Road and Transit Bans Take Effect as Snowstorm Barrels Into Northeast By MARC SANTORA January 26, 2015 Driving bans took effect across New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut at 11 p.m. on Monday, a suspension of subway and bus service began, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey closed Hudson River crossings as a snowstorm bore down on the region. With the storm gathering in intensity as night fell, thousands of flights were grounded, public transportation was suspended or curtailed and travel bans were put in place in the half-dozen states in the path of the storm. More than two feet of snow are expected in some parts of the region before the storm’s end. In New York City, after calls by the authorities to head home early, workers poured out of office buildings and crowded onto subway platforms, packed train stations and squeezed onto buses. As Sandeep Dutta, 42, waited for his train home at Jamaica station in Queens, he held tight to a backpack with emergency provisions, including waterproof boots and chemical warming packs. mobile.nytimes/2015/01/27/nyregion/new-york-blizzard.html?_r=0&referrer=
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 06:00:27 +0000
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