MTA strike awesomeness links
Although my MTA strike commute stories are a little dull, there are plently of New Yorkers who have had a far more action-filled 24 hours. Here are some strike links:
A cabbie hit a woman in the face after an argument over the fare.
[NY Post]
The MTA won a court battle against the TWU yesterday, forcing them to pay a $1 million-per-day fine for every day they are on strike.
[Bloomberg]
Lines to get home via suburban commuter rails are kind of out of control. First you have to wait in line just to get into Penn Station and Grand Central Station, then, if you are not a regular commuter with a monthly pass, you have to wait in line (I have a friend who waited for almost two hours) to buy a ticket. Then you have to wait in another line to get onto the train. But I hear you might be able to get a refund for at least LIRR tickets purchased.
[1010 WINS News]
I will probably not win Gothamist’s Most Inconvenient Commute contest.
Just because there are no subways and you can't get home, that doesn't mean you won't have a place to sleep. Commuters can stay in Manhattan and have casual craigslist sex instead of hiking over the Manhattan Bridge.
[Gawker]
If you’d like to see a bunch of New Yorkers walking, you can check out The Strike in Pictures.
[7 Online]
New Yorkers have shifted their anger from the MTA to the TWU and have some pretty harsh things to say about transit workers and their union. Here is the Daily News’s sample of four letter word-less commuter commentary:
"As I'm walking, I hope they are walking [Transport Workers Union leader Roger] Toussaint to jail."
"The strike is extortion against everyone in New York, especially the riders, many of whom are worse off than the strikers.”
"This is not a big thing or a disaster or an attack. This is about a contract. I've got a contract, too. I'm honoring it. And you know what? I'm really, really cold."
Edward Ramos of Brooklyn called the transit workers "overpaid ingrates."
[NY Daily News]
Even Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling had to hit the pavement in NYC
[Popsugar]
A cabbie hit a woman in the face after an argument over the fare.
[NY Post]
The MTA won a court battle against the TWU yesterday, forcing them to pay a $1 million-per-day fine for every day they are on strike.
[Bloomberg]
Lines to get home via suburban commuter rails are kind of out of control. First you have to wait in line just to get into Penn Station and Grand Central Station, then, if you are not a regular commuter with a monthly pass, you have to wait in line (I have a friend who waited for almost two hours) to buy a ticket. Then you have to wait in another line to get onto the train. But I hear you might be able to get a refund for at least LIRR tickets purchased.
[1010 WINS News]
I will probably not win Gothamist’s Most Inconvenient Commute contest.
Just because there are no subways and you can't get home, that doesn't mean you won't have a place to sleep. Commuters can stay in Manhattan and have casual craigslist sex instead of hiking over the Manhattan Bridge.
[Gawker]
If you’d like to see a bunch of New Yorkers walking, you can check out The Strike in Pictures.
[7 Online]
New Yorkers have shifted their anger from the MTA to the TWU and have some pretty harsh things to say about transit workers and their union. Here is the Daily News’s sample of four letter word-less commuter commentary:
"As I'm walking, I hope they are walking [Transport Workers Union leader Roger] Toussaint to jail."
"The strike is extortion against everyone in New York, especially the riders, many of whom are worse off than the strikers.”
"This is not a big thing or a disaster or an attack. This is about a contract. I've got a contract, too. I'm honoring it. And you know what? I'm really, really cold."
Edward Ramos of Brooklyn called the transit workers "overpaid ingrates."
[NY Daily News]
Even Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling had to hit the pavement in NYC
[Popsugar]
posted by Damali at 12/21/2005 12:17:00 PM
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