OC Transpo Strike: Day 1

News & notes from around the interwebs today:

 * 
Once again
[
 OttawaCitizen.com
](http://www.ottawacitizen.com/)
has the most comprehensive coverage.  Lots of news,
[
 photos
](http://www.ottawacitizen.com/story.html?id=1056989)
, and maps, all updated frequently throughout the day.  We enjoyed all of the posts on
[
 The News Desk
](http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/newsdesk/default.aspx)
blog - full of notes from


various reporters about their
[
 commute
](http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/newsdesk/archive/2008/12/10/bruce-ward-s-morning-experience.aspx)
into work.

 * 
Not sure how much good this will do - but there's at least one
[
 online petition
](http://gopetition.com/petitions/no-oc-transpo-strike.html)
against the strike.

 * 
Check out the
[
 photos at The Ottawa Project
](http://ottawaproject.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/oc-transpo-strike-day-1/)
- showing some eerily empty transit infrastructure.

 * 
Wow there are a lot of carpool web sites out there, all of them busy:
[
 OttawaCarPool.ca
](http://ottawacarpool.ca/)
...
[
 erideshare.com
](http://www.erideshare.com/carpool.php?city=Ottawa)
...
[
 carpoolworld.com
](http://www.carpoolworld.com/carpool_.html?to=Ottawa&state=ON&country=CAN,CA)
...
[
 craigslist
](http://ottawa.en.craigslist.ca/rid/)
...
[
 usedottawa
](http://ottawastart.com/story/8627.php)
...
[
 ottawaridematch.com
](http://ottawaridematch.com/)
... that's the tip of the iceberg - add facebook, company intranets, etc.

** Related: ** Ottawa OC Transpo Guide