We must say, we're kind of liking the possibilities of this transit strike. Granted, our dayjob involves a commute that only involves walking (or, depending on whether it's a Monday, crawling) down the hallway between the bedroom and the living room — but that doesn't mean we don't have your interests in mind.
Thanks to the MTA's inability to reach a settlement with their employees' union (Local 100 of the Transport Workers Union, for those who care), Mayor Michael Bloomberg is going into Plan B mode. If the feuding parents and children can't reach an agreement before Friday at midnight when contracts expire, Bloom-B is set to enact some interesting travel restrictions.
Among them: pushing public school hours ahead two hours to allow children extra time to get to school and, our favorite, forcing cars to carry at least four people to enter Manhattan below 96th Street.
Just think of the possibilities: No B&Ts on the island unless they're willing to cram clown car-style into a cab and make it across the bridge so they can assume faux hipness at BLVD. There's just one loop hole: Staten Islanders are used to traveling by these means.
