Metro’s “snow plan” for bus riders: Color-coded map, and more

If you commute by bus, you know how frustrating things were during last year’s snow woes – from stuck buses, to buses that never came at all, to a shortage of route-specific, time-specific information directly from Metro – which led to bus riders sharing firsthand information here and elsewhere to help each other out. Metro says it’s got a plan to make sure that doesn’t happen again. Exactly one month after SDOT came out with its snow plan (WSB coverage here), which includes procedures for coordinating with the county-run transit service, Metro unveiled its own snow plan today, including plans for new emergency routes, a color-coded map to show when they’ve kicked in, a trial run for new snow/mud tires, and a new alert service you can start signing up for (promising route-specific information). Here’s the Metro announcement with links to the new features.

1 Reply to "Metro's "snow plan" for bus riders: Color-coded map, and more"

  • LAP November 6, 2009 (6:28 pm)

    Thank you for sharing this! I’m signed up for emails and cell phone alerts for all the routes I could take. I sure hope we have a better experience than last December….seems they must have listened to the community at the meetings they held around the city!

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