CBS: Bay Area Rapid Transit workers walked off the job early Monday morning after last-minute negotiations failed to produce a new contract agreement. The strike left about 400,000 BART riders finding other ways to get work.
CBS: Bay Area Rapid Transit workers walked off the job early Monday morning after last-minute negotiations failed to produce a new contract agreement. The strike left about 400,000 BART riders finding other ways to get work.
Just think sustainable transportation when you read this.
Just imagine the power government unions can wield over your every day life under a socialist state. Don’t give them what they want, and you’re walking 5, 10, 20 miles to work…the nationalized hospital is closed…the state-run grocery isn’t open this week.
It’ll be a hoot.
Most of the 400,000 inconvenienced commuters will keep voting for the party that is bought & controlled by the unions so ultimately, how much sympathy are we supposed to have?
Public transport remains the best way, and often the only way, of getting around a
large, crowded city.
This strike is the least of SF’s problems.
“Public transport remains the best way, and often the only way, of getting around a
large, crowded city.”
That is, unless the union slugs who run public transit decide to strike.
John Lewis said: “Public transport remains the best way, and often the only way, of getting around a large, crowded city.”
Beg to differ. Having done both, public transport is the -least- efficient, most time wasting, most dangerous and most generally objectionable way of getting around any North American city I’ve ever been to. Can’t speak for Europe, but here in NA I’ll take the car every single time.
I found New York City is best enjoyed in a beat up looking pick-up truck. New Yorkers fear them for some reason I’ve never fathomed, particularly cab drivers. Like a cross in front of a vampire. Take an older pick-up with a bit of rust on it, maybe the odd ding here and there, and the traffic will part before you like the Red Sea.
San Francisco by public transit? I wouldn’t touch that with a barge pole. I drove the biggest SUV Gubermint Motors makes the last time I was down there, never had a moment’s trouble.
This is really unintelligent. We are talking about Californians. Of course they
all have cars. My guess would be that the mean number of cars per commuter is greater than one.
My only experience of the area was visiting Berkeley for a week. However, we were with friends from PA who had lived in Los Angeles for three or four years and who are car addicts. We went into San Francisco and back by public transport. Now when we wanted to
sightsee, we drove.
Intelligent.
Phantom, I would respectfully suggest that you have the soul of a New York cab driver.
John Lewis said: “Phantom, I would respectfully suggest that you have the soul of a New York cab driver.”
Again sir, I must beg to differ. New York cab drivers are pusillanimous bullies who cower at the mere sight of a man who does not fear sheet metal damage. They scatter before me as doves before the fox.
I have the soul of something that -eats- New York cab drivers.