Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Karen, I-84 misses New York City by a good margin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Nakamura" <mail@gpsy.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT-travel question NE US > >I am making travel plans (driving) to bring my daughter back from >>Nova Scotia. I need some travel advise about driving times from >>St.Johns, NB to Scranton, PA. Is this a possible one day drive on >>a Thursday or will we be slowed down by rush-hour traffic. >> >>Our planned route is I-95 to I-84 to Scranton PA. > > > I don't know what time you're passing through NYC, but daytime > traffic around NYC can be very unreliable. Instead of taking 95 > straight through Harlem and going over the George Washington Bridge, > it's often faster to take 87 to 287 and go over the Tappan Zee Bridge > north of New York. You avoid the Manhattan traffic jams. > > Since you don't have EZ Pass (the new electronic toll pass system), > this is even more important since cash toll lanes tend to back up in > the NYC area. > > > Karen > > > -- > Karen Nakamura > http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ > http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >