SCRANTON (WOLF) — Following Mayor Cognetti’s letter yesterday asking Greyhound officials to suspend service to Scranton during the COVID-19 pandemic, company officials say they will be honoring the request.
“The City of Scranton commends Greyhound on its prudent decision and thanks its leadership for working together to protect our community,” said Mayor Cognetti.
U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright says he supports Greyhound Inc.’s decision to suspend its bus service to Scranton as the number of COVID-19 cases in the area continues to rise.
“I welcome Greyhound’s decision to suspend its bus service into our area for the time being, and I appreciate that they’ve taken into account our communities’ concerns about regular travel between a major COVID-19 hotspot and northeastern Pennsylvania,” said Rep. Cartwright. “It’s important that we do everything in our power to slow the spread of this new virus, especially as we grapple with a rising number of cases here at home.”
On April 1, Cartwright wrote to Greyhound Inc. urging them to cut back on their bus service between northeastern Pennsylvania and New York City.
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Mayor Paige Cognetti announced Saturday that she is calling on Greyhound Lines to immediately suspend passenger bus service into Scranton.
In a letter, Cognetti asked them to temporarily discontinue service coming from the greater New York City area.
"Scranton is home to robust healthcare access and our hospitals must be able to care for our community. That will be a challenge as the COVID-19 crisis continues but could become daunting if our hospitals experience an influx of out-of-state patients and our residents experience greater exposure from persons traveling to our area from coronavirus "hot spots," Cognetti pleaded.
The call is to help limit COVID-19 exposure to residents of Scranton.
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