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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

How did you (or how did you try to) get to work?
Striking SEPTA workers keep warm by a fire behind the SEPTA depot on Penn St. just behind the Frankford Transportation Center on Nov. 3, 2009. ( Elizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer )

Well, the point of a strike is to show everyone how much worse off they'd be without your labor.

So, SEPTA commuters, we want to hear your strike stories. Are you driving, and if so, where are you parking and how much does it cost? Are you biking or walking? How does the length and effort of your commute compare?

Feel free to complain, but please also share tips if you've got them.

Also on IOM today: What do you think of the SEPTA union's demands?
Posted by Doron Taussig @ 7:20 AM  Permalink | 60 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:38 AM, 11/03/2009
    drove :-( $9.50 to park near 18th and Cherry Sts.
    — Aly19
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:41 AM, 11/03/2009
    Took the R5 in from the Main Line. The train had only 2 cars (normally has 4) and it was standing room only. Had to skip the last two stops because there was no room for anyone else. Dreading the evening commute. Might take Amtrak and backtrack. Parking is too expensive around me ($25 per day) to drive.
    — MASTERNC
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:41 AM, 11/03/2009
    biked...locked my bike up at the base of my building...who raaah!
    — g$ is an idiot
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:43 AM, 11/03/2009
    Can't even leave Levittown to get to a Regional Rail! It's 4 miles of the most unfriendly pedestrian condidtions. And even if I could get to the Regional Rail and get down to Bridesburg and walk another 4 miles (give or take) to get to my job, it's not worth comprimising my personal safety!
    — Connie Ashenfelder
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:48 AM, 11/03/2009
    rode my bike...if it was raining this week I'd be really mad though.
    — boosh
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:50 AM, 11/03/2009
    Walked from my home on 6th and Bainbridge to Market East station and took the regional rail to Temple's campus. If it rains this week I'll be extra angry.
    — cntrctyfrnge
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:51 AM, 11/03/2009
    The 6:50 R6 at Wissahickon had plenty of room. I may walk home from Center City tonight. Any of you Wissahickon or East Falls residents want to start a walk-up-Kelly-Drive campaign?
    — jfinley1234
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:05 AM, 11/03/2009
    Rode my bike 8 miles across the city, as I always do.
    — phillyskyline
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:06 AM, 11/03/2009
    I rode my bikr from Roxborough. It was a beautiful day for a bike ride!
    — suz
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:10 AM, 11/03/2009
    My friend drove me into work, but at 8 months pregnant I am going to have to walk three miles home tonight. I guess when you make as much as they do, you can afford not to go to work.
    — Oak
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:13 AM, 11/03/2009
    drove to my job in the burbs because thankfully i don't work in the god-forsaken city anymore.
    — ExplorerFan
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:18 AM, 11/03/2009
    If you are headed to the burbs in Bucks County, look into the RUSH bus (www.rushbus.org). The service is extremely limited but is a nice option in a county that is extremely difficult to get around with public transit otherwise.
    — scotty2hotty
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:23 AM, 11/03/2009
    I took PATCO, they never go on strike!
    — NJA Jr.
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:24 AM, 11/03/2009
    I bike to work even when SEPTA's running normally, but I'd hate to pass up a perfectly good excuse to play hookie...
    — newbolder


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