Another reason that drivers should be strong supporters of transit

Cars line up to get onto the Brooklyn Bridge during the morning rush hour during the second day of the transit strike in New York December 21, 2005. New Yorkers begged rides on the Internet and dusted off their bicycles on Wednesday in the battle to beat a mass transit strike that has hit business and raised tempers at the height of the holidays. REUTERS/Seth Wenig.

A taxi passes through a police checkpoint on Lexington Avenue at 96th Street during the morning rush hour as a transit strike enters its second day in New York. Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers walked across city bridges in freezing temperatures or waited in huge traffic jams as transport workers ignored a million-dollar-a-day fine to stay on strike(AFP/Stan Honda)

Of course I like these photos.

New Yorkers take to bicycles to commute into Manhattan on the second day of the transit workers strike in New York City December 21, 2005. New Yorkers begged rides on the Internet and dusted off their bicycles on Wednesday in the battle to beat a mass transit strike that has hit business and raised tempers at the height of the holidays. REUTERS/Peter Foley

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his aides walk across the Brooklyn Bridge with other commuters during the morning rush hour in New York on Dec. 20. New York transit workers walked off the job for the first time in 25 years, stranding millions of people who rely on the bus and subway system each day.(AP/Dima Gavrysh)

Mayor Bloomberg might be filthy rich, but either he has shades of LaGuardia or really good media handlers.

Index Keywords: transit; mobility; car-culture