@BlogKCUpdate 11:20 a.m. – KCMO Snow Ordinance is in effect. KCPD will start ticketing cars stuck w/o snow tires, all-weather tires, or chains; as well as cars parked on signed emergency snow routes.
If you commute by car from far out, good luck today. The freeways are crawling about 10 m.p.h. at most, with I-35 in Johnson County seeming to be in the worst shape. So far we see most surface streets in Midtown are snow covered but easily passable if you don’t drive like an idiot.
Metro buses are running regular routes with 10-15 minute delays, although Share-A-Fare is running 30-60 minutes late. Use KCATA’s Web Watch for real-time bus tracking.
If you need somewhere to store your kids for the day, the KC Zoo has a day camp for $45. They do it everyday the KCMO School District has a snow day.
To assist snow plows in your neighborhood, make sure to move your cars off the streets, especially on cul-de-sacs, dead end streets, and narrow streets. And stay clear of moving plows if you don’t want to meet the same fate as this doofus in the Crossroads district.
How are things in your neighborhood or ‘burb? Let us know in the comments.
I work in Olathe and live at 43rd and Oak. My neighborhood was fine, but as soon as I got to Broadway on 43rd, I could see that cars were stuck all the way down 43rd (both ways), so I turned around. Always good to have zero traffic flow right by St Luke’s. I’ll work from home for a couple hours.
I live at 43rd & Warwick and work in Corporate Woods. I left around 8:30 AM, and as Matty said, the roads in the immediate area were fine. I only had trouble twice: I had some trouble getting traction on the hill at Broadway and Westport when we got the green light (I was the fourth or fifth car back), and I slipped a bit taking the turn from Broadway onto 31st a touch too fast. After that, it was smooth. Highways were slow at about 35-45 mph.