I wish I had better news to report this morning, but it appears as though most subway service is still delayed or suspended. The MTA has a full list of changes on their website, but the authority did say that service along Dyre Ave. on the 5, the A to the Rockaways and service along the C, D, F and G have all been restored. The Q from Queens to Coney Island and the N south of Whitehall remain out of service.
The real problem, as NY1 reports this morning, involves the buses. Because the Sanitation Department has not, for whatever reason, plowed many of the streets in the Outer Boroughs, bus service remains impossible. In a comment on the Sheepshead Bites website, Brian Hedden of BK Southie and Allan Rosen point fingers at Sanitation while Jay Walder been forthcoming with the admission that the MTA’s inability to get buses running two days later is unacceptable. I’ll update this post as I can today with more information.
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Why do none of the buses have snow chains for this storm? Last year I saw snow chains on all the buses hours before the storm hit. This storm I havent seen any buses with snow chains where I am (queens). Budget cuts by MTA, or no employees at the bus depot to put them on because of christmas?
When the roads have snow on them measured in feet and not inches, the city sanitation dept. should take the blame, not the MTA.
The Holiday was Friday the 24th in NYCT. Xmas day just a regular Saturday. No employees at the depot? Management’s fault. They didn’t call a snow emergency untill sunday afternoon. I think they were tring to save money. They gambled and lost.
Sanitation bungled this too. 1996 they did a better job.
A reporter asked Walder this very question. He answered that today’s hybrid buses are heavier and therefore do not require snow chains. I believe he stated that chains were mainly used on articulated buses, but promised to take a closer look at the situation to see if they should revise their current policies.