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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 | 61 comments

Comments

Posted 08:38 AM, 11/03/2009

Aly19

drove :-( $9.50 to park near 18th and Cherry Sts.

Posted 08:40 AM, 11/03/2009

brian stewart

DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL WILL GROW UP TO BE STUPID ALL SEPTAS FAULT

Posted 08:41 AM, 11/03/2009

MASTERNC

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.

Posted 08:41 AM, 11/03/2009

g$ is an idiot

biked...locked my bike up at the base of my building...who raaah!

Posted 08:43 AM, 11/03/2009

Connie Ashenfelder

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!

Posted 08:48 AM, 11/03/2009

boosh

rode my bike...if it was raining this week I'd be really mad though.

Posted 08:50 AM, 11/03/2009

cntrctyfrnge

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.

Posted 08:51 AM, 11/03/2009

jfinley1234

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?

Posted 09:05 AM, 11/03/2009

phillyskyline

Rode my bike 8 miles across the city, as I always do.

Posted 09:06 AM, 11/03/2009

suz

I rode my bikr from Roxborough. It was a beautiful day for a bike ride!

Posted 09:10 AM, 11/03/2009

Oak

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.

Posted 09:13 AM, 11/03/2009

ExplorerFan

drove to my job in the burbs because thankfully i don't work in the god-forsaken city anymore.

Posted 09:18 AM, 11/03/2009

scotty2hotty

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.

Posted 09:23 AM, 11/03/2009

NJA Jr.

I took PATCO, they never go on strike!

Posted 09:24 AM, 11/03/2009

newbolder

I bike to work even when SEPTA's running normally, but I'd hate to pass up a perfectly good excuse to play hookie...

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