New York and Boston show off empty streets and train tracks on Twitter


Skift Take

It's not unlikely that more people will know the status of the snowfall from their Twitter feed than looking out the window, and big storms give cities a chance to shine on social media, one that they'd be foolish to waste.

As the biggest blizzard of 2013 hit the Northeast last night, the transportation authorities of New York and Boston took to Twitter to share photos of empty streets and train tracks, as well as what the city was doing to help keep people safe. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority posted more than twenty photos and