Seems that I only post when I'm in London. This time around its because the Metronet has decided to strike, literally crippling an entire city's public transportation. This is NOTHING like Austin where light rail means an illuminated rail - this is going to keep people from going to work. Estimated losses in the Evening Standard were 50 million GBP or about $100mm USD daily. WOW. And this over what the Mayor has already supposedly capitulated on, the restoration or security of jobs for about 3,000 railworkers from the company that was taken over earlier this year. Lame if you ask me.
London needs robots. Then by all means strike away.
I'm flying home tomorrow and luckily don't need the tube (but could have used it to get to where I'm going). Sad that a city as great as this is going to be taken hostage in the middle of the work week.
-MRO
In Rome this happens about once a month. It's kind of a pain and kind of like a monthly snow day.
Posted by: Brandy | September 06, 2007 at 02:06 AM