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Extra, Extra - The Last Hours of the Transit Strike
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Jen Chung
Published Dec 22, 2005
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Published Dec 22, 2005
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- 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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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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