and although there are plenty of trains running today, i have been surprised by the number of cancellations, particularly to smaller towns across the uk. so there will be plenty of other passengers like me whose journey has taken a lot longer, and cost them more as a result. for asim, it means his commute to leeds has been more complicated this week. it s difficult to get to work now because of the strikes. i have had people who are going in the car have had to come and get me from bradford. people across yorkshire are also facing a double whammy of bus strikes on arriva services. without public transport, things become a lot more expensive. considering with fuel prices going up as well. and that means asim doesn t have much sympathy with those on strike. no one has ever really said, you know what, i do get paid enough, i m happy to keep doing thejob i do, you know? everybody wants a little bit more. but despite the rail strikes, the roads haven t been chaos. congestion in most cities