On the verge of a transit strike that would shut down the subways, the city considers severe alternatives -- no vehicle would be alloed into Manhattan without 4 people it it.
"Indeed, Mayor Bloomberg warns that a subway strike at this time of year, Christmastime, could be a disaster for the city's economy. Some estimates put the cost at anywhere from $100 million to $350 million a day. He worries that lives will be lost because ambulances or firetrucks won't be able to get through jammed streets.So no vehicle will be allowed into Manhattan without at least four people in it. "I'm sorry. There are only a certain [number] of roads.... We just don't have the luxury of having cars come in the city without using them to the maximum efficiency that we can," Bloomberg says."
Thanks to Laura Kranz
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