While Schenectady Police were ticketing and towing cars from Union Street, a resident kicks snow and rushes to move his car Monday in Schenectady, N.Y. The third major winter storm in less than two weeks inflicted more snow across New England and portions of New York state.

BOSTON — A relentless storm that dumped more than two feet of snow on some parts of New England was finally expected to wind down today but not before bringing the Boston-area public transit system to its knees and forcing some communities to consider dumping piles of snow into the ocean to help relieve clogged streets.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker gave another day off to non-emergency state workers who live in the hardest hit areas of the state and the mayor of Boston said schools would remain closed for another day. The storm on top of two others that hit recently has shattered snowfall records for a 30-day period in the city.

To make matters worse, forecasters said more snow was possible Thursday.

Still, some residents were taking it all in stride.

“Honestly, I’m OK with it,” said Helen Ferullo, 70, of Weymouth, which had received 26.5 inches of snow. “You can’t change it. The snow is there. You can’t do anything about it.”

Boston-area subways, trolleys and commuter rail trains ground to a halt at 7 p.m. Monday and were scheduled to remain idle today, with only limited bus service continuing. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said it needed the break to clear snow and ice from tracks and to assess equipment damaged by the spate of storms.

Amtrak canceled portions of its passenger train service linking upstate New York to New York City because of the storm Monday and hundreds of flights were canceled at New England airports. Officials at Boston’s Logan International Airport said they hoped normal passenger service would resume by midday today.