Let's get the latest News topic today for Christmas Blizzard of 2010: buses, subways and LIRR limited still, MTA boss... - New York Daily News Below :
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A city bus in Bushwick, Brooklyn stuck in the snow, as New York trying to dig out the Blizzard.Mass transit, crippled post Christmas Blizzard Monday by getting together Tuesday are limp, warned officials Monday night.
It "Are no walk in the park for u-Bahn, bus and commuter," said MTA of Chairman Jay Walder. "It will be a tough day."
This news came late Sunday with Mayor Bloomberg's message to commuters, urge people to "mass transit take."
About 1,000 buses were yesterday stranded throughout the city and some got stuck in the mud last night, stymieing efforts to routes back on schedule.
"It was a disaster," said a transit supervisor of stranded buses, worse planning and decision, send to keep buses without tire chains well after the storm began to blame.
The long Iceland rail road was completely shutdown until 17: 30. yesterday when very eingeschränktem service returned to port Washington, Huntington, Ronkonkoma and Babylon branches. The branches were expected service today have limited.
Metro-North is running a reduced Saturday schedule.
Some aboveground parts of the u-Bahn system that knocked through the snow are up and running for this morning rush.
Commuters officials map shows, that the Q train; the line between Euclid Avenue, Brooklyn and the Queens, Rockaways N line in Brooklyn and the L line of Myrtle Ave., Canarsie, Brooklyn would not be run during the morning rush hour.
Late yesterday had each row that delays was commissioned. Service was suspended on segments of the seven lines. Two shuttles were completely eliminated, and the B line idle was end to end.
"We are still digging from this," Charles Seaton said Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman. "We have 5 foot drifts had."
Bus service will largely depend on how well the roads cut through the city sanitation Department, who has fought mightily are snow and swirling winds created disabled Snowdrifts against the volume.
Bus driver had to stay with their stuck down rig overnight.
"It was cold," said a driver who spent 12 hours on an empty bus in Brooklyn. The "after a while, no coat nothing." Because my phone died, I empty the battery. "It's hard on a bus, to sleep so I watched just the snow and people are trying to get through it."
U-Bahn system had its own problems.
A train on the line with 500 driver was to a rescue train by Snowdrifts in Queens for seven hours before managed NYC Transit driver about 8: 00 am
Also, A train entering grant AVE station in Brooklyn bumped another train - a worrying scenario, since the signal system to prevent, such accidents by a throw train emergency brakes if it too close to calls that before.
Walder was MTA did his best against a "huge storm."
"An option was unique to stop all service is running." I think what you do is to try to find a balance, "he said."
Manpower was part of the problem. Some transit workers had planned to take time during the holiday week, while others could get to work because of the impassable roads. This meant that fewer workers were driving buses and trains and disable tracks, signals and switches.
Snow trains to the title clearly keeping were slowed by stalled before passenger trains. Some rescue equipment was snowed and excavated by hand had to be.
Commuters endure long treks and admirable determination issued.
His job at dizzy's Diner in Park slope, get waiters Brian Elmquist, 23, got up at 6 am, Brooklyn. After two hours waiting for a F train he made it one stop by 18th Avenue and Ditmas Ave. The train then total shut down.
Elmquist returned to his Ditmas Park home, but his boss urged him to try it, so he gave it another try. He held a taxi on prospect Expressway and persuaded the taxi driver to drive part way. He was the last stage on the dinner, which was packed with customers.
pdonohue@nydailynews.com
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