Do you remember this piece? This PSA from the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) aired on PIX11 in the 1980s. According to the New York Times, the term “gridlock” was being used regularly in the DOT. But its definition didn’t gain widespread recognition until the New York City transit strike of 1980. Samuel Schwartz, the head of the DOT at that time, and his colleagues had created a contingency plan for the strike and called it the “Grid-lock Prevention Program." His plan kept traf