Icy roads, spotty transit service follow East Coast blizzard
NEW YORK (AP) — East Coast residents who made the most of a paralyzing weekend blizzard face fresh challenges as the workweek begins: slippery roads, spotty transit service and mounds of snow that buried cars and blocked sidewalk entrances.
Federal offices will be closed Monday, and Virginia's state workers were told to stay home.
New York's transit authority said almost all mass transit services will be running in time for the Monday morning rush hour, including nearly 80 percent of the Long Island Rail Road.
Broadway reopened after going dark at the last minute during the snowstorm, but museums remained closed in Washington, and the House of Representatives postponed votes until February, citing the storm's impact on travel.
Along with clearing snow and ice from facilities and equipment, the operators of airlines, train and transit systems had to figure out how to get snowbound employees to work.
Amtrak operated a reduced number of trains on all its routes, serving many people who couldn't get around otherwise, spokesman Marc Magliari said.
Some of the blizzard's heaviest snow bands wound up over New York City and Long Island, sending snow totals spiking higher than the 12-18 inches forecasters predicted Thursday.
A beloved Capitol policeman joined a grim list of people suffering heart attacks while shoveling snow.