WEATHER TROUBLES * Sweden - Heavy snow shuts down Stockholm buses
(Video from YouTube, by Jefftrigwell2 -28 Jan 2011: Cox Creek Parkway. Local transport buses in central Stockholm)
Stockholm,Sweden -UPI World-News -Feb. 12, 2011: -- One million people were unable to get to work or school because of a snowstorm that halted buses in the Stockholm area, officials said Saturday... Christer Wennerholm, chairman of SL, the public transit agency in the metropolitan area, said operators of bus companies may have been too ready to cancel service Friday. He said some operators could be fined if an investigation determines they shut down unnecessarily... SL estimated about 1 million people were affected... By Saturday, most buses were running on normal schedules. The storm also led to delays in rail service... Opposition members of the county council were harshly critical of SL... Some critics suggested Sweden has not been spending enough on transportation infrastructure. But Infrastructure Minister Catharina Elmsater-Svard said not all weather can be overcome...
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