Citi Bike Closed at 7 p.m. ET Over Snow

Citi Bike is closed down after 7 p.m. ET in New York City, the city announced.
Citi Bike Closed at 7 p.m. ET Over Snow
Pedestrians walk through Times Square on January 26, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Alex Trautwig/Getty Images)
Jack Phillips
1/26/2015
Updated:
1/26/2015

Citi Bike is closed down after 7 p.m. ET in New York City, the city announced.

According to the service’s Twitter, “We ask all riders to refrain from riding a Citi Bike until the weather/travel conditions improve. Pls allow the plows to do their job!”

“Citi Bike will close at 7PM today due to weather conditions,” the service also told e-mail.

Hudson bridges, tunnels to be closed at 11 p.m. Monday 

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says it will be closing all trans-Hudson River crossings in advance of the snowstorm.

The George Washington Bridge, Lincoln Tunnel, Holland Tunnel, Bayonne Bridge Goethals Bridge and the Outerbridge Crossing will be closed at 11 p.m. Monday.

Service on the PATH rail system will also be suspended at 11 p.m. Monday until further notice. Beginning at 9 p.m., PATH will be running a weekend schedule until 11 p.m.

More than 6,500 flights in and out of the Northeast were canceled, and many of them may not take off again until Wednesday. Schools and businesses let out early. Government offices closed. Shoppers stocking up on food jammed supermarkets and elbowed one another for what was left. Broadway stages went dark.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

 

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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