Comnmuters walk across the Brooklyn Bridge early yesterday in New York. The city's transit workers walked off the job for the first time in 25 years, afftecting millions of people who rely on the bus and subway system each day.-Xinhua

New York's Transport Workers Union (TWU) announced in New York yesterday the start of a citywide transit strike that shut down the largest transit system in the United States after a breakdown in negotiations with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). -Xinhua