CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Area Transit System is delaying bus and Blue Line light rail service until Monday at noon.
Service for the Gold Line and Express Bus have been suspended for now.
CATS service Monday will start at noon for buses and the light rail.
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Streetcar remains suspended. No Express bus either.
Micro runs from 12-6.
Those decisions came after transit officials shut down all service Sunday.
Channel 9’s Gina Esposito spoke with CATS about the work happening to recover from the storm.
Some people were disappointed that the services were suspended. CATS told us it was necessary so they could prepare for an influx of people returning to work Monday.
“I’ve got somewhere to be so it’s impacting me greatly,” said a man who didn’t want his face shown.
He said he had just found out CATS suspended bus and light rail services and wasn’t sure how he would get to work.
“I don’t think they should be suspended all day but I don’t make those decisions,” the man said.
Saturday’s winter storm dumped 11 inches of snow in Charlotte. On Sunday, Channel 9 saw snow plows clearing the main roads, but many of the side streets were still packed with snow.
CATS Spokesperson Brett Baldeck says while they had enough bus drivers to work, it wasn’t safe for them to be out on the roads.
“There’s a lot of ice on the streets, and the buses, you know, these heavy buses cannot operate on the street safely when there is that amount of ice out there,” Baldeck said. “So we made the decision to pull all our of transit services off.”
CATS says its facility crews are working around the clock to clear bus stops and platforms to ensure a good start for Monday.
“I know last weekend they used 30,000 pounds of snow melt for the ice storm. I’m imagining they’re probably using that same amount this weekend, if not more,” said Baldeck.
There are over 1,000 bus stops across Mecklenburg County and CATS says they will not be able to clear around every single one.
They asked that if you live near one to please clear it if you’re able to help out riders.
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