New Yorkers braved the snow for a second straight day as commuters this morning attempted to go to work following the weekend's big blizzard.
While the city was still digging out of the paralyzing snow, delays continued to plague buses and subways. Buses have been stranded since Sunday as the city tries to plow streets after 20 inches fell between Sunday night and Monday morning.
"Crews are working first to clear stuck buses and the number of buses that are stuck is being reduced," said MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan. "Second, we are evaluating roadway conditions on a route-by-route basis to determine whether conditions permit us to run service."
Donovan also said all subway lines were experiencing delays or service changes:
-- The entire 7 train is running local in both directions.
-- No L train service between Myrtle-Wyckoff Station and Canarsie-Rockaway Parkway Station.
-- No Q service between 57th Street-7th Avenue Station in Manhattan and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue in Brooklyn in both directions.
-- No N service between Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station and 59th Street Station in Brooklyn in both directions.
-- No D service between Bay Parkway Station and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station in Brooklyn in both directions.
-- B service was suspended between Bedford Park Boulevard Station in the Bronx and Brighton Beach Station in Brooklyn.
-- No Franklin shuttle between Franklin Avenue Street and Prospect Avenue Stations.
Both the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North were running limited service today as commuters east and north of the city attempted to get into Manhattan. The LIRR was closed Monday, while Metro-North resumed service Monday afternoon.
New Jersey Transit trains to Penn Station was fully restored today, while NJ Transit's bus service resumed this morning. Bus service had been suspended Monday after the Port Authority Bus Terminal was closed.
After spending two days tossing and turning on airport floors, thousands of bleary-eyed travelers spent this morning boarding flights as the airlines try and schedule flights that had been delayed out of Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark airports.
LaGuardia and Kennedy began to receive inbound flights on Monday night, while Newark began receiving inbound flights early this morning.
The words “on time” lit up at least half the departure boards at LaGuardia to the delight of passengers stretched out sleeping under blankets inside warm terminals.
The storm was New York City’s sixth-worst since record-keeping began in 1869, said Adrienne Leptich, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
A February 2006 storm dropped 26.9 inches of snow on Central Park, breaking the previous record, set in 1947, by half an inch.
The storm dumped various amounts across the region -- 29 inches on Staten Island; 24 on Brooklyn; 32 on Rahway, NJ; and 12 on Philadelphia.
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