People talked about how awful the roads were this past week. I guess that was true, although it didn’t seem that slippery walking out to the bus stop. Despite the weather, the bus was on time this morning.

As much as I don’t like tromping through the snow in the winter to the bus stop or occasional delays in the bus service, winter really isn’t a big deal. I have off-street parking, so when it snows, I don’t have to clean-off my truck much less move it until I feel like going out somewheres.

My experience is that snow doesn’t often effect the bus schedule, as car traffic on the roads drops dramatically in Albany, especially when there is advanced notice of an impending snowstorm. People don’t like driving in the snow, so who can blame them for staying home? The reduced traffic often speeds up the bus – indeed in recent snowstorms, I have actually gotten home early because rush hour traffic on the bus is a breeze.