No School Bus Strike. Damn!

So the union representing Westport bus drivers has ratified a new contract. There won’t be a strike. Dattco buses will roll right along.

All week long, Westporters worried. A strike would have forced hundreds of students into their parents’ cars (joining the hundreds who are already driven every day).

The result, folks feared, would be even worse gridlock than usual on roads like Long Lots, North Avenue and Cross Highway.

But I thought a strike would actually help traffic.

Even all those additional cars would not make up for the status quo: Buses stop every 7 inches, picking up or dropping off young Alexander and Ashleigh at their very own, specially personalized bus stops, located at the foot of every driveway and lane in town.

C’mon, Dattco drivers: Are you guys sure you want to sign that contract?