An LTD bus on the 81 route got stuck on Harris Street and 23rd Avenue in the slushy ice coating Eugene’s city streets this morning, sometime around 8:30 a.m.

The bus was slanted into the curb with its front sticking out into the road. LTD Operation Supervisor Shawn Mercer said he and the bus driver had spent over an hour trying to get the bus to gain traction. They tried shoveling and kitty litter, pouring it on the ground just in front of the rear tires, before the bus finally moved — and then halted mid-street, its wheels spinning in the ice.

Several other LTD busses have encountered road trouble this morning as well, according the the LTD Twitter feed. Just this morning, the Tweets read, inbound 43 became stuck on Fairfield, along with 52 on Arrowhead, inbound 66 on Chad Drive and Shadowview, and 36 on 11th Street.

Mercer described today’s conditions as “treacherous.” The outlook for today’s for LTD transportation includes closing down at least the 81 route until the roads are safer.