Not that it isn't an option, but if you re-read my original post, a city bus ending up sideways on the ice in front of me was the cause for this morning's dismay.
If I'm going to go sideways, I'd like to know that A) It's my own damned fault, and B) I'm in control of trying to fix it. The video footage of a couple busses hanging over a 15' retaining wall above the highway last winter sort of soured my opinion of the public transit option around here.