Are you affected by the Transit Strike? I saw on the news this morning that none of the buses, trains, or subways are not running. We just had a similar situation here in Philly a month ago and I had to walk 9 blocks to work every morning. Luckily it only lasted for a week. And the fact that it's cold, this is a horrible time to strike.

Anytime would be bad for the transit authority to strike, but now is especially bad. I don't envy all these people who have to wait on long lines just to get transportation. Our first subway shutdown in 25 years, I'm hoping it doesn't last long.

I live in Queens and work on Long Island, so thankfully as far as getting to and from work, I'm not affected. I always take the dollar vans to work anyway and the Long Island Bus going home. As long as the LI Bus still travels into Queens, I'll be okay. If I wanted to travel to Manhattan, Brooklyn or the Bronx, that's another story.

Anytime would be bad for the transit authority to strike, but now is especially bad. I don't envy all these people who have to wait on long lines just to get transportation. Our first subway shutdown in 25 years, I'm hoping it doesn't last long.

I live in Queens and work on Long Island, so thankfully as far as getting to and from work, I'm not affected. I always take the dollar vans to work anyway and the Long Island Bus going home. As long as the LI Bus still travels into Queens, I'll be okay. If I wanted to travel to Manhattan, Brooklyn or the Bronx, that's another story.


yeah right anytime is a bad time but like u said this is worst. It probably will hurt a lot of businesses in manhattan

It's absurd. People being forced to walk to work in the Frigid cold. :mad::rolleyes:

It needs to get sorted out now... 4 days before Christmas, lots of people from out-of-town will be arriving to add to the mess.

Think it's bad now? Wait a week. New Year's Eve in New York City.

I'm probably the only New Yorker I know who is not affected by the strike.

I reverse commute every morning. My shop where I report to work this morning is in Bayonne, NJ, so I take the PATH train from 33rd street in Manhattan into Jersey City NJ and take the Hudson Bergen Light Rail train into Bayonne. Those trains are not affected by the strike.

99% of the time I walk (15 blocks south, three blocks over) from my apartment to the PATH train, but if it's too cold or raining i will take the subway down there. Unfortunatly I don't have that option this week.

Ah well, these are the problems we must deal with.

i'm not a new yorker, therefore, i can't imagine life w/ out my car

Consider all the street performers who can't perform on the sidewalks in December because it's so cold; the subway stations are their only venue! Guess they'll have to get real jobs now, like waiting tables! :eek:

i'm not a new yorker, therefore, i can't imagine life w/ out my car
:yeahthat My car is my lifeline.

They could have actually been considerate people and waited til after the holidays to strike.

They could have actually been considerate people and waited til after the holidays to strike.

That is just one of the many of the things the people of New York are saying right now.

Some people are walking for HOURS to get to thier jobs in Manhattan.

That is just one of the many of the things the people of New York are saying right now.

Some people are walking for HOURS to get to thier jobs in Manhattan.
Yeah serious, I guess these people only thought about themselves...

I am most definitely affected. I go into school 2 hours later than usual and I get home almost 30 minutes after usual. I don't mind going to school at 10.

It's affecting the entire city too, not just the fact that it's hard for people to get to Manhattan. Here in Queens, streets that would usually be crowded with people are deserted because the transportation isn't there. I live in an area where there's a fairly active shopping area, near the subway and two bus depots, and that this area is as deserted as it is just days before Christmas is saying alot. It'll definitely cost the city more and more the longer it goes on.

Go on strike less than a week before Christmas, make people walk over bridges to work, cause traffic jams that last for hours, stop the city (which by the way is still hurting from the financial loss after 9/11) from making hundreds of millions of dollars, cause hundreds of stores to close early, and make employers have to lay off their workers... That's the Christmas spirit. :rolleyes:

I may be in the minority on this, but I support the transit workers on this one. I'm a union guy and I believe that the workers are entitled to a good and fair contract. Why should the workers make concessions and give backs to the MTA who make millions and possibly billions in money each year? The strike has inconvienced everybody, but what other way could the union get their message across? As long as the union was working, it gave no incentive to the MTA to negotiate rationally.

I may be in the minority on this, but I support the transit workers on this one. I'm a union guy and I believe that the workers are entitled to a good and fair contract. Why should the workers make concessions and give backs to the MTA who make millions and possibly billions in money each year? The strike has inconvienced everybody, but what other way could the union get their message across? As long as the union was working, it gave no incentive to the MTA to negotiate rationally.



I take it you are not affected by the strike-lol

It's a disgrace. Everything I've seen or read points to greed on the part of the workers. They make on average 60 grand year. I'm all for unions. I'm a longshoreman's daughter, but these are filthy tactics.

Crippling a city, Christmas week no less, with an illegal strike is unconscionable to me. I'd like to see every last one of them fired.

I take it you are not affected by the strike-lol


I am, but in an indirect way.

I may be in the minority on this, but I support the transit workers on this one. I'm a union guy and I believe that the workers are entitled to a good and fair contract. Why should the workers make concessions and give backs to the MTA who make millions and possibly billions in money each year? The strike has inconvienced everybody, but what other way could the union get their message across? As long as the union was working, it gave no incentive to the MTA to negotiate rationally.

Agreed. And ultimately, sometimes tactics that displace large numbers are what's necessary to get done what needs to be done.

One positive light that I'd like to think everyone could look at: A lot of New Yorkers are now getting a lot more exercise, which is definitely good for them.

One positive light that I'd like to think everyone could look at: A lot of New Yorkers are now getting a lot more exercise, which is definitely good for them.

lol...true.

Agreed. And ultimately, sometimes tactics that displace large numbers are what's necessary to get done what needs to be done.

One positive light that I'd like to think everyone could look at: A lot of New Yorkers are now getting a lot more exercise, which is definitely good for them.



Exercise is good but not in frigid weather

To have a strike that would coincide with a time that wouldn't hinder anyone would defeat the purpose.

There's no time that a TA strike wouldn't be a hindrance. No matter the time of day, no matter the season, millions of people depend on the trains and buses to get around.

There's no time that a TA strike wouldn't be a hindrance. No matter the time of day, no matter the season, millions of people depend on the trains and buses to get around.


And walking in Cold makes the distance seem a lot longer

Just heard the Union workers are going back to work and the buses and subways will be running again.

A NYC Firefighter was seriously injured when he was hit by a private bus while riding his bike to work... I hope the TWU is happy.

While the strike hasn't been settled, the Transit workers have agreed to go back to work immediatly. Unfortunalty, the rush hour is still a mess today, but things should be back to normal by tomorrow morning, when all the transit buses and subways will be back in full force.

Thank God. The city has been chaos this week.

It's a disgrace. Everything I've seen or read points to greed on the part of the workers. They make on average 60 grand year. I'm all for unions. I'm a longshoreman's daughter, but these are filthy tactics.

Crippling a city, Christmas week no less, with an illegal strike is unconscionable to me. I'd like to see every last one of them fired.


I'm with Brian on this one. The MTA has been trying to take away the transit workers' health benefits, raise the retirement age from 55 to 62, and raid their pension funds. The strike is illegal but the law forbidding it is eltist and anti-worker. The workers are mostly minorities, while the businessmen who run the MTA are mostly white, so there's a racial angle too. I've heard anecdotal stories about how the strike is affecting the little guy, but they're mostly played up by the corporate-owned media to put lower/middle-class non-transit workers and lower/middle-class TWU members aainst each other whic hrich folk try to force the TWU in submisison.

And it worked! The TWU is going back to work without a contract. They had the MTA in their hands! What the :censored: happened? :eek:

The workers are mostly minorities, while the businessmen who run the MTA are mostly white, so there's a racial angle too.


That is such a crock. Al Sharpton and Charles Barron, the two biggest race baiters in New York are trying to play that angle too, and it's not going to cut it anymore.

The TWU in New York City is composed of mostly minorities, that is true. I don't agree with what they are doing with this strike. Am I a racist too?

That is such a crock. Al Sharpton and Charles Barron, the two biggest race baiters in New York are trying to play that angle too, and it's not going to cut it anymore.

The TWU in New York City is composed of mostly minorities, that is true. I don't agree with what they are doing with this strike. Am I a racist too?

Actually, it's more of an economic issue. The moneyed interests running the city are trying to stick it to the middlle and lower classes with the ultimatums. They have the judges on their side, forcing fines the TWU obviously can't afford (their pockets aren't as deep as the MTA's!) and threatened jail time. No one in the media will support the strikers; they can't afford to offend their bosses, the fat cats who run the mainstream press! :eek:


Power to the people - NOW!! :mad:

Power to the people - NOW!! :mad:

Actually, the only people I saw getting screwed were the folks who wouldn't get paid because they missed a day of work because they couldn't get inot the city to work.. The ones who unfortunatly don't have a pension plan or benefits, like the TWU.

But yeah, the TWU are the victims here. I feel for them.

:rolleyes: