Maybe it was the weather, the thought of being stuck in traffic snarls or perhaps the warning of the bus strike, but many Sydneysiders decided to leg it to work yesterday.

Commuters sweated their way up hills, queued their way around ticket booths and squeezed into taxis next to complete strangers, as Sydney coped without public buses.

While up to 400,000 extra people crammed into trains and ferry passengers reported near capacity loads in the morning peak, road traffic was considered better than could be expected despite heavy traffic on the North Shore and in the eastern suburbs.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/0203/07/national/national9.html

I was there last year when the buses were not collecting bus fares. No one (including myself) seemed to mind when this happen. http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttravel_forum/smile.gif

I don't think everyone will complain about this either.

Driving public buses in Sydney these days is becoming more dangerous and they certainly deserve a pay rise. Besides, we are pretty use to public transport strikes.

Thank god I only live about 2kms away from work http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttravel_forum/smile.gif

Phoebe

[This message has been edited by Feebster (edited 03-06-2002).]