Update, 2:56 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4:
Lawrence Transit has canceled all bus service until Monday after Lawrence streets became too dangerous to continue operating.
Transit on Friday announced possible closures and planned to continue priority routes as long as safely possible. Those priority routes, too, were canceled as of Saturday afternoon.
“Please stay tuned for a potential late start time,” according to Lawrence Transit’s announcement.
Original post from Friday, Jan. 3:
Lawrence Transit has canceled on demand service for the coming weekend and might cancel some fixed routes depending on weather conditions.
Fixed-route bus service is planned to begin operating as usual on Saturday, Jan. 4. However, weather conditions are expected to worsen during the day Saturday.
“If the weather begins to affect service, we will follow our notification protocol and implement a priority route system,” according to a Friday news release. Lawrence Transit could reduce service frequency, delay start times, operate on detours and/or suspend service of some routes if necessary, according to its inclement weather policy.
If necessary, the following routes will be prioritized and others will be canceled as needed, according to the release:
- Routes 1 and 5
- Routes 2 and 3
- Route 4
- Route 7 (note no interline with Route 9)
- Route 6
Route 1 is the main serving the Lawrence Community Shelter. See full routes and schedules at this link; see realtime bus location info at this link.
“Fixed-route service is planned to resume on Monday, Jan. 6. Please stay tuned for a potential late start time,” according to the release. In addition, KU campus conditions may cause reroutes on Monday, according to the release.
On Demand service will be canceled Saturday and Sunday but is planned to resume at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6.
Lawrence Transit encourages paratransit riders to consider canceling all nonpriority trips on Saturday, and same-day booking will not be available, according to the release.
Look for updates on Lawrence Transit’s website, lawrencetransit.org, and on PassioGo.
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Severe weather resources
Get warm in Lawrence:
• See this page for locations to get warm during the day and overnight, where to get help for pets and more.
National Weather Service local office (Topeka):
• Find the latest weather forecast info and severe weather advisories for the Lawrence area at this link.
• In the event of rapidly changing severe weather, such as tornadoes, the NWS posts frequent updates on Twitter, @NWSTopeka. You do not need a Twitter account to see tweets from NWS.
• NWS is also on Facebook, facebook.com/NWSTopeka.
• Call 785-234-2592 to hear the forecast.
Douglas County Emergency Management:
• Follow @DgCoEM on Twitter or Douglas County, KS- Emergency Management on Facebook, facebook.com/dgcoem.
• Sign up to receive emergency alerts at dgcoks.org/emalerts.
• Find lots of tips on severe weather and other emergency preparedness on DgCoEM’s website at douglascountyks.org/emergency-management.
• Report storm damage (for non-emergencies only, and after storm danger has passed) by calling the nonemergency dispatch line at 785-843-0250 or 785-832-7509.
Evergy outages:
• Check the status of power outages on the Evergy outage map, outagemap.evergy.com.
• Report a power outage at evergy.com/report-outage, or call 800-544-4857.
• For down powerlines, call 911.
City of Lawrence snow info:
• The city has snow information and a map at lawrenceks.org/snow that shows information about road conditions and snow plow locations. The city typically begins snow and ice control for residential roadways when 2 or more inches of snowfall or icing occurs.
Air quality:
• Check the current air quality index in Lawrence and elsewhere through AirNow, airnow.gov.
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