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December 20, 2005
Transit Strike: Day One
I went out briefly this afternoon to do some errands and check out what was going on in my neighborhood. I walked over to Madison Ave below 96th St which is one of the roads that has been closed to all but emergency vehicles. It was, of course, deserted except for those little NYPD traffic carts, the occasional ambulance and a police bus. It was so quiet that I could hear the radios of the police officers from nearly a block away. See the photoblog for a few pictures.
Next I walked to the 100th Street Bus Depot which had about 30-40 transit workers carrying signs in front of it. They did not seem to be concerned at all and were laughing and joking while they marched around in circles. The pedestrians walking past largely ignored them but a few cars honked as they drove past. I had my digital camera so I recorded a short (12 second) video of the strikers.
Tomorrow, I'll be going to JFK to catch an evening flight to Minneapolis and I figure I'll either walk/cab/hitch down to Grand Central and take an airport shuttle bus or go to Penn Station and take the LIRR to Jamaica and get on the AirTrain. It might take a while but I'm leaving about five hours early to make sure I get to the airport with plenty of time to spare.
Posted on December 20, 2005 at 4:53 PM
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