CAN stop a train

I don't know if this news carries much further than the 5 boroughs, but its been claiming much of the news real estate at work: unless a deal is OKed by this Thursday at midnight, New York City will be in the midst of its first
TRANSIT STRIKE since
1980. The thing is, a strike is incredibly unlikely. That being said, part of me wants to see it happen. Maybe its easy for me to say this as I'm flying back to Omaha on the 20th and will only have to deal with no public transportation for 4 days and it'll be a cool story to tell. However, the closer we get to the deadline, the more and more I think to myself, "Rick, do you REALLY want to have to walk to work? You do realize that cold weather and an especially large bridge are involved, right?"
Can you imagine? No trains. No busses. Sounds like the logline for a Roland Emmerich movie.
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