CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Want to continue to be live in New York City and check in again with Jason Carroll, because no transit strike, but the negotiations are still ongoing. Tell us about it -- Jason.</s>JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well you know that a lot of New Yorkers are happy that negotiations are ongoing, at least at this point. Last night just before a midnight deadline, representatives from the union that represents the city's bus and subway workers came out and said enough ground had been reached on non-economic issues to keep talking. So that certainly is good news. So a strike has been averted, at least for one more day. Imagine if there had been a strike on a day such as today, it is cold, it is rainy, if a lot of New Yorkers were out there walking, it definitely would have been an uncomfortable day for a lot of commuters. I have to tell you though, Carol, from looking around the city and from looking at various live points around the city, traffic is light. Foot traffic is lighter than it should be for a Monday. Sort of makes you wonder if a number of New Yorkers basically decided to stay home thinking that today there would be some sort of a strike. But at least for now both sides are still talking. Many folks in the city hoping that the evening commute is just as smooth as the commute was this morning -- Carol.</s>COSTELLO: All right. And, Jason, thanks for checking in with us every 15 minutes on DAYBREAK to keep us up to date about the transit strike that isn't so far. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com Event of Strike>
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