# New York City Transit Strike

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-city-transit-strike/142347>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 12, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-city-transit-strike/142347 "2002-12-12T22:19:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![BZ00000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-city-transit-strike/142347/1 "2002-12-12T22:19:58Z")

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Is it true there be sevre restrictions including having to have 4 people in the car? What if you drop someone off? How about a small car? What if you don’t know anybody going your way?

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**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-city-transit-strike/142347/2 "2002-12-12T22:24:02Z")

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Yep, it’s true. There’s a discussion and links [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=149118).

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**Author:** ![BZ00000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-city-transit-strike/142347/3 "2002-12-12T22:26:03Z")

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How is this legal?

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-city-transit-strike/142347/4 "2002-12-12T22:33:31Z")

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Looks like I’ll be walking over the Brooklyn Bridge.

gah

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-city-transit-strike/142347/5 "2002-12-12T22:41:56Z")

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> \*Originally posted by BZ00000 \*  
> \*\*How is this legal? \*\*

Well, it’s not legal for the union to strike in the first place (under the Taylor law) so if they do, the Governor is prepared to use various emergency powers to keep things running.