MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR ILLEGAL STRIKE BY TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION

NYC.gov ^ | December 9, 2002

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Band together, New Yorkers! STOP THE SHAKEDOWN!!!

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bump for bump lists

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All Manhattan Bridge and Tunnel crossings will have an HOV 4 (minimum of four occupants per vehicle) requirement in both directions, 24 hours a day during the week

Holy crap. Bloomberg sure tries his hardest to make himself unpopular.

[finnman69]

F these union scum. I already commute on my bike. Strike away, it wont bother me.

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Bloomie really ought to pick up a copy of Koch's old book "Mayor." Ed explains in great detail how to crush a transit workers strike and have lots of fun doing it.

[katya8]

Mayor Bloomberg is too tiny a man to be Mayor of New York.

Has any elected official ever been fired for gross incompetence?

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Useful link: Continuously updated traffic news from Metro Traffic. This is just from the last ten minutes:

INSTATRAK REPORT FOR NYC 3:05 PM 12/9/02 (C) METRO TRAFFIC CONTROL


[ 3:03 PM]  010101   NYC BULLETIN
NORTHBOUND JOE DIMAGGIO / WEST SIDE HWY ACCIDENT. RIGHT LANE BLOCKED AT 79TH
ST (W)

[ 3:01 PM]  020101   NYC BULLETIN
NORTHBOUND INBOUND GOWANUS XPWY / NORTHBOUND B.Q.E. (I-278) ACCIDENT AFTER
BROOKLYN BRIDGE +SIX CARS INVOLVED+... THEN SLOW APPROACHING KOSCIUSZKO BRIDGE
// BOTH WAYS +CONSTRUCTION+ FROM BROADWAY TO 30TH AVE UNTIL 3PM

[ 3:00 PM]  030301   NYC BRIDGES AND TUNNELS
HUDSON RIVER CROSSINGS:  OUTBOUND LINCOLN TUNNEL NO PROBLEMS TO REPORT / IB
FINE.  [PA/CAMS]

[ 2:56 PM]  040301   NYC BRIDGES AND TUNNELS
HUDSON RIVER CROSSINGS:  OUTBOUND HOLLAND TUNNEL TRAFFIC FLOWING FREELY /IB
OK..[6-10AM WEEKDAYS, SINGLE OCCUPANT VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS ARE IN EFFECT
MANHATTAN BOUND AT ALL CROSSINGS SOUTH OF 14TH ST]

[ 2:48 PM]  050301   NYC BRIDGES AND TUNNELS
VERRAZANO NARROWS BRIDGE (BROOKLYN-BOUND UPPER LEVEL) NO PROBLEMS TO REPORT , 
LOWER OK / STATEN ISLAND BOUND MOVING WELL ON BOTH LEVELS / =NO COMMERCIAL
TRUCKS ALLOWED ON LOWER DECK=  [MTA/CAM]

[ 2:48 PM]  060301   NYC BRIDGES AND TUNNELS
LOWER EAST RIVER CROSSINGS:  BROOKLYN BATTERY TUNNEL (INBOUND) TRAFFIC FLOWING
FREELY / BROOKLYN BOUND FINE.  [MTA]

[ 2:50 PM]  070301   NYC BRIDGES AND TUNNELS
LOWER EAST RIVER CROSSINGS:  WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE (TO MANHATTAN) NO PROBLEMS TO
REPORT / BROOKLYN BOUND OK.  [CAM]



[ 2:49 PM]  080301   NYC BRIDGES AND TUNNELS
LOWER EAST RIVER CROSSINGS:  MANHATTAN BRIDGE (TO MANHATTAN) HEAVY TRAFFIC
INTO RIGHT LANE CONSTRUCTION / BROOKLYN BOUND MOVING WELL.  [CAM]

[ 2:49 PM]  090301   NYC BRIDGES AND TUNNELS
LOWER EAST RIVER CROSSINGS:  BROOKLYN BRIDGE (INBOUND) TRAFFIC FLOWING FREELY
ON THE SPAN / BROOKLYN BOUND FINE.  [CAM]

[ 2:55 PM]  100301   NYC BRIDGES AND TUNNELS
UPPER EAST RIVER CROSSINGS:  TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE (TO QUEENS) TRAFFIC FLOWING
FREELY INTO ONGOING CONSTRUCTION / BRONX-MANHATTAN BOUND OK ON THE SPAN. 
[CAM/MTA]

[ 2:49 PM]  110301   NYC BRIDGES AND TUNNELS
BAYONNE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION WORK BLOCKS ONE LANE EACH WAY, NO MAJOR DELAYS
REPORTED.  [PA].

[ 2:58 PM]  120301   NYC BRIDGES AND TUNNELS
HUDSON RIVER CROSSINGS:  INBOUND GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE UPPER LEVEL NO
PROBLEMS TO REPORT UPPER LEVEL (MOVES WELL ACROSS THE SPAN)... LOWER LEVEL NO
DELAYS INTO TOLLS =RIGHT LANE CONSTRUCTION= // OB OK [=LOWER LEVEL RIGHT LANE
CONSTRUCTION=]. [CAMS/PA]

[ 2:58 PM]  130401   NYC VOLUME/DELAYS
IN BOTH DIRECTIONS CLEARVIEW XPWY (I-295) BETWEEN  NORTHERN BLVD AND UNION
TPKE (NEW YORK) - CONSTRUCTION WORK  CLEARED

[ 2:57 PM]  140401   NYC VOLUME/DELAYS
BROOKLYN: OUTBOUND PROSPECT XPWY (RT 27) AT 10TH AV - ROAD CONSTRUCTION
CLEARED  

[ 3:04 PM]  150401   NYC VOLUME/DELAYS
 WESTBOUND BELT PKWY TRAFFIC FLOWING FREELY FROM JOHN F KENNEDY AIRPORT TO
LEFFERTS BLVD +RIGHT LANE CONSTRUCTION CLEARED+... THEN SLOW APPROACHING THE
VERRAZANO BRIDGE // EB HEAVY FLATBUSH AVE TO ROCKAWAY PKWY

[ 2:56 PM]  160401   NYC VOLUME/DELAYS
 WESTBOUND CROSS BRONX XPWY HEAVY TRAFFIC FROM JEROME AV TO GEORGE WASHINGTON
BRIDGE // EASTBOUND HEAVY GWB TO JEROME AVE

[ 3:04 PM]  170401   NYC VOLUME/DELAYS
QUEENS: WESTBOUND L.I.E. (I-495) AT MAURICE AV - CONSTRUCTION WORK ON LOWER
ROADWAY CLEARED. / BOTH WAYS LIE THRU THE CLEARVIEW - CONST.CLEARED / EB LIE
NEAR 48TH ST - CONST. CLEARED

[ 2:56 PM]  180401   NYC VOLUME/DELAYS
 NORTHBOUND F.D.R. DR / HARLEM RIVER DR NO PROBLEMS TO REPORT FROM BROOKLYN
BRIDGE TO TRIBORO BRIDGE ... THEN SLIGHT DELAYS ON RAMP TO GWB // SB MOVING
WELL TRIBORO BRIDGE TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE

[Poohbah]

Ed explains in great detail how to crush a transit workers strike and have lots of fun doing it.

Ooh, that sounds like it would be worth reading!

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I said it before the election, and Bloomie's certainly lived up to it:

The only good thing you can say about Bloomberg is that he's not Mark Green.

[NativeNewYorker]

My wife and I can both walk to work, if need be, in less than 45 minutes. My kids can both walk to school in 10 minutes.

F*** the unions.

[BikerNYC]

Has any elected official ever been fired for gross incompetence?

How would your emergency plan differ from the one put forward by the Mayor?

[MineralMan]

What's your plan, Katya8?

[gridlock]

So, when is this thing supposed to come off? Have the Unions said?

[GovernmentShrinker]

I have a better idea. Since the strike is illegal, fire every MTA employee who doesn't show up for work on day one. On day two, end the city's unemployment problem by hiring replacements.

[Timesink]

So, when is this thing supposed to come off? Have the Unions said?

Sunday.

[Timesink]

Has any elected official ever been fired for gross incompetence?

I just keep reminding myself, "No matter what, Mark Green would have been worse."

[gridlock]

Sunday?

Merry FReepin' Christmas!

[trebb]

Great shades of Ronnie - my sentiments exactly...fire the scum and make room for people who would be grateful for the work.

[Alberta's Child]

Forget about hiring replacements. Put a contract out to bid to operate and maintain the transit system. I guarantee you that a consortium of rail car and bus manufacturers (Bombardier, Grumman, and LTK Rail, for example) would jump at the chance to sing a 25-year contract to maintain the buses, rail cars, equipment, signal systems, etc.

[MineralMan]

How are you at driving subway trains? How many non-union replacements do you think there are to hire?