NEW YORK (PIX11) — You can hear the preparations in the city, and the sound of chains on the wheels of buses and trucks rattles and rumbles along the streets.
MTA assigns fewer buses to the roads during the storm and can adjust routes based on road conditions.
“It looks beautiful when it’s coming down, but when you have to travel, it is not good,” said Stacey, who plans to stay inside.
You can also hear the grind at the NYC Department of Sanitation with 700 spreaders and 2200 plows in position.
This year, more roads are pretreated with a brine solution to include all 700 miles of highways in the city, not only the on and off ramps. That was done by Friday morning.
Sanitation’s Acting Commissioner Javier Lojan says pretreating helps prevent the ice and snow from bonding to the roadways, which makes plowing easier and more effective.
The amount of snow determines when all systems are a GO.
“Once it starts snowing, we begin dropping the salt. For plowing, we have to wait for 2 inches of snow to fall,” said Commissioner Lojan.
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New York City requires property owners to clear sidewalks within a certain amount of time after the conclusion of the storm.
If the snow stops falling:
7 a.m. and 6 p.m., clear the sidewalk within 4 hours
5 p.m. and 9 p.m., clear the sidewalk within 14 hours
9 p.m. and 7 a.m., clear the sidewalk by 11 a.m.
Subways and railroads are running but could be delayed due to the weather. There are more than 220 miles of exterior tracks in the subway system.
Transit crews are stationed at points to monitor and respond to conditions.
Stay tuned to transit apps and PIX11 News.
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