And around the region, few transportation delays were reported.
The union strikes in France are continuing for a second day, prompting transportation delays and possible fuel shortages.
Transportation delays, together with rising raw material prices in world markets, are driving up costs for Chinese industry.
Since most dyes were imported from distant sources, transportation delays were likely to slow the production of dyed materials.
Nassau and Suffolk employers regularly rate transportation delays as one of the big problems of doing business on Long Island, and employees tend to feel likewise.
Transportation delays, he went on to explain, had caused him to miss the opening piece on a program in two consecutive appearances with the Philharmonic.
For New Yorkers long accustomed to tight security, and now anticipating transportation delays and other logistical problems during the Republican National Convention, from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, the extra measures appeared to pose minimal intrusions.
Arthur Spada, state commissioner of public safety, serves with about 10 other government and business leaders on the new Transportation Strategy Board, whose mandate is to come up with solutions to the transportation delays in the state.
While following him around the country, Pelosi also traced her own journey through the months of transportation delays, down-in-the-trenches intimacy with the travelling-press pack (including the inevitable aborted romance), too many turkey sandwiches, and an endless round of dishwater-dull staged events.
As to the impact of the Olympics, Mark Naysmith, the Games readiness director at Deloitte UK, based in London, began in 2009 to consult with London-area clients about dealing with heightened security and transportation delays and traffic restrictions, all while anticipating a possible increase in business during the Olympics.
