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   Peter T. Daniels to danny burstein   
   Re: MTA/LIRR strike contingency plans   
   14 Jul 14 05:52:06   
   
   From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Sunday, July 13, 2014 9:54:06 PM UTC-4, danny burstein wrote:   
   > In  steveo@panix.com (Steven M. O'Neill)   
   writes:   
      
   > >Probably the best way to handle it would be to institute HOV   
   > >rules, as done most recently in the Sandy aftermath (when it   
   > >seemed to be quite effective was that HOV-3?).  Haven't heard   
   > >any mention of HOV this time, though, so the first day will   
   > >probably be a complete nightmare and then they'll react by   
   > >turning on the HOV rules.   
   >   
   > They've announced an expansion and odification of   
   > the HOV rules on the current HOV lanes, requiring   
   > three people per car. Not sure how they'd handle   
   > Mr. Shmart for Two..   
   > Nothing public about the other bridge and tunnel lanes.   
      
   Last time (20 years ago), the strike was over a weekend and Monday   
   service was back to normal. The story at the top of this thread   
   says "as early as July 20," which is a Sunday, so they could have   
   one synbolic but ineffectual day just to show they're serious.   
      
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