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Storm Wreaks Havoc With All Forms of Travel

Storm Wreaks Havoc With All Forms of Travel - Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 5:40PM EST

Reported by: Eyewitness News
Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010 @ 05:40pm EST
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY -- The storm wreaked havoc with area mass transit systems. Many were forced to cut services or modify their schedules. Many people who depend on mass transit had no way to get around Wednesday.

The normally busy bus terminal on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre was empty. Some buses did get out early for commuters to New York City, but most others were cancelled or delayed.

Eyewitness News caught up with a man who was trying to get home to Pittsburgh but had to wait it out for family to actually driver here to pick-him up and take him home.

Shahrooz Pourmonir of Martz Trailways said, "We have modified our schedules because of the snow storms to get people where they want to go. Other bus companies have canceled like Greyhound and Fullerton Trailways."

The Luzerne County Transit Authority, L. C.T. A., stopped their bus service at 1:30. Eyewitness News found some buses making their last pick-ups of the day.

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport had most of its inbound and outbound flights canceled.

Those who have to move themselves found the going slow but passable.

John Bentz of Syracuse said, "The roads were excellent, very good and well maintained. I get a lot of snow in Syracuse. This is nothing."

Most of the public transit systems hope to be back on track Thursday, but that remains to be seen as to how this snowstorm plays out.