Report: NYC Bus Driver's de Blasio Protest Brings Traffic to a Crawl

JUNE 16 -- The New York Post reported this morning in a copyrighted story that "angry bus drivers slowed down traffic to a crawl" in upper Manhattan and the Bronx. Aerial shots published by the paper showed buses backed up from Wadsworth Avenue, where there's a left turn onto a busy intersection, up 181st Street to the bridge over the East River into the Bronx. Bus Drivers were intent on avoiding turning onto intersections while pedestrians were crossing. Both buses and pedestrians have the right of way, but there are no dedicated turn signals on 181st street to stop pedestrians from crossing while buses are turning. TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen told the Post: "The point of today's outreach is to educate and instruct drivers how to operate under the de Blasio Administration's Right of Way [law]. They should not move their buses until the crosswalk is completely free of pedestrians." Read the entire article here.