The NYC Transit Strike: One Year Later

WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010

New York, NY —

One year ago today, New Yorkers were literally hitting the pavement. In the early morning hours of December 20th, roughly 34,000 bus and subway workers went on strike. Their union and the MTA could not agree on a new contract before the midnight deadline. It was the first transit strike in a quarter of a century and it lasted for 2 and a half cold winter days.

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