Elayne Riggs' Journal (for Leah)

Friday, January 20, 2006

Transportation Update

Still no word from my insurance company on when an adjuster will be assigned to come look at my car; apparently I'm far from the only client in the area whose vehicle was damaged by the 60+ mph winds Wednesday morning, so they've got a bit of a backlog at the moment. Now comes word that TWU 100 members rejected the contract that president Roger Toussaint urged them to ratify. Nobody seems to know what this means (personally I'm waiting for Steve Gilliard to weigh in), but I hope we're not in for another NYC transit strike, as it'll mean I'll be going back to the Westchester Bee Line and a 1¾-hour commute each way until my car is repaired. And just when I think I'm finally getting the hang of timing the Metro North-MTA bus commute to make it back and forth in about an hour... have I mentioned I miss my car? Update: Steve's posted about it, and the NYT article to which he links says "transit service is expected to be unaffected. Mr. Toussaint made no mention of another strike, and the vote will proably mean that negotiators for the union and the M.T.A. will go back to the bargaining table to hash out a new deal."

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