A transit strike tests the mettle of New Yorkers
New York, New York, a hell- uv-a town, The Bronx is up but the Battery's down, And people ride in a hole in the ground. Lyric from On the Town
But not last week. A transit strike had closed down New York's celebrated subway system and driven its lumbering buses off the streets. As a result, New Yorkers were walking, running or riding just about anything availablebicycles, helicopters, roller skates, unicycles, ferry boats, mopeds, minibuses. Some 200,000 people cycled around town one...
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