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My fiancé walked over 40 blocks to work this morning. He left at 7:30. Halfway to work he stopped and ate breakfast. He arrived at work at 8:50. It was 23 degrees when he left.
My mother planned to drive to the ferry. I am not sure if the ferry disembarks near her office. If so, she's lucky. If not, she will have a long walk ahead of her.
In order to drive into Manhattan on a bridge or tunnel or drive south of 96th Street, a car, including cabs, must have 4 people in it. There are people who are driving near the bridges picking up random passengers so they can drive into Manhattan. The news showed the Brooklyn Bridge on tv, and thousands of people are walking across. There are lots of restrictions regarding which streets and avenues are reserved for emergency vehicles as well as times when cars need 4 passengers.
It really is too cold for this. I hope the strike is resolved soon. It's hurting the average workers and students trying to reach their destinations. Most people who depend on the subway and buses cannot afford to take taxi cabs or car service daily. Some of them have health problems or live so far away that walking ranges from difficult to impossible.
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