Day after day, the seven million people who use the city's buses and subways were warned to prepare for a transit strike at midnight Sunday; every hour seemed to produce yet another contingency plan that looked as if it had been drafted by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Virtually all roads and bridges leading into or out of that lovely city have been torn up to prepare for a mass transit system.
One example that many political experts cited was the fancy mountain bike the mayor bought to prepare for a possible transit strike.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced yesterday that the city was dropping its lawsuit against the transit workers' union for the $5 million that he said the city spent preparing for a transit strike.
Chicago-area sky gazers preparing for the transit of Venus are in luck: All signs point to the Midwest having a good view of the rare celestial event Tuesday evening.
She flew back for Monday classes, working in transit to prepare for the semester's final exams, papers and performances.
As workers prepare for the station opening, NJ TRANSIT train service between Princeton and Princeton Junction will be temporarily replaced by bus service from Monday, Nov. 10, to Sunday, Nov. 16.
As New York City began to prepare for the possibility of a transit strike, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg warned yesterday that a strike would dangerously cripple the city and could even lead to deaths because emergency vehicles would be unable to navigate the gridlocked streets.
If you ever want to strike up a passionate conversation with someone living in a major Canadian city, just mention the crappy state of said city's transit and prepare for a gush of righteous rage.
Several members showed up this week at the station after a 4-day transit of the Southern Ocean to prepare for the start of the penguins' breeding season later this month.
As a joint investigation from WNYC and The Record newspaper has found, New Jersey Transit, under Christie's leadership, cut funding for efforts to prepare for climate change in the midst of a dire state budget situation.
