Although the snow finally ended and the sun made an appearance in the Lower Mainland on Monday afternoon, the commute home was expected to still be a challenge to many after a weekend that saw 30 centimetres of the white stuff dumped in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
Drew Snider of Translink said buses would not have as much difficulty getting around in Vancouver for the commute home, compared with earlier in the day.
"The way things are going with the clean up, the roads are getting cleared. There were quite a few stuck buses in the morning, but they were all sprung by around lunchtime," he said.
Snider said Skytrain had been running at 97 per cent capacity, adding that the extra long Skytrains, which ran early Monday, would again be operating Monday afternoon, and would also be used Tuesday morning. He said attendants would be on each train to ensure they kept moving.
And Translink's rush hour service would be running later than normal.
"We had some great work done today. People worked hard to keep the system going," he said. "And we caught a break in terms of the date. There are fewer people than there would be because so many are on Christmas break."
Some post-secondary institutions and other facilities were closed due to the weather:
- Closures Monday included BCIT campuses, Kwantlen University, and all Langara, Douglas and Vancouver Community college campuses.
- The Surrey Food Bank's Hamper to Home delivery service, North and West Vancouver Meals on Wheels, and West Vancouver United Church's Blue Christmas Service were also not taking place.
- The City of Vancouver did not collect recycling.
