Will the buses continue full schedule during snow? (Minneapolis: car, commuting)

[ropper111]

I hope you can tell me if you are a bus rider. I am not sure how it will be affected, especially with the snow coming up tomorrow. Thank you

[gweilo845]

The buses don't adjust their schedule due to weather. I've taken them when it's been a blizzard out - at those times, they're usually the only thing on the road. They may not be on time though, depending on road/traffic conditions.

[ropper111]

wow..I bet they are probably better in the snow than the car that's why they keep them going. Thanks for letting me know.

[northsub]

It's been a few years since I've ridden buses regularly, but when I rode snow caused most buses connecting through downtown Minneapolis to be massively off schedule. You might wait 30 minutes for a bus that theoretically comes every 10 minutes. You might not even be able to get on the first bus that came because it was full of people (picking up from multiple buses time slots) and be stuck waiting another 20 minutes.

Sure the roads were bad when it snowed, but the buses were worse. Eventually I started driving when it snowed.

[uptown_urbanist]

I've usually had good luck with the buses in the snow. Don't expect them to run on schedule -- like the cars, they are stuck in weather-related traffic -- but they don't technically change their schedules.

They do tend to be more crowded because so many people prefer to bus it rather than drive during the snow.

When it comes down to it, any kind of commuting gets to be a mess in the snow so leave extra time whatever mode of transit you're using. (With LRT being the best and most on-time option, for those lucky enough to be by one of the LRT lines)