We are unable to safely operate regular service in the current conditions, the statement from SMTD read.
Access was contacting Access Paratransit passengers with already-scheduled appointments to make arrangements for the remainder of the day.
SMTD expected to be able to run regular schedules in the morning, but passengers are instructed to check social media and/or the SMTD website Thursday morning.
About two to three inches of snow fell in the Springfield area, according to unofficial totals from the National Weather Service in Lincoln.
Some light snow remained at Abraham Lincoln Capitol Airport and parts of eastern Sangamon County at around 5:15 p.m.
A wintry mix of snow, ice and rain made for some slick roads in and around the Springfield area Monday.
The conditions forced schools to close in Jacksonville District 117 as well as Salem Lutheran School in Jacksonville.
A winter weather advisory was set to expire for Sangamon, Morgan, Scott and Christian counties at midnight Tuesday. The advisory remains in effect for Cass, Logan and Menard counties through noon Tuesday.
Erin Roberson, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Lincoln said another round of freezing rain developing late Monday and into Tuesday morning could make for a light glaze of ice on road early Tuesday.
In early 2020, a year after the most far-reaching changes in Sangamon Mass Transit District s 50-year history including an overhaul of bus routes and the move of the transfer center to 11th Street, officials were just getting to see year-to-year comparisons.
One of the months shows a 15 percent ridership increase over the year before while another month reflected an 8 percent surge. It looked like ridership, said SMTD s managing director Steve Schoeffel, was beginning to slowly increase after that transition and we were excited what the rest of the year was going to look like. Then COVID-19 hit and kind of pulled the rug out from under us.
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