- Transportation Alternatives will be handing out "commuter packs" (a water bottle, NYC bike map, their Guide to Taking Back the Streets, TA membership info, and information on winning a new Fuji bicycle) at the foot of the Manhattan Bridge this evening. And have you checked out their Bike the Strike action?- Check out the letters from the NYC Transit and Bus agencies of the MTA - and from the PERB board about service gong back- Another incident of violent cab rides- Madison Avenue advertising agencies "grappled" with the strike - boo effing hoo- More details on how service will be restored from Newsday and the Village Voice- Skype sent out carolers to brighten up transit-strike afflicted commuters with a transit-strike themed Christmas carol - see the video- And Mayor Bloomberg, while happy the strike is over, says the economic impact of the strike was bad - plus the New York Blood Center is in a state of emergency and needs donations