There’s Always the 7 Train…
Jimmy Rollins, the Philadelphia Phillies MVP shortstop, was benched recently at Shea Stadium in a game against the Mets for being late to the park.
His reason? Traffic.
From Sports Illustrated: Rollins claimed he left the Le Parker Meridien Hotel on West 57th shortly after the team bus, but got caught in traffic.
“I did the same thing I do all the time. Usually 10 minutes after the bus, I drive myself. But you can’t change lights,” said Rollins, who didn’t apologize to his teammates.”
Had NYC’s congestion charging been approved, Rollins might have made it in time. Or he could have just taken the bus.
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This entry was posted on Friday, July 25th, 2008 at 8:32 am and is filed under Cars, Cities, Congestion, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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August 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 am
Hi, Tom,
Just discovered you! I’m on LinkedIn as well but was unable to link to you there.
I’m plan to buy some copies of your book for my students. Good stuff!