Digging out: What’s back — and what’s not — as the area emerges from the snow

After Sunday’s storm dumped about nine inches of snow on Philadelphia — and significantly more in some parts of the region — neighbors, mass transit providers, school districts and entire municipalities have been left to dig out and deal with the tons of accumulated snow.

And, with bitter cold temperatures expected to last throughout the week, the snow isn’t going anywhere without a little elbow grease.

Now that it’s been a few days — and the city has ended it’s snow emergency — here’s a look at where the region stands and what’s open and in service and what’s still frozen in ice.

Many schools remain closed or operate under delay

For the third day in a row, on Wednesday, the School District of Philadelphia has shuttered schools and students will instead have a day of virtual learning after the city saw the highest amount of snow in a decade on Sunday.

All across the region though schools saw closures, cancelations and delays again on Wednesday.

For a full list of school closures and delays throughout the region, click here.

Most mass transit services back to weekday schedules

Even with snow lingering throughout the city, people need mass transit to get to work, doctors appointments and any myriad of destinations that they may need to get to no matter the weather.

And, after a few days of cancelations and significant delays before ramping up services, both SEPTA and NJ Transit officials say things should be running more smoothly on Wednesday.

SEPTA said its bus lines are sill being impacted by snow on a route-by-route basis, but the metro lines are back and running.

And, SEPTA officials said, the Regional Rail lines will return to normal weekday services on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, after running on a weekend schedule in the days after Sunday’s winter storm.

NJ Transit officials said all bus, rail, light rail, and Access Link services will operate on a regular weekday schedule on Wednesday, as well.

As for Amtrak, officials said the mass transit provider expects service impacts through Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, due to the snow storm.

Amtrak is providing regular updates due to weather-related service impacts on social media.

Cancelations and delays at PHL

The Philadelphia International Airport, on Wednesday morning, had reported some flight delays and cancelations — though, fewer than over the past few days.

On Wednesday morning, the airport reported 52 flight cancelations and six delayed flights.

To ensure your flight isn’t impacted by a delay or cancelation, officials said to check with your airline.

Driving restrictions lifted

Make no mistake, there are still roadways that are covered in snow and ice throughout the Philadelphia region.

But, PennDOT has lifted vehicle and speed restrictions that had been in place earlier in the week, due to snow. Also, in Delaware, all driving restrictions were lifted on Tuesday.

Still, some communities — like Conshohocken — were still under snow emergencies on Wednesday morning because some of the busiest roads were still snow-covered and neighbors were still working to dig out.

Parking in Philadelphia

With so much snow still lining roadway, the Philadelphia Parking Authority will not be ticketing for meter violations on Wednesday.

Instead, officials with the PPA said they will only enforce an-street safety violations, like prohibited parking at fire hydrants, no stopping/parking, no double parking, bus zones, crosswalk and handicapped ramp parking prohibitions.

Also, officials said, as of Wednesday, the PPA’s 24-hour $5 discounted snow emergency garage rate has ended.

Beginning tomorrow morning at 9: a.m. on Wednesday, all PPA garages will charge their usual rates.

The PPA said that vehicle owners whose cars were relocated during the snow emergency can call the city’s snow emergency line at 215-686-SNOW or visit the PPA’s website at www.philapark.org/tow to locate their vehicle.

This is a breaking news story. It will be updated as new information becomes available.