Gillig Advantage 606

Location: Campus Road at Central Avenue, Ithaca, NY
Operator of Vehicle: Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit
Date of Photo: February 14, 2007

In some places, it doesn’t take more than a few snowflakes to shut down transit service.  In others, snow needs to be measured in feet before that thought even crosses anyone’s mind.  TCAT in Ithaca, New York is quite familiar with winter weather and knows how to operate in it.  Same goes for the other local institutions in the area, such as Cornell University, which rarely cancels classes due to snowfall.  However, it does happen on rare occasions, such as yesterday, when nearly a foot of snow fell as students were returning from Thanksgiving break.  It was one of Cornell’s rare snow days, the university has only had four complete shutdowns for snow in the past 26 years.

In light of this, it seemed appropriate to share a photo from another Cornell Snow Day, albeit a partial one (classes weren’t cancelled until about 10:00 AM) on February 14, 2007.  TCAT kept the buses running for much of the morning, ultimately suspending service after the university closure took effect.  

For more photos of TCAT’s Gillig Advantage Buses, please click here.