New York's crippling transit strike entered its third day Thursday as union leaders were called into court, from where they could be sent to jail. Commuters, meanwhile, prepared for another day of walking. Here, people make their way across the Brooklyn Bridge during the evening rush on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005.
A police officer checks the number of occupants in each vehicle as they pass through a police checkpoint at 96th Street and Second Avenue in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005. During a systemwide mass transit strike, only vehicles with four or more occupants are allowed into Manhattan south of 96th Street at certain times.
Outbound evening commuters make their way down the steps as inbound commuter traffic tries to get through the crowds on a stairway leading to a Long Island Railroad train at Pennsylvania Station on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005. On the second day of a citywide transit strike, New York commuters were making use of the railroad, which services parts of the outer boroughs.
A cyclist makes better time than cars as he cuts through traffic on Lexington Avenue near 68th Street Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, in New York. A systemwide mass transit strike snarled traffic all over Manhattan.
People walk down the middle of New York's Madison Avenue Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005. During the citywide transit strike, parts of the avenue are accessible only to pedestrians, emergency vehicles and MTA Command buses, which are not operated by TWU unions.
A crowd moves along 33rd Street in front of Pennsylvania Station as commuters move through lines for the Long Island Railroad during the second day of a citywide transit strike Dec. 21, 2005, in New York. The railroad, which services the city's outer boroughs and Long Island suburbs, added more local stops in those outer boroughs.
Transit workers picket outside the 71st Ave. subway station in Forest Hills, in the borough of Queens, New York, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005.
MTA workers are warned away from the Central Cafe across from Grand Central Terminal, where a storefront sign on Dec. 21, 2005, reads: "MTA Strikers No Longer Welcome."
Stores as well as restaurants are feeling the pinch. A men's clothing store near New York's Port Authority Bus Terminal posts a sale notice that weighs in on the city's illegal transit workers' strike Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005.
An employee helps a lonely customer at the Evolution store in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005 in New York. Evolution is usually packed this time of year, with customers lining up outside for a chance to shop.
A waiter places silverware on tables at lunchtime at the Osteria Gelsi restaurant in an empty diningroom, when it would normally be full, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, in New York. On the second day of the city's illegal transit strike, the owner said business had fallen off considerably. It usual draws patrons from the nearby garment district and Jacob Javits Convention Center.
Manhattan-bound pedestrians cross the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Wednesday Dec. 21, 2005, as commuters sought alternatives to subways and buses on the second day of a strike by transit workers.
People wait on a train platform in New York's Penn Station for the arrival of a Long Island Rail Road train on the second day of the city's illegal transit workers strike Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005.
Grand Central Terminal is packed with rush-hour commuters, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, in New York. The city and state stepped up their pressure on striking transit workers Wednesday, in hopes of forcing them back to work.
Long Island Railroad employee Kelly Valentin, right, directs a commuter to the proper track during the evening rush at Pennsylvania Station on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, in New York.
New York City subway maps and a transit strike information flyer are taped to the padlocked gates of the Canal Street subway station, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005, in New York. On day two of the transit strike, the city stepped up its pressure on striking transit workers.