Storm-crippled NYC subway creaks back into service

[dipsydoodle]

Source: Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York tried to resume its normal frenetic pace Thursday, getting back much of its vital subway system after a crippling storm, but was l slowed by gridlocked traffic.

Commuters lined up at Penn Station to board uptown trains at 6 a.m. Technology worker Ronnie Abraham was on one of them, hoping to get home to Harlem, a trip that is 20 minutes by train and 2 1/2 hours by bus.

"It's the lifeline of the city," Abraham said. "It can't get much better than this."

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[aquart]

1. UNION workers are putting NYC back on its feet.

While helpless Wall Street scurries around begging for charging stations.

[dotymed]

3. Obviously, Union workers are the best trained and motivated workers.

There is no way that a non-union (untrained) workforce could have managed this herculean feat. I know. I worked 13 years non-union and 15 years as a proud Union carpenter. The difference between the two is unbelievable. Non-Union workers are not trained (or minimally so by the ABC) while Union workers divide their time between work and classroom instruction. When I retired in IN., Union workers (carpenters) earned an AS. degree when their apprenticeship was completed.
An educated, motivated workforce could only make this happen.

[Javaman]

2. My sister who lives in Queens told me that she thinks the F train will be open today. nt

[dipsydoodle]

4. I've only ever heard of the The A Train