, church, etc please do!

Thanks

jefdiesel

oh jen chung, so many mistakes. the url for the violent cabbie is busted, can't even bother to check them before you post.

its fixed on my name link below

kim

I just rode over the Man. bridge and didn't see any TA people handing stuff out - one either end. Last night there was an "emergency air station" - someone with a tire pump, but tonight, just a cop.