NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared a state of emergency across the five boroughs and issued a travel ban that will remain in effect until at least noon today. "We are asking New Yorkers to avoid all non-essential travel, please for your safety, stay home, stay inside and stay off the roads," Mamdani said during an official press conference last night.
Late Monday night, the MBTA reported half-hour delays due to the snowy conditions. The delays continued through Tuesday, this time due to "multiple disabled trains" being removed from service. By Wednesday, the winter weather had taken its toll on the Red Line, and by about 2 p.m. that afternoon, the MBTA announced that it would be running with reduced service, leading to longer wait times.
Toronto police say a woman has been arrested for impaired driving after she allegedly drove her car onto the tracks of a west-end GO station and got hit by a train. The collision happened just after 10 p.m. Wednesday near the Etobicoke North GO station, on Kipling Avenue, just north of Highway 409, according to Toronto police. The 19-year-old driver was arrested with minor injuries and a male passenger who was also in the car was not injured, police say.
There were more equipment problems plaguing BART early Monday, with service on the Green Line between Berryessa and Daly City disrupted for an unspecified reason. Red Line service was also impacted due to an equipment problem near West Oakland Station. [KRON4] The SF Public Defender's Office has filed a formal complaint with Sheriff Paul Miyamoto over reports of illegal and intimidating strip searches of female inmates. 19 women say they were subjected to humiliating strip searches while deputies laughed and aimed weapons at them.
