Originally Posted by
CliftonGK1
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.
Yeah, there is that. I'd be taking light rail, which while capable of even more dramatic and devastating failure, usually just leaving you freezing your tail off at the station or trapped in a stuffy metal box for an hour or more while they try to de-ice or otherwise repair the power lines.