Crosstown

The crosstown is a joke as is the civic center and nobody thinks it's funny anymore. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Similar complaints have been made by Chicagoans, who have long waited for a "crosstown" public transit system. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

For LG, the challenge is to distinguish itself from companies such as crosstown rival Samsung, which began the transition to a high-value brand a decade ago. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The job-cut news comes just a day after crosstown rival Société Générale SA unions reported similar plans to cut several hundred jobs at its French corporate investment bank. ❋ Noemie Bisserbe (2011)

Elevated light rail for crosstown transportation in Manhattan's midtown districts, rapid bus transit and more bike lanes will help transport our citizens more efficiently. ❋ Tom Allon (2012)

Saturday night's "derby" game against crosstown rival Atletico Madrid offered some indication of how Mourinho earns his bacon. ❋ Gabriele Marcotti (2011)

He also committed what must be considered the most infamous drop of a pop fly in franchise lore—a June 12, 2009 blunder that allowed the Yankees to come from behind to defeat their crosstown rivals in the ninth inning. ❋ Jeff Pearlman (2011)

General Motors Co.'s troubled European division posted a 1.9% decrease to 1.17 million new-car registrations, while crosstown rival Ford Motor Co. faced a 2.9% fall to 1.08 million cars. ❋ Christoph Rauwald (2012)

Ever since the Mets injected black into their color scheme, they lost a World Series to their crosstown rivals, blew the NLCS on a heartbreaking bases-loaded walk and suffered one of the worst collapses in baseball history. ❋ Jared Diamond (2011)

The Bambino was 8-for-49 with a home run in five previous World Series with the Boston Red Sox and Yankees, including 2-for-17 in the 1922 World Series, when the crosstown Giants swept the Yankees. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The closure of 79th Street created trouble for people trying to catch the crosstown bus that normally picks up at the end of the mayor's block. ❋ Andrew Grossman (2011)

But my dim recollection is that the single most important factor in selecting a stroller, besides price particularly when you're rushing for the crosstown bus with your kid under your arm, or chasing it down the Spanish Steps, is weight. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2012)

The law, as best I can recall, prohibits anyone from delivering first-class letters as cheaply as the USPS does; the idea is that the virtual flattening of the country, since it costs as much to send a letter crosstown as it does to send one coast-to-coast, is worth the higher cost; urban users of the system subsidize rural ones. ❋ Unknown (2009)

GM's crosstown rival Ford Motor Co. in August said it would supply Zipcar with 1,000 compact cars for use in Zipcar's college car-sharing fleets. ❋ Joseph B. White (2011)

With Ford's recent profits leading its crosstown competition in Detroit and its top executives among the best paid in the industry, the company was expected to pay more than rivals at the bargaining table. ❋ Matthew Dolan (2011)

Afterwards, in a real New York moment, we rode the crosstown bus where we had a nice chat with the President of the Drama Desk and the producers of Hair (who also won tonight - congrats ladies!). ❋ Aka TBTAM (2009)

While United's crosstown rivals at Manchester City might dispute the claim these days, historically it's hard to argue. ❋ Gabriele Marcotti (2011)