Downtown hotel behind me here and talks resumed yesterday and they talked for six hours, seven hours yesterday. Said to have exchanged proposals and seems to be slow going with big issues including pensions remain to be resolved and at this point people are talking about strike contingency plans. No one wants this a transit strike. With the deadline days away. Septa advising septa riders to make contingency plans. People have to think of ways to get to work. If there say walkout november 1st. City buses trolley the subway and the l will not run. Patco will continue to come into center city. But in past strikes the rails were jammed and its still not at normal capacity due to the grounding of Silver Lining cars. Its going to be overcrowded on our train service. This is where the creative part comes in alternate means and at nate times. People have to think about alternating requested sewells and carpool rides with people at work. They are going to have to get creative as to how they wil
It's been more than three weeks since Ottawa's light rail system has been out of service due to a train derailment and for those who rely on public transit, it's been a frustrating time.