I heard that Mayor Bloomberg had contengency plans in place. The city was braced for the kind of upheaval that shook it during other disasters like 9/11 and the MTA bus and subway strike. I wanted to see how things were holding up so I took a detour on the way home and swung through midtown Manhattan along 34th Street to see how my beloved city was holding up.
Uh oh! Looks like some cabbies didn't get the memo.
34th St, coming out of the Lincoln Tunnel:
8th Ave, outside Madison Square Garden:
7th Ave:
Broadway:
Park Ave (behind the Benz and Town Car):
Lexington Ave:
3rd Ave:
2nd Ave:
Southbound on the FDR Drive:
Houston (for you out-of-towners, it's pronounced HOUSE-ton) Street, who's that's in my rearview?
The New York Taxi Worker's Alliance declared the strike a smashing success, claiming 80% of cabbies stayed home. Really?
Quote:
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Originally Posted by Mayor Bloomberg
Over all I think it is fair to say today’s strike is having a limited impact, if at all.
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Of course, traffic did seem noticeably smoother getting through the city today, so maybe the strike did have an impact....just not the impact they were looking for.