Philadelphia transit strike ends, avoiding election impact (election impact??)

Associated Press ^ | Nov 7, 2016 5:42 PM EST | Megan Trimble

[Olog-hai]

The city’s crippling weeklong transit strike ended early Monday, ensuring that all buses, trolleys and subways will be up and running by Election Day. […]

Democratic city leaders had feared the strike could weaken turnout at the polls on Tuesday and hurt Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, who needs a big haul of votes in the city if she is to win the battleground state instead of Republican Donald Trump. The big concern was people were spending so much time getting to and from work that some wouldn't have time to go to the polls. …

[Olog-hai]

Not only biased towards Hillary but racist.

[ColdOne]

The big concern was people were spending so much time getting to and from work .................work? how many pickles voters work?????????????? busing in votes more like it. she wants taxpayers to pay for busing in votes...that is why she had this strike end, so she wouldn't have to spend her money to do it.

[Olog-hai]

Dead people don’t have to ride the bus, besides.

[Shadow44]

So much for their concerns over labor issues.

[Sacajaweau]

They found out a judge would not be able to extend voting hours. I say it was a phony strike from the beginning.

[C210N]

That was very close! Glad it was resolved. Otherwise, turnout might have been cut down from 150% to a wimpy 120%.

[sagar]

Hauling parasites to the polls on taxpayer dime.

[Olog-hai]

I just reviewed the history of pre-SEPTA Phiadelphia transit. It became monopolized in 1940 under a single ostensibly-private company. There was a wildcat strike in 1944, which gave FDR an excuse to send troops into Philly to run the streetcars. Then a company called “National City Lines” came along in 1955, which spent a bunch of money doing bus conversions, bankrupting the system in the process. And of course the state took over the whole ball of wax nine years after NCL showed up. Crookedness on all sides.

[kvanbrunt2]

well they got a hefty pay increase and all their health insurance paid for. it my expense. thats more than fake.

[DaveA37]

Gotta bus those voters to the polls tomorrow, by coincidence couldn’t have come at a more opportune time.

[Alberta's Child]

I don't know anyone who has ever taken mass transit to a polling place.

Heck -- in these big cities you have polling places that are mere blocks apart.

[DaveA37]

I would imagine there are such people who DO take mass transit to get to or from voting places for one reason or another. The whole point was the strike was settled “just in time” so it would be available, when and if needed.

[Alberta's Child]

I think they really overplayed that whole "just in time" nonsense.

I've lived in large metro areas for most of my life, and in every place I've lived the local polling location was closer to my home than the nearest bus stop. LOL.